BEIJNG: In the Sino-French Conference on Conservation of Wooden Cultural Relics and Earthen Sites, held in Paris from May 13 to 14, Chinese fire scientist Ji Jie gave a speech titled “Fire development characteristics and protection technologies for wooden heritage buildings”.
The reopening of the burnt Notre-Dame de Paris at the end of last year brought relief to Ji, a professor and deputy director at the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science at the University of Science and Technology of China, based in Hefei, capital of Anhui province.
“The fire on April 15, 2019, shocked the world, and the whole of France was in tears,” Ji said, adding that there have been many other fires that have pained him as well.
In May 2024, the Emperor Qinshihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum in Xi’an, Shanxi province, partnered with the Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine for wooden heritage and earth site protection. Ji’s team focused on fire spread mechanisms and prevention.
They studied wood combustion, which is crucial for various heritage buildings such as tombs, palaces and temples. “Different wood types and conditions impact ignition and burning characteristics, requiring detailed analysis,” Ji said. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
