Recently, a parent in Wuhan, Hubei Province, broke the news that his child accidentally smashed a "cultural relic worth 1.3 million yuan" while participating in an off-campus training winter camp. The shattered sculpture is owned by a private museum in Wuhan.
The initial video posted by parents on TikTok. Source: TikTok
After the matter was reported by the media, some netizens questioned whether this "collection of cultural relics" was a real cultural relic, worth 1.3 million yuan, and some netizens said that parents should take care of their children.
On January 26, The Paper learned from the staff of the Wuchang District Cultural Relics and Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center that the damaged "cultural relics in the collection" was a "tomb figurine", but it was not a registered cultural relic, and the two parties to the dispute have now reached a settlement, "the restoration will cost about 20,000 yuan." ”
A staff member of the Political Work Office of the Wuchang Branch of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau also told The Paper that the matter has been handed over to the local judicial office for coordination and handling, and is currently being coordinated. The staff said that the value of cultural relics is not the "value of 1.3 million" as spread on the Internet.
The surging news noted that on the afternoon of the 26th, the parents of the children involved posted a video on their personal Douyin account saying that they are now re-mediating, and hope that the majority of netizens will not have too many radical comments.
The above-mentioned parents posted a video on January 22 saying that their son participated in a 5-day 1,000 yuan off-campus winter camp activity, visited a local museum, and smashed cultural relics worth 1.3 million yuan. ”
A video released by the parents shows that the half-human-tall sculpture was placed in the corner of the wall, and after a student accidentally touched the sculpture's hand when he passed, the sculpture broke in two from the middle part and fell to the ground and was damaged.
According to the Beiqing Daily, parents said that the child was 12 years old this year, and it was the teacher of the training institution who took him to visit the museum, and the museum initially said that the market price of the sculpture was 1.3 million yuan. At present, the relevant departments are mediating compensation matters, and the initial compensation plan is that the training institution bears 60% and the parents of the children bear 40%.
On January 26, The Paper sent a private message to the parent on the short video platform, but as of press time, there was no reply.
Red Lane Museum Group Gate Wuhan Zhenyuan Museum Public Number Data Map
The surging news noted that on the 26th, some netizens who claimed to be witnesses to the incident said that the sculpture was a "town tomb figurine", not worth 1.3 million, and the statement of "1.3 million" was originally said by the teacher of the research institution. In addition, the museum has never extorted training institutions or extorted parents of children, and is still in the negotiation stage. On the 26th, the surging news private message to the above-mentioned netizens, the netizen said that the matter is being handled in the formal process, other inconveniences to disclose.
On the 26th, the surging news learned from the Wuchang District Cultural Relics and Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center under the Wuchang District Culture and Tourism Bureau of Wuhan That the incident occurred at the Zhenyuan Museum in Wuhan.
A staff member of the center said, "[The broken exhibits] are qualitatively not cultural relics, they are private collections of museums." (Exhibits) is a "tomb figurine", but the specific generation needs to be identified by experts. The staff member said that the museum informed the Cultural Relics and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conservation Center that the collection was purchased in 2012, but the specific price and credentials have not been shown by the museum.
For the follow-up compensation and treatment issues, the above-mentioned staff said that at noon today (26th), they learned that the parents and the museum had reached a settlement agreement. "This collection can be repaired, they asked someone, the restoration costs about 20,000 yuan." The staff member said that the more detailed situation of the cultural relics and intangible cultural heritage protection center is going to the scene to understand.
People visit the interior of the Zhenyuan Museum in Wuhan Zhenyuan Museum Public Number Infographic
The staff also introduced that the museum involved is a non-state-owned private museum, and the collection enthusiasts display their collections to the society, and the protection measures for the display of the collections are also decided by the private museums themselves.
The surging news reporter inquired on the national social organization credit information publicity platform that the Wuhan Zhenyuan Museum was established on April 26, 2019, as a private non-enterprise unit, and its business scope involves the collection and display of ancient Chinese artworks, cultural exchanges, and planning exhibitions, with a registered capital of 500,000 yuan. The registration certificate shows that the address is the 4th floor of Hongxiang Art City, No. 37 Hongxiang Road, Linjiang Avenue, Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
In 2019, The Yangtze River Daily reported that there are a number of folk museums distributed in the red lane of Wuchang District of Wuhan City, which is the largest group of folk museum exhibition halls in central and southern China, and contains nearly 1,000 national first- and second-class cultural relics.
On the afternoon of the 26th, the relevant person in charge of the research institution involved told the surging news that the matter is currently being mediated, "There are many places that are untrue, and it is not convenient to disclose them now." ”
(Source: The Paper)