Changsha, China – Media Outreach Newswire – 13 July 2026 – The digital revolution is reshaping the way people experience museums and cultural heritage. Discovering cultural treasures online without leaving home has become a new way for the public to appreciate history. The year 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the Zoumalu Wu Empire bamboo slips from the Three Kingdoms period. As part of a series of commemorative events launched by the Changsha Evening News, a major attraction was unveiled on July 10 – the Digital Bamboo Slips Exhibition Hall officially went online, along with the launch of a global adoption program for the digital collection, offering history and culture enthusiasts around the world a cultural gift spanning thousands of years.
In 1996, more than 100,000 bamboo and wooden slips from the Wu Empire during the Three Kingdoms period were excavated from an ancient well in Zoumalu, Changsha, filling a gap in the historical record of local society during the Three Kingdoms period. On November 8, 2007, Changsha Jiandu Museum officially opened to the public. In order to meet the needs of history and culture enthusiasts at home and abroad to know bamboo slips closely, Changsha Evening News has developed and launched the digital bamboo slips exhibition hall. Powered by digital technologies, the exhibition hall breaks the boundaries of traditional physical exhibitions and creates an online museum space that is open 24/7. It offers global audiences a new, barrier-free way to appreciate and explore bamboo slips thousands of years old.
Integrating cutting-edge digital technologies such as XR and AI, the exhibition hall brings together multiple sections, including digital exhibition hall, digital collection, panoramic virtual tour, tour of the historical neighborhoods of ancient Changsha, and interactive bamboo slip games. Through an innovative “culture + technology” approach, this museum explores new avenues for the global communication of culture, allowing the Three Kingdoms-era bamboo slips hidden for millennia to overcome geographical and physical exhibition barriers and open a window for people around the world to better understand Chinese history and culture.
The digital collections are the main attraction of the online exhibition hall. Visitors can zoom in and zoom out with simple gestures to examine the full forms and details of the bamboo slips in high definition. Through the integrated panoramic tour function, they can enjoy an immersive virtual tour of all the exhibition halls of Changsha Jiandu Museum, as well as explore historical sites such as Tianxin Pavilion, the Ancient City Wall and the Baisha Ancient Well. With just one click, visitors can begin a tour of the historical and cultural neighborhood based on bamboo slips. The smart guide system breaks down language barriers by providing multilingual interpretation services in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Arabic and French for visitors from around the world. Visitors can also participate in engaging interactive experiences, such as weaving bamboo slips and other activities.
Coinciding with the launch of the Digital Bamboo Slips Exhibition Hall, the Global Digital Bamboo Slips Collection Adoption Program was officially unveiled. By logging into the online exhibition hall, visitors from home and abroad can browse the digital collection and create their personal digital collection with a single click. They can share them instantly on major global social media platforms, providing a new model for the international digital dissemination of Changsha’s museum culture.
A representative of the Changsha Jiandu Museum said that, after three decades of cultural accumulation and research, the bamboo slips unearthed from the Zoumalu site are now embracing new possibilities through digital dissemination, opening a broader path for the innovative use of cultural heritage. Through this initiative, the Three Kingdoms era bamboo slips preserved in Changsha will reach Chinese culture enthusiasts around the world, using digital museum platforms to tell compelling stories of China that are authentic, engaging and inspiring.
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