The Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in northwestern China announced on Wednesday that it will collaborate with its French counterpart on the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and the protection of the Terracotta Warriors.周三，位于中国西北的秦始皇陵博物院宣布，将与法国同行合作，共同修复巴黎圣母院并保护兵马俑。

The collaborative research conducted with France's Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine primarily focuses on the protection of wooden remains and earthen archaeological sites, according to the museum located in Northwest China's Shaanxi province.据位于中国西北陕西省的该博物馆表示， 与法国国家遗产科学院的联合研究主要侧重于木质遗迹和土遗址的保护。



Specifically, the research on protecting wooden remains will involve joint efforts to preserve and restore the fire-damaged wood from Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang. Moreover, joint efforts will be made to conduct studies on their historical significance.具体来说，对木质遗迹的保护研究将包括共同保护和修复巴黎圣母院和秦始皇陵中的火灾受损木材。此外，双方将共同努力对这些木质遗存的历史意义进行研究。

The research will also include wood species identification, preservation status assessment, degradation mechanisms and protection techniques and methods.研究还将包括木材种类鉴定、保存状况评估、 降解机制以及保护技术和方法。

In the future, the two parties will explore the material properties and historical value of wooden remains and archaeological earth sites of the two UNESCO World Heritage sites together.未来， 双方将共同探索这两处联合国教科文组织世界遗产的木质遗存，以及这些考古遗址的材质特性和历史价值。

Meanwhile, this Sino-French cooperation also touches on developing practical conservation technologies and method systems for cultural relics and jointly cultivating young talents in the field of cultural heritage protection.同时，此次中法合作还涉及为文物开发实用的保护技术和方法体系，并共同培养文化遗产保护领域的青年人才。