Through the Dust (A Record of Hardship Experienced by Chinese Treasures)

Author: Liu Quan, Wang Shijian, Huang Sha (editors)
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: One of the weathered Stone Drums of Qin: From the peeling stone surface, you can read the traces of history. Currently stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing, it was exhibited during the 60th anniversary celebration of the museum. Over the years, Chinese cultural relics have suffered numerous disasters. Many people both within and outside China have sought to profit from Chinese cultural relics, and there have been many thrilling stories of theft and protection of cultural relics. This book includes articles documenting the hardships of cultural relics, from Shang Dynasty oracle bones to Ming and Qing dynasty archives, outlining the general outline of the difficult journey of China's precious cultural relics. Among them, grandeur and splendor coexist, heroism and villainy are intertwined, moving and astonishing, leaving one in awe. This book includes dozens of articles documenting the hardships of Chinese precious cultural relics, from ancient treasures of the pre-Qin period to rare treasures of the Qing Dynasty, outlining the general outline of the difficult journey of China's precious cultural relics.