Cultural relics are the deepest accumulation and proof of a country and even a nation, which not only witness the real history, but also highlight the culture of that era, and are the most brilliant pearls in the long history. Starting from the bronze ware of the Xia and Shang dynasties, China's experts have gradually realized the importance and representativeness of historical relics, and they act as messengers of exchange in today's era of cultural integration, just like the original Silk Road, the Maritime Silk Road opened up in the new era is also indispensable to the important role of cultural relics.
Counting carefully, among the shocking cultural relics in our country, the most magnificent is the Terracotta Army. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are located in the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, and belong to a category of ancient tomb sculptures. The terracotta warriors and horses have different forms, characters, cars and horses, but they all have one thing in common, that is, they all belong to the martyrdom of the owner of the tomb, and undertake the mission of continuing to protect after the death of the owner, which can be seen from the side of the cultural background and ideological degree at that time, which is the most precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.
At present, the Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang has been approved by UNESCO to be included in the "World Heritage List", known as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", the Terracotta Warriors with Chinese characteristics, as if it has become a unique diplomatic business card of China, the leaders of many countries have come to China from thousands of miles to see the unique style of the Terracotta Warriors. In 1983, in order to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Osaka, Japan did not hesitate to put aside its modern grievances, hoping that China could lend them a few terracotta warriors to bring back to Japan for exhibition.
In order to promote friendly exchanges between China and Japan, China sent people to bring a terracotta warrior to Japan for the Japanese people to admire. On the day of the terracotta warriors and horses exhibition, the crowd of onlookers was crowded, and other cultural relics could not help but be eclipsed in front of the terracotta warriors, and for several days, the onlookers were very hot. However, there are always accidents in everything, just nearly a week after the terracotta army exhibition, a Japanese thug suddenly rushed into the hall, pushed the terracotta warriors down, looked at the terracotta warriors that fell to pieces, the onlookers were frightened and their faces were lost, and the exhibition side was also shocked.
Angry exhibition staff quickly subdued the rioters, handed them over to the relevant departments, and contacted the Chinese side, apologizing vigorously and actively negotiating compensation. After some observation, Chinese experts said that the damage to the terracotta warriors was already irreversible, but China wanted to bring the damaged terracotta warriors back to Japan, because China's cultural relics, even if they were turned into fragments, were also Chinese. After hearing the speech of the Chinese representative, the Japanese people have great admiration in their hearts, first, because China has forgiven Japan, and second, because they have shown the style and determination of a big country.
In recent years, it is not uncommon for our cultural relics to be damaged in foreign exhibitions, and in 2018, the Terracotta Warriors were broken by a 24-year-old American youth in the exhibition room of the Franklin Society Museum in Philadelphia, USA, and secretly taken away, the Courier Post reported that the damaged figurines were worth $4.5 million, and the museum only discovered the incident a few weeks later.
We sincerely hope that when Chinese cultural relics are exhibited abroad, the exhibition countries can assume corresponding responsibilities and obligations, because they are not only guarding China's cultural relics, but also the civilization treasures of all mankind.