10 mln Chinese cultural relics lost overseas

时间：2007-01-31 00:47:46

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In June 2006, American Chinese Collector's Association Chairman Zhou Dezhao brought back to China a batch1 of Chinese cultural relics2 lost abroad. Pictured is the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911) ivory sculpture of Buddhism3 treasure named "Three Saints of the West" collected by Zhou. (File Photo)
 
Chinanews, Beijing, Jan.30 - Statistics from the Chinese Culture Relics Society show that more than 10 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas due to wartime robbery or iniquitous4 trade since 1840.

 

According to the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization), about 1.67 million pieces of Chinese relics are housed in more than 200 museums in 47 countries. Nevertheless, those in the hands of private collectors are ten times higher.

 

The figures above show the huge amount of China's lost treasures, the overseas edition of the People's Daily reported on Monday.

 

The lost cultural relics cover almost all categories, including painting, calligraphy5, bronze wares6, porcelain7, oracle8 bone inscriptions9 and ancient books and records. Most of them are currently owned by museums or private collectors in the UK, France, U.S.,and Japan.

 

There are more than 23,000 piece of Chinese culture relics in the British Museum. And among the lost 300,000 piece of oracle bone inscriptions, nearly 13,000 are stored in Japan.

 

Limited funding is an obstacle for China to buy-back, according to expert. In recent years, however, the Chinese government has improved efforts to retrieve10 the precious cultural relics lost overseas.

 

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1 batch HQgyz     
n.一批(组，群)；一批生产量
参考例句：
  • The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
  • I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
2 relics UkMzSr     
[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸
参考例句：
  • The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
  • Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
3 Buddhism 8SZy6     
n.佛教（教义）
参考例句：
  • Buddhism was introduced into China about 67 AD.佛教是在公元67年左右传入中国的。
  • Many people willingly converted to Buddhism.很多人情愿皈依佛教。
4 iniquitous q4hyK     
adj.不公正的；邪恶的；高得出奇的
参考例句：
  • Many historians,of course,regard this as iniquitous.当然，许多历史学家认为这是极不公正的。
  • Men of feeling may at any moment be killed outright by the iniquitous and the callous.多愁善感的人会立即被罪恶的人和无情的人彻底消灭。
5 calligraphy BsRzP     
n.书法
参考例句：
  • At the calligraphy competition,people asked him to write a few characters.书法比赛会上，人们请他留字。
  • His calligraphy is vigorous and forceful.他的书法苍劲有力。
6 wares 2eqzkk     
n. 货物, 商品
参考例句：
  • They sold their wares at half-price. 他们的货品是半价出售的。
  • The peddler was crying up his wares. 小贩极力夸耀自己的货物。
7 porcelain USvz9     
n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的
参考例句：
  • These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
  • The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
8 oracle jJuxy     
n.神谕，神谕处，预言
参考例句：
  • In times of difficulty,she pray for an oracle to guide her.在困难的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。
  • It is a kind of oracle that often foretells things most important.它是一种内生性神谕，常常能预言最重要的事情。
9 inscriptions b8d4b5ef527bf3ba015eea52570c9325     
（作者）题词( inscription的名词复数 )； 献词； 碑文； 证劵持有人的登记
参考例句：
  • Centuries of wind and rain had worn away the inscriptions on the gravestones. 几个世纪的风雨已磨损了墓碑上的碑文。
  • The inscriptions on the stone tablet have become blurred with the passage of time. 年代久了，石碑上的字迹已经模糊了。
10 retrieve ZsYyp     
vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索
参考例句：
  • He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
  • The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

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