当下，遗产的活化、创新与传承，成为全球共同关注的焦点。中国，正以其独特的文化底蕴和创新实践，吸引着来自世界各地的目光。
8月2日上午，“永不消失的遗产——DIGITAL HERITAGE 2025青年创客大赛”开营见面会正式启动。此次活动由南京大报恩寺遗址博物馆主办，并获得联合国教科文组织的大力支持，还联动伦敦大学学院、伦敦大学金史密斯学院、清华大学、东南大学等众多国内外知名高校共同参与。本届大赛围绕南京“一城·一塔·一河”展开，全球青年创意人才齐聚南京大报恩寺遗址博物馆。8月3日上午，参赛者们深入感受南京城墙和秦淮河的历史底蕴，聚焦瓷塔的文化象征、南京城墙的历史记忆以及秦淮河的多元流动性，将深度挖掘遗产的空间语境与文化叙事。在接下来的两周时间内，他们将用科技创新与数字技术，书写文化遗产传承的新故事。
2024 年，南京围绕大报恩寺琉璃塔的数字化保护利用，发起全球首个博物馆领域的创客马拉松“永不消失的遗产”，引发全球588位创客热烈响应。永不消失的遗产——DIGITAL HERITAGE 2025 青年创客大赛再度启动，吸引了来自19个国家的近700人报名，31位申请者脱颖而出。他们将为南京大报恩寺遗址博物馆天台设计一件可互动、可参与、可感知的户外数字艺术装置。
在这座文化之“桥”上，他们认识中国、了解中国。戳视频，一同见证他们将如何以青春之名，讲好中国故事、推动文明对话，让世界看到更加真实、立体、全面的中国。
策划：薛澄
统筹：郑亚群
文案/视频：华苏杰 郑亚群
翻译：刘浏
Cultural exploration starts! Global innovators in Nanjing to dig into China’s heritage
While revitalization, innovation, and preservation of heritages have emerged as a global priority, China’s profound cultural legacy and pioneering approaches are drawing worldwide attention.
Themed with "City · Tower · River", the Digital Heritage - Global Innovator Contest raised curtain on August 2 at Grand Bao’en Temple Ruins Museum in Nanjing. The event held by the museum and supported by UNESCO, is pooling wisdom of innovators from a number of renowned universities, including University College London, Goldsmiths College University of London, Tsinghua University, and Southeast University.
In the startup phase on August 3, participants commenced field studies at Nanjing’s Zhonghua Gate city wall and the Qinhuai River to experience the city’s profound culture and its continuity, exploring modern expression of the time-honored heritage.
Over the following two weeks, the innovators will decode the narratives of heritage through digital technologies, crafting new chapters in cultural preservation.
Nanjing pioneered the world’s first museum-focused heritage hackathon in 2024, attracting 588 creators across the globe to raise proposals on protecting the heritage of Porcelain Tower with digital technologies.
Now the 2025 edition of the innovator contest has amplified the impact, drawing almost 700 applicants from 19 countries. Thirty-one finalists now advance to the final stage in Nanjing, in which they will design an interactive digital installation for the Grand Bao’en Temple Ruins Museum.
Upon this cultural bridge between civilizations, they are also to discover more about China. Watch the video now to witness how these young global innovators are advancing cross-cultural dialogue, and revealing an authentic and multidimensional China to the world.
