The creation of this website was funded substantially by the
S.C.Van Foundation (Daloon Foundation), Denmark.The website
provides a wealth of resources on the field of Chinese
Storytelling, arranged under the following headings: Oral
and Written Literature; Professional Storytelling; History
and Milieu; Masters and Disciples; Elements of Performance;
Sagas of Storytelling. Added to the site in 2013 is the
Chinese Storytelling Reserch Database.
The Center for International Collections (CIC) currently
maintains five separate databases covering various aspects
of Asia, all of which are freely accessible to the public.
The purpose of these specialized databases is to promote and
enhance public access to the CIC’s extensive holdings by
making full use of all the latest available tools and
technologies.
Following the successful completion in August 2002 of a
project funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme,
there now exists a UK Union Catalogue of Chinese Books
containing records from the British Library, Cambridge,
Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Oxford and SOAS. Particular
attention has been paid to the development of a simple and
intuitive search interface, enabling readers to gain rapid
access to the required information through the entry of
minimal search terms.
Chinaknowledge is an Encyclopaedia on Chinese History,
Literature and Art to a wide public, from academic scholars
to the interested \layman\. It concentrates on certain
aspects insufficiently dealt with by other sources,
especially traditional literature, biographies, historical
terms, economic history. It also offers sources to each
article that are almost exclusively Chinese scholarly texts.
This method provides direct access to Chinese-language
secondary literature to persons not able or not brave enough
to read Chinese.
The online journal for the study and exhibition of the
religion and arts of Asia. Asianart.com is dedicated to all
aspects of Asian art. It offers a forum for scholars,
museums and commercial galleries. It displays highlights of
exhibitions in public and private institutions and
galleries; present new discoveries by scholars and
connoisseurs; and, by providing space for private galleries
to present their works, offer the visitor a selection of
fine Asian art worldwide.
The Internet resources guide at the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology includes 450+ entries that cover art,
history, politics and other aspects of traditional and
contemporary China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. It
is keyword searchable and annotated.
The HKUL Digital Initiatives have implemented digitization
projects that are now providing open online access to local
collections originally in print format. These include Basic
Law Drafting History Online, Beijing Historical Geography
Database, China through Western Eyes, Historical Laws of
Hong Kong Online, Hong Kong and the West until 1860, Hong
Kong Government Reports Online (1853-1941) and Hong Kong
Journals Online.
The International Dunhuang Project is an international
digitization project that aims to promote the study and
preservation of manuscripts
and printed documents from Dunhuang and other Central Asian
sites through global cooperation. Beginning in 1994, IDP has
till now made tens of thousands of images together with
catalogues, translations, historical photographs,
archaeological site plans and much
more freely available to all on the Internet.
This is a digital archiving project undertaken by the
National Tsing-Hua University of Taiwan that aims at
digitizing and making publicly accessible a batch of
historical records including correspondences, postcards,
calligraphy and painting works, and other archival
materials
dating back to the period when Taiwan was under the
colonial
rule of Japan. Images of the archival documents are
available online in PDF files, and the portal makes it
possible for users to browse and search for the index and
information.
The Digital Silk Road is a research project that archives
and makes accessible historical records about cultural
heritage along the Silk Road. It currently includes several
interesting resources: Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare
Books on Silk Road (in western languages), Digital Maps of
Old Beijing, and Silk Road Maps. So far, more than 116 rare
books written in various languages have been digitized and
made available online in the Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko
Rare Books on the Silk Road.