Enduring Dust: A Chronicle of Peril for China's Priceless Cultural Relics

Author: Liu Quan, Wang Shijian, Huang Sha
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: One of the weathered Qin Stone Drums: 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, and there have been many people both within and outside China who have made fortunes from Chinese cultural relics. There are many thrilling stories about the theft and protection of cultural relics. This book includes articles documenting the hardships of cultural relics, from the Shang Dynasty oracle bones to the Ming and Qing archives, outlining the general outline of the difficult journey of China's precious cultural relics. Among them, there is a combination of grandeur and splendor, as well as heroism and villainy, which is 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 Shang Dynasty to rare treasures of the Qing Dynasty, outlining the general outline of the difficult journey of China's precious cultural relics.