The Great Wall is a world-class cultural heritage and also the pride of Chinese people. Recently, a group of photos named 'Badaling Great Wall was engraved, with a large number of English' were circulated on Weibo, and aroused hot discussion among netizens. In the past, foreigners also had poor quality. What punishment will they face if they damage the Great Wall?
Badaling scenic area responded that at present, the scenic area has its own duty team, and the personnel of cultural management department will go to the city every day to inspect and stop tourists from scribbling.
Why is the phenomenon of engraving on the Great Wall forbidden repeatedly? What punishment will be faced if the Great Wall is damaged? What measures will be taken to protect cultural relics and historic sites in foreign countries? Recently, reporters conducted an investigation and interview on the above issues.
Badaling Great Wall is exposed to lettering phenomenon
Recently, pictures circulated on microblog show that there are a large number of inscriptions on the brick in Badaling Great Wall scenic area. Besides Chinese, there are also a small number of Korean and a large number of English. Some English is carved in the most conspicuous place at the entrance of the Great Wall.
This phenomenon has also angered many netizens. Some netizens commented that the lettering was "impolite and poor quality" and "must be severely punished", and some netizens said that "the scenic spot is strongly required to make eye-catching warning signs in English and Korean".
Reporters found that in recent years, the Great Wall was engraved by the exposure is not a new thing. The great wall of Mutianyu and Badaling in Beijing are all victims, and there are many foreign tourists among the graffiti carvers.
Last year, for example, an NBA player's lettering on the great wall caused a stir.
According to media reports, in October 2016, players from the rockets and pelicans who came to Beijing to participate in NBA China toured the Great Wall in Mutianyu. Player Bobby Brown posted a photo on his microblog after his tour showing his name and number on the great wall brick.
The microblog attracted the attention of netizens, many of whom condemned Bobby Brown for destroying cultural relics. Not long after that, Bobby & middot; brown apologized on Weibo that the lettering was unintentional and hoped everyone could forgive him.
In 2014, the Great Wall scenic spot in Mutianyu, Huairou District even set up a special graffiti area for tourists to scribble freely to keep their names, so as to protect the Great Wall from tourists' poisonous hands'.
What are the penalties for damage to the Great Wall?
According to media reports, Badaling Great Wall is the section of the Great Wall with the earliest opening time, the best protection, the largest scale and the most visitors.
In 1961, Badaling Great Wall was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council; in 1982, it was approved as a national key scenic spot by the State Council; in 1987, it was listed as the world cultural heritage list by UNESCO.
So, what kind of punishment will tourists face when they scribble on the Great Wall?
If a reporter discovers by consulting relevant laws and regulations that, according to the relevant provisions of the law of the people's Republic of China on the protection of cultural relics, it is not serious to carve, smear or damage cultural relics, or damage the signs of cultural relics protection units, the public security organ or the unit where the cultural relics are located shall give a warning and may concurrently impose a fine.
As early as 2003, Beijing Municipality promulgated the measures for the administration of the protection of the great wall of Beijing. According to the measures, it is forbidden to engage in activities endangering the safety of the Great Wall, such as depicting, smearing, damaging, etc., and the violator shall be ordered to make corrections by the administrative department of cultural relics, and may be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan.
However, some voices pointed out that the relevant management measures of Beijing have been introduced for nearly 14 years, and many tourists feel that the punishment is a little light and the binding force is too small.
Some experts also said that due to the fact that 'Great Wall lettering' is relatively common and the impact of individual cases is relatively small, it is difficult to provide evidence when determining whether 'loss or damage' has been caused to cultural relics, so the punishment is also relatively difficult.