1. Repatriating Relics.
- Author
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Yuan Yuan
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RELICS , *CHINESE porcelain , *ART thefts , *DECORATIVE arts , *LANDSCAPE architecture - Abstract
At the end of the series Escape From the British Museum, the teapot woman returns to the British Museum. "No Chinese person can walk out of the British Museum with a smiling face" - this popular saying in China reflects the complicated feeling of Chinese visiting the museum, as many of the Chinese items displayed there have never been seen in China. Seven ancient marble columns, after leaving China for over a century, finally returned to their original home, the Old Summer Palace or Yuanmingyuan in Beijing. [Extracted from the article]
- Published
- 2023