The pinnacle of textile technology in the Western Han Dynasty, "plain yarn gown", escaped thousands of years of corrosion, but was washed into the sewer by young thieves"
After more than 2,000 years of baptism, the once glorious Western Han Dynasty textile technology treasures - quick kill single, thought to be able to be preserved unharmed, but never thought that it would be harassed by thieves. Only two pieces of this precious artifact survived when they were unearthed, one weighing 48 grams and the other weighing 49 grams, which is enough to witness the remarkable achievements of textile technology at that time.
However, in 1983, a 17-year-old high school student committed an unforgivable crime. He sneaked into the Hunan Museum and stole 38 precious cultural relics, including the treasure known as the "quick kill". The incident shocked the whole country and also brought huge losses to museums and the cultural relics community. After the teenager brought home the stolen artifacts, his mother burned some of them and washed their remains into the sewers to cover up his crimes.
Other artifacts were badly damaged and thrown into the trash. This act is undoubtedly a great destruction of cultural relics, and it also makes people deeply sad. Fortunately, after investigation and pursuit, the stolen artifacts were eventually recovered. However, these artifacts have been dilapidated and have lost their former glory. To this end, the Hunan Museum has launched a 13-year replication work, hoping to rebuild the past style of the quick kill. 100 help plan
Nowadays, the quick kill we see is a replica. Although it cannot reproduce the splendor of the original, it is the result of the efforts of the museum and the antiquities workers to rebuild it. This replica is not only a tribute to the original, but also a inheritance and promotion of history and culture. This story tells us that the protection and inheritance of cultural relics requires the joint efforts of the whole society. We should strengthen the awareness of the protection of cultural relics, raise the legal awareness of the protection of cultural relics, so that more cultural relics can be preserved in good condition, and leave a rich historical and cultural heritage for future generations.