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Historic artefacts come home |
发布时间：2006-11-20 16:15:52
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Cultural homecoming
As a rule, cultural relics flowed to peaceful places during wars and to richer areas during peaceful times. With China’s rapid economy growth, combined with the right granted to individuals to collect cultural relics - established by a new law promulgated in 2002 - a market for such items has begun to develop in the country.
"The increasing trade in antiques has helped to reveal the nature and scope of private collections, so the country can better estimate what it has lost," Xu said.
In addition to a specific fund provided by the government to purchase lost precious treasures, China has begun to encourage individuals, enterprises and community organizations in the country to acquire them.
Since the government budget was limited, and concentrated public collections of relics were vulnerable to natural disasters and wars, Xu thought individual collectors were playing a valuable role in recovering national treasures.
Antique shops and auctions were two major ways of conducting exchanges. 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页 |
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