在简要回顾三峡库区白鹤梁水下题刻保护背景,以及开展保护所面临的技术难点后,介绍了"水晶宫"、高围堰、自然掩埋、隔流隧道、异地仿制、自然掩埋和"无压容器"等保护方案。其中,"无压容器"保护方案因最大限度地保留了白鹤梁题刻的历史信息,遵循了文物保护的基本理念,且具有结构简单、水压平衡、利于参观的优点,而成为最终的保护方案。实践证明,白鹤梁题刻原址水下保护工程既满足了三峡工程蓄水的需要,又最大限度地保留了水下文物的原始性、完整性、观赏性,成为世界范围内水下文物遗产保护的成功范例。
The background of protection of White Crane Ridge Inscription in Three Gorges Reservoir area is reviewed; the technical characteristics and difficulties of the protection works are analyzed. Various protection solutions are presented such as"Crystal Palace", high cofferdam, natural embedding, isolated tunnel, copying model at other place, and "non-pressure ves-sel". The "non-pressure vessel" solution has been adopted because it follows the basic principle of cultural relics protection that reserves the historical information of the inscription as much as possible, moreover, it possesses advantages of simple struc-ture, pressure balanced and convenient for visiting. The engineering practices show that the in-situ protection works not only satisfies the demand of reservoir impoundment, but also reserve original, integrity and ornamental features of the inscription, be-coming a successful example for worldwide underwater cultural relics protection.