A student in Wuhan accidentally broke a figurine of a Tang Dynasty tomb in a museum while attending an off-campus teaching, and was sued for 1.3 million yuan.Figure: flipping Weibo
A student from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China accidentally broke a Tang Dynasty tomb figurine in the museum while attending an off-campus teaching, and was claimed for RMB 1.3 million (regarding NT$5.7 million), causing the student’s parents to collapse and shout, “This is the rhythm of bankruptcy. ” The incident also aroused the attention of Chinese public opinion. After Wuhan officials intervened in the investigation, they alleged that the exhibits were not catalogued cultural relics, and the restoration cost was only 20,000 yuan (regarding 87,000 Taiwan dollars).
According to Chinese media reports, a 12-year-old student from Wuhan, Hubei took part in an off-campus training class during the winter vacation and went to a local private museum to appreciate pottery figurines and other cultural relics under the arrangement of the cram school, but accidentally broke a pottery figurine and was arrested by the museum. Fang claimed RMB 1.3 million. The monitor screen showed that a portrait sculpture was standing in the corner of the exhibition area. Many students were moving near the sculpture. When a student walked over, he was suspected of bumping into the sculpture.
Afterwards, the parents of the students who caused the accident went to the police station and quickly apologized, and the relevant personnel revealed: “The child’s father said when the child was too frightened to sit upright and said, ‘Don’t be a coward! The thing that belongs to someone else is broken, and the key point is that it is a cultural relic. It is a cultural relic that has been missing from our country since then. This loss is the greatest and incalculable.”
The parents of the students who got into trouble also posted the incident on the Internet, causing a heated discussion among Chinese netizens. Many people pointed out that the museum opened its mouth, and questioned whether the exhibit was a “cultural relic”. Some people thought that although the students were wrong, the museum obviously Safety standards and protection measures for the displayed “cultural relics” have not been established, such as setting up conspicuous warning signs, placing cultural relics in display cabinets, and arranging sufficient staff to guard them. Therefore, the museum also needs to take part of the responsibility.
The report pointed out that the museum staff emphasized that the pottery figurine was a tomb figurine from the Tang Dynasty, but the value was not 1.3 million yuan. The 1.3 million yuan was what the tutor of the cram school told the parents, not the museum. Rashomon who talks regarding everything. Relevant personnel of the Wuchang District Cultural Relics and Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center of Hubei Province stated that following investigation, it was found that the damaged “collected cultural relics” were “tomb figurines”, but they were not registered cultural relics, and this collection might be repaired. Only 20,000 bucks.
The report continued, the museum staff claimed: “The damaged exhibits were bought from Japan at a cost of more than 200,000 yuan nine years ago.” Present the purchase voucher at that time to prove the actual purchase price of the “tomb figurines”, and relevant personnel from the Political Work Office of the Wuchang Branch of the Wuhan Public Security Bureau mentioned in an interview that the matter has been handed over to the local judicial unit for coordination and handling. The three parties are mediating.
