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Chinese joy returns the head of the Buddha. After being stolen from a carved stone cave for nearly a century.



China rejoices, returns the head of the Stone Buddha. After being stolen from the Tian Long Shan Carved Stone Cave for nearly 100 years, it was even first seen while being auctioned off in Japan last September.

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The Xinhuathai report, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA), said on Feb. 11 it had recovered a stone-carved Buddha head. Which was stolen from a sculpture of one of the Tian Long Shan caves In northern China almost 100 years ago

China's National Cultural Heritage Administration found the Buddha head for the first time at an auction in Japan in September 2020, and therefore contacted the relevant authorities to suspend the auction. And confirm ownership Before it could be brought back to China on December 12, 2020, counting the 100th foreign-recovered relics in 2020.



Zhang Rong, a Chinese citizen and chairman of the auction committee. Contribute to the recovery of important pieces of artifacts He bought the Buddha head back from a Japanese holder at the end of October. And give it to the Chinese government Which Zhang revealed that Buying is the easiest way than a lengthy negotiation.

The Tian Long Shan Carving Stone Cave, located in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, is unique in its Buddhist sculptures. Construction started during the Eastern Wei Dynasty (534-550) until the Tang Dynasty (618-907).



In the 1920s, more than 240 statues of Buddha were stolen from the Tian Long Shan Cave, the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China. And smuggled out of the country Which is now scattered in museums of Japan, Europe and America, as well as foreign collectors.

Today, there are 25 small caves and over 500 statues of Buddha statues, with Chinese researchers working for years to restore the original beauty of this precious cave with traditional visualization technology. Digital


The Chinese admire the beauty of an ancient Buddha head that has been stolen for nearly 100 years while being displayed at the Beijing Lu Xun Museum

National Cultural Heritage Administration of China It added that results by an expert review and assessment found that the recovered Buddha head had been stolen from a statue in the 8th sub-cave around 1924.

The Buddha head will also be exhibited at the Beijing Lu Xun Museum from February 12 to March 14. Before sending back to Taiyuan for preservation at the Museum of the Tian Long Shan Cave