On Monday, the Tibet Autonomous Region announced that it has finally finished recording more than 100,000 antiques electronically as part of their census.
The region has started digitally cataloging their records of antiques since 2013, allowing them to keep track of at least 105,494 items from 825 different sites throughout the region. The digital census also includes their historical background and their state of preservation. Each data is uploaded and manually collected in order to make sure that the every piece is clearly identified and studied.
Tibet has several historical resources and pieces that is currently protected and preserved by at least 1,295 registered institution, most of them being temples.
It is expected that the census of all the antiques in the region would be done within the next three years.
