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Two lost Turkish cultural relics returned to Turkey and Turkey handed over Chinese cultural relics i

Original title: the loss of Millennium national treasures overseas these two ancient relics are about to 'go home'

On the 25th local time, the Turkish Ministry of culture and tourism handed over two Chinese cultural relics to the Chinese Embassy in Turkey at the Anadolu Civilization Museum in Ankara, Turkey. This is the first time that Turkey has handed over Chinese cultural relics in Turkey to China in accordance with international conventions.

The two cultural relics about to "go home" are the murals of grotto temples in the Tang Dynasty and the pottery figurines buried from the late Northern Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty. They have a history of more than 1000 years and are all cultural relics prohibited from leaving the country by Chinese laws and regulations. Why are they overseas? How to embark on the road home?

According to Deng Li, Chinese ambassador to Turkey, about this time last year, the two cultural relics were found in Turkey. As a country with ancient civilization like China, it is also faced with the task of how to recover cultural relics lost overseas. Therefore, Turkmenistan has communicated with relevant Chinese departments through diplomatic channels. Both sides have made great efforts in the process of returning the two precious cultural relics to the motherland.

In accordance with the UNESCO Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illegal import, export and transfer of ownership of cultural property and the agreement between the government of the people's Republic of China and the government of the Republic of Turkey on the prevention of theft, excavation and illegal import and export of cultural property signed in 2009, the relevant departments of the two countries make joint efforts, Help these two millennium national treasures return to China.

Turkish Minister of culture and tourism elsoi believes that this cooperation can set an example for other countries in the world. He believes that this will promote the development of bilateral relations in many fields, including culture and tourism.

More efforts need to be made to enable more lost cultural relics to embark on the 'road home'. According to incomplete statistics, at present, the total number of Chinese cultural relics collected by public and private units around the world exceeds 10 million. Because the interests of all parties are involved, there are many difficulties in the return of cultural relics. It is expected that in the future, with the continuous deepening of cooperation between China and all parties and the continuous optimization of the global governance system, more lost cultural relics will embark on the road of 'going home'&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;&# 8203;