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An employee carefully packages a cultural relic in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, April 24, 2014. [Photo/hsw.cn]
China Daily 6 May 2014
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Some of the famous Terracotta Warriors of the Qin Dynasty from China's city of Xi'an in Shaanxi province will travel abroad to be exhibited at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis(TCMI) in USA from May 10 to November 2, 2014 The exhibition will display 265 items among which 18 are first-class cultural relics.
However, the shipping process is not easy. Let's have a look at what these national treasures have to go through when shipped overseas.
According to a representative from the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center, if the cultural relics are going to be exhibited overseas, preparation has to be made two to three years in advance.
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Experts examine and take photos of each relic, and then record them, which is kept in thearchives. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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First, an exhibition plan has to be made such as deciding which items will be shown. Next, the plan has to be approved by China's State Administration of Cultural Heritage. Once approved, foreign experts, who are from the country where the exhibition will be held, will travel to China and examine the relics before they are handed over.
The inspection process takes a great deal of time and needs to be very careful. Experts from both sides will record the details of the examined relics, including cracks and stains, and then make a bilingual record of the results.
After the handover, the relics need to be packed with acid-free paper and put into special boxes which have a PE board inside to absorb shock and prevent moisture. The transport carts for the national treasures have a dampening device and are not allowed to travel faster than 60-80 kilometers per hour on land.
After the exhibition in a foreign country, the relics will go through the same process before coming back to where they are stored in China.
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Two experts examine stone armour and record their inspection in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The process takes over 5 hours. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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Both parties have to sign their names after the inspection process and before thehandover. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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Employees move a statue from the shipping containerwhich requires great skill. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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The tomb figure is large, and with the shipping container it can weigh up to over 300 kilograms. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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An employee takes picture of a relic and makes a record of it. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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Employees pack the relics according to their shape and size. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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Experts examine each relic very carefully and record each detail. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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American experts are curious about the steamed bread roll which Chinese employees eat. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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Special plastic wrap is used to seal each container with relics inside. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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The shipping container has marks saying the items inside are fragile and should be placedupwards. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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The relics storeroom is always under strict watch in Xi'an. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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An employee from Xi'an Customs examines the relics before they are transported. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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The transport carts are specially converted vehicles and are on record at the Ministry ofPublic Security in China. [Photo/hsw.cn]
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