Chinese cultural relics on photo show at UN headquarters
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| 17-Dec-2002 - |
A Chinese terracotta warrior is greeting diplomats from the world, and the site of Peking Man is telling the history about the Chinese ancestors.
The warrior, who lived in the Qin Dynasty some 2,000 years ago,and the historic site were among the 16 photos on an exhibition, which opened at the UN headquarters in New York recently.
The six photos of Chinese cultural relics are well placed on the World Heritage list for their unique qualities as the best examples of Chinese cultural heritage.
The photo exhibition, with the theme of "Our Past, Our Future,"was jointly sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Chinese Mission to the United Nations.
The photo show also featured cultural heritage from Algeria, France, Jordan, Peru and Russia.
At the opening ceremony, Mounir Bouchenaki, assistant director-general of the UN cultural agency, praised China, a country with along history, for "present to the world the most important and most representative cultural heritage."
Bouchenaki also announced that China will host a meeting of the World Heritage Committee next year in Suzhou, East China.
Wang Yingfan, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, said the photos presented by his mission at the show represent China's major significant archeological discoveries in the 20th century.
On the display were photos of the site of some 700,000 thousand-year-old Peking Man, the world-famous terracotta warriors from the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who lived some 2,000 years ago.
"China has already registered 28 world cultural and natural relics," Wang said. "The Chinese government attaches importance to the protection of these sites and relics."
"In the process of economic and development, China has devoted zealously to bringing together history and modern times so as to achieve their harmonious development," he said.
Chen Jian, UN undersecretary-general, and 100 others were present at the opening ceremony.
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| 17-Dec-2002 - |
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