Thirty-eight pieces of Chinese lost cultural relics and artworks have been returned
author:Newsroom
April 17 local time
The National Administration of Cultural Heritage successfully recovered from the United States
38 pieces of lost cultural relics and artworks
The repatriation ceremony was held at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Manhattan handed over 38 pieces of seized Chinese cultural relics and artworks to the Chinese government.
On April 17, at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the staff handed over the cultural relics and artworks lost in China. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Rui
China's lost cultural relics and artworks. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Rui
After preliminary identification, experts judged that most of the cultural relics were Tibetan Buddhist cultural relics in the mainland during the Ming and Qing dynasties, involving pagodas, Buddha statues, Buddhist ornaments and other categories, covering copper, clay, ivory, wood and other materials, rich in content, well-preserved, and with important historical, artistic and scientific value.