Japanese archaeologist gives a talk on world cultural heritage at NCKU
Tainan, Taiwan, April 8, 2016
Prof. Takashi Sakai was invited by the Institute of Archaeology at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to give a talk on problems of world cultural heritages, in particular Asian cases on April 8.
Chairman of the Institute of Archaeology Prof. Yi-Chang Liu and Sakai who is currently an art history professor at National Taiwan University had done field research together on the Small East Gate remains years ago.
Prof. Sakai began his talk with some basic facts of application for world cultural heritages and then raised several questions about the contemporary relationship between heritage and state.
He explained the problems of world cultural heritage by giving examples of heritage sites owned by two countries, including Preah Vihear, Koguryo, Shuri Fort of Ryukyu Kingdom, My Son Sanctuary of Champa Kingdom, Baroque Churches and Vigan, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
In his talk, Prof. Sakai advised archaeology students to have a wider perspective, “even though you’re staying in Taiwan you somehow connect with people from other countries.”
“Influence from others is very important,” Prof. Sakai said, “and different cultural influence is always changing the world cultural condition which is the main target of archaeology studies.”
The discovery of the Small East Gate remains is one of the very important findings for understating the ancient history of Tainan, Prof. Sakai noted.
So many historical monuments are hidden in the ground, he said, and almost all the areas in Tainan can be treated as historical sites.
Students are able to gain knowledge and practice of archaeology here in Tainan because Tainan is a very good place for understanding the development of archaeology.
Prof. Kuo Feng Chung said, the Institute of Archaeology was set up last year in this university and the precious historical assets in Tainan are the best materials for students to study archaeology.
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Prof. Takashi Sakai was invited by the Institute of Archaeology at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) to give a talk on problems of world cultural heritages, in particular Asian cases on April 8.
Chairman of the Institute of Archaeology Prof. Yi-Chang Liu and Sakai who is currently an art history professor at National Taiwan University had done field research together on the Small East Gate remains years ago.
Prof. Sakai began his talk with some basic facts of application for world cultural heritages and then raised several questions about the contemporary relationship between heritage and state.
He explained the problems of world cultural heritage by giving examples of heritage sites owned by two countries, including Preah Vihear, Koguryo, Shuri Fort of Ryukyu Kingdom, My Son Sanctuary of Champa Kingdom, Baroque Churches and Vigan, and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
In his talk, Prof. Sakai advised archaeology students to have a wider perspective, “even though you’re staying in Taiwan you somehow connect with people from other countries.”
“Influence from others is very important,” Prof. Sakai said, “and different cultural influence is always changing the world cultural condition which is the main target of archaeology studies.”
The discovery of the Small East Gate remains is one of the very important findings for understating the ancient history of Tainan, Prof. Sakai noted.
So many historical monuments are hidden in the ground, he said, and almost all the areas in Tainan can be treated as historical sites.
Students are able to gain knowledge and practice of archaeology here in Tainan because Tainan is a very good place for understanding the development of archaeology.
Prof. Kuo Feng Chung said, the Institute of Archaeology was set up last year in this university and the precious historical assets in Tainan are the best materials for students to study archaeology.
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