梁思成函请保护广元千佛崖*

Liang Sicheng’s Letters of Appeal of Conserving Qianfoya Grottoes inGuangyuan

摘要:

1939 年12 月，中国营造学社在进行川康古建筑调查期间，发现广元千佛崖因筑路被破坏近半，又听闻公路拓宽工程计划炸毁剩余造像，梁思成紧急上书交通部及中央古物保管委员会，阻止了炸崖拓路计划，并请求交通部通令全国，道路工程建设注意避让古迹。本文披露这一组新发现的史料，冀裨益相关学术史研究。

Abstract:

This paper presents a newly discoveredhistorical document regarding Liang Sicheng’s urgentconservation efforts in December 1939. During a surveyof historic buildings in Sichuan and Xikang, the Societyfor Research in Chinese Architecture found extensivedamage to the Qianfoya Grottoes in Guangyuan due toroad construction. Alarmed by reports that the remainingstatues were to be destroyed in a planned road wideningproject, Liang Sicheng wrote urgent letters to theMinistry of Transport and the Central Committee forthe Preservation of Antiquities. His letter called for animmediate halt to the destructive plan and urged theMinistry of Transport to issue orders to protect thesecultural monuments during road construction. This papersheds light on Liang Sicheng’s conservation advocacythrough the introduction of this significant historicaldocument, contributing to academic research in the fieldof relevant historical studies.