Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, east China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shot of sign of Nanjing City Wall Museum
2. Various of visitors, city wall bricks on display
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shi Yi, staff member, Nanjing City Wall Museum (partially overlaid with shots 4-5, ending with shot 6):
"The Nanjing City Wall serves as a remarkably rich 'open-air archive' from the early Ming Dynasty. Historically valuable information is recorded on each small brick. Under the brick-making responsibility system, each brick bore names and titles. If a brick was found to be defective, the responsible individual could be held accountable. From supervising officials to brickmakers, people inscribed their names and titles onto each brick."
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4. Aerial shots of people on Nanjing City Wall
5. City wall bricks with explanations on display
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6. Various of city wall bricks with explanations on display
7. Various of visitors, city wall bricks on display
8. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Shi Yi, staff member, Nanjing City Wall Museum (partially overlaid with shots 9-11, ending with shot 12):
"During the construction of the Nanjing City Wall, nearly a million craftsmen and over 100 million bricks were involved in building the four layers of fortifications. As a result, it's quite common to find inscriptions with names identical to modern ones. For example, we can see a brickmaker named Liu Dehua, and the character 'Liu' is written in a simplified form. This suggests that simplified characters were already being used in a limited scope during the Ming Dynasty. Each brick's inscription, the method of stamping, and the calligraphic style are all unique."
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9. Various of miniature models showing construction process of Nanjing City Wall
10. City wall bricks on display
11. Animation showing brickmaker's last name on city wall brick
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12. Various of city wall bricks on display
13. Various of visitor rolling roller
14. Aerial shot of Nanjing City Wall, cityscape

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The city wall bricks of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) displayed at the Nanjing City Wall Museum in east China's Jiangsu Province have attracted numerous visitors to explore the history.

The Nanjing City Wall, first built in 1366, has withstood the test of time for over six centuries. Thousands of bricks on the city wall still clearly bear the inscribed names of their original makers. At the museum's exhibition hall, visitors can closely observe these precious inscriptions and learn the stories behind each brick.

"The Nanjing City Wall serves as a remarkably rich 'open-air archive' from the early Ming Dynasty. Historically valuable information is recorded on each small brick. Under the brick-making responsibility system, each brick bore names and titles. If a brick was found to be defective, the responsible individual could be held accountable. From supervising officials to brickmakers, people inscribed their names and titles onto each brick," said Shi Yi, a staff member of the museum.

When looking at these ancient bricks, visitors often make surprising discoveries. The countless names inscribed on the bricks offer invaluable historical records of surnames in ancient China.

"During the construction of the Nanjing City Wall, nearly a million craftsmen and over 100 million bricks were involved in building the four layers of fortifications. As a result, it's quite common to find inscriptions with names identical to modern ones. For example, we can see a brickmaker named Liu Dehua, and the character 'Liu' is written in a simplified form. This suggests that simplified characters were already being used in a limited scope during the Ming Dynasty. Each brick's inscription, the method of stamping, and the calligraphic style are all unique," Shi said.

The exhibition hall also features an interactive roller that displays orgins of the bricks. Visitors can turn the roller to see where the bricks were made.

The Nanjing City Wall, built over 28 years and with 25.1 kilometers still standing today, is one of the world's longest, largest, and best-preserved ancient city walls.

High-tech approaches have been applied in preservation efforts nowadays, with over 1,700 sensors installed along the wall structure to monitor potential subsidence and water damage. 

The preservation, which goes beyond maintaining the existing structure, also includes efforts to recover scattered bricks.

During urban development in the 1950s, parts of the wall were dismantled, and many bricks were either buried or reused for construction. 

Local authorities launched a campaign in November 2016 to gather clues about scattered bricks. Thanks to the enthusiastic support of local residents, more than 500,000 bricks have been recovered so far.

中国東部・江蘇省南京市-最近（CCTV-中国大陸での使用は不可）
1.サイン：南京城壁博物館
2.来館者、展示中の城壁レンガ
3.同録（中国語）南京城壁博物館の館員　施毅さん（一部インサート、ショット4-5/ショット6で終わる）
「南京城壁は明代初期を物語る『屋外資料館』といえる。小さなレンガ一つが、『レンガ作りの責任追及制度』など、非常に歴史的価値がある内容が記されている。レンガには名前と役職が刻まれており、もし品質不良品が発見された場合、職人から監督官まで全責任者の特定が可能だった」
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4.空撮：城壁、観光者
5.展示中の城壁レンガ
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6.展示中の城壁レンガ
7.来場者、展示中の城壁レンガ
8.同録（中国語）南京城壁博物館の館員　施毅さん（一部インサート、一部はショット9-11/ショット12で終わる）
「南京城壁が建てられた当時、約100万人の職人が1億個以上のレンガで四重の城郭を築いたため、刻印には現代と似た名前が散見されるのも当然だ。『劉徳華』という名前がその一例で、『劉』の字が現代の簡体字と同じ表記で発見された。明代で簡体字が一部の地域で使用されていたことを示す貴重な事例だといえる。各レンガ上の刻印、その押印方法や書体もそれぞれ違う」
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9.南京城壁の建設過程を示すモデル
10.展示中の城壁レンガ
11.レンガに刻まれる名字
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12.展示中の城壁レンガ
13.来館者、「地名探しローラー」で地名を探す
14.空撮：城壁、街並み
 

　中国東部・江蘇省南京の城壁博物館で展示される明の時代（1368-1644年）の城壁レンガが注目を集めている。一つひとつのレンガに刻まれた職人名と役職名が、現代に生きる私たちに「品質管理の起源」と「漢字文化の進化」を物語る貴重な歴史資料となっている。

　1366年に建設が始まり、600年以上の風雪に耐えてきた城壁から、当時のままの状態を保つレンガ群を間近で観察できる。

　＜南京城壁博物館の館員　施毅さん＞
　「南京城壁は明代初期を物語る『屋外資料館』といえる。小さなレンガ一つが、『レンガ作りの責任追及制度』など、非常に歴史的価値がある内容が記されている。レンガには名前と役職が刻まれており、もし品質不良品が発見された場合、職人から監督官まで全責任者の特定が可能だった」

　レンガには「名字のルーツ」も語られており、これらの史料記録は名字研究の宝庫となっている。

　＜南京城壁博物館館員　施毅さん＞
　「南京城壁が建てられた当時、約100万人の職人が1億個以上のレンガで四重の城郭を築いたため、刻印には現代と似た名前が散見されるのも当然だ。『劉徳華』という名前がその一例で、『劉』の字が現代の簡体字と同じ表記で発見された。明代で簡体字が一部の地域で使用されていたことを示す貴重な事例だといえる。各レンガ上の刻印、その押印方法や書体もそれぞれ違う」

　展示ホールにはインタラクティブ展示「地名探しローラー」が設置されている。来館者が回転させると、レンガ生産地の古代地名と現代地名が対比表示され、「わが故郷の600年前の呼び名」を探す人々の姿が絶えない。