Chinanews Client Beijing, July 25th (Reporter Ren Siyu) "The cultural relics are too tired, I can’t save all the cultural relics, I can’t protect the cultural relics from damage, said Zhang Ting, director of the Zhengzhou Museum, as a cultural relics worker. The safety of cultural relics is more important than our lives, and I burst into tears..."

  On the evening of July 24, "The Director of Henan Cultural Relics Bureau cried" boarded the hot search. A post by the Director of Cultural Relics Bureau Tian Kai in the circle of friends made many netizens distressed.

  In the past few days, many places in Henan have encountered rare and continuous heavy rainfall. As a major cultural relic province, Henan has the second largest number of immovable cultural relics in the country. There are 5 world cultural heritages, 420 national key cultural relics protection units, and provincial cultural relics protection. There are 1170 units.

Are the cultural relics and historical relics of Henan in the rainstorm still safe?

These cultural relics are safe!

  On July 20, Henan Museum, Zhengzhou Museum, Kaifeng Museum, Longmen Grottoes and other units successively issued notices of temporary closure.

  According to the Henan Museum, its main exhibition hall is nearly one meter higher than the road surface. The museum has formulated a special emergency plan in advance, and the collection of cultural relics is safe.

In addition, the museum also rescued and resettled more than 40 trapped spectators, provided simple dining and resting places, and transported bottled drinking water in the museum to the front line of flood fighting and disaster relief.

Source: Weibo of Henan Museum.


  On July 21, the official of the Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology said in a micro-post that there were no major dangers in the archaeological sites and workstations of the Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology.

  The Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan is the first ancient capital site in Chinese history that can be documented and verified by oracle bone inscriptions and archaeological excavations. At present, the ruins and cultural relics in the Yin Ruins scenic area are basically intact, and the scenic area is closed.

The exhibition halls and cultural relics of the Chinese Characters Museum are also in good condition, and there is no major danger.

The Anyang Museum has infiltrated water, but the cultural relics in the cultural relics warehouse and exhibition hall are safe and sound.

On July 22, a reporter from China News Agency drove from Zhengzhou to Anyang. They visited the Yinxu scenic spot and learned that the ruins and cultural relics in the scenic spot are basically intact.

The picture shows the Yinxu Scenic Area after the rain.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Chang


  According to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, heavy rainfall caused severe disasters in the densely populated areas of Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Gongyi, Jiyuan, Xinxiang and other cultural relics in Henan Province. Some museums and archaeological sites have leaked water. Many key cultural relics protection units and provincial Grade-level key cultural relics protection units suffered varying degrees of water damage.

The ruins of Zhengzhou City Mall, Longmen Grottoes, Songshan Shaolin Temple and other places collapsed, but the cultural relics are temporarily safe.

Resolutely guard the safety of cultural relics

  When the torrential rain hits, many staff and volunteers are involved in flood fighting to protect the safety of cultural relics.

  According to reports, due to heavy rains, the new Zhengzhou Museum, Zhengzhou Shangdu Museum, Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Zhengzhou Erqi Memorial Tower, and Ancient Yingye Iron Museum have been flooded and accumulated.

  A large area of ​​water was poured into the exhibition hall on the top floor of the new exhibition hall of Zhengzhou Museum. After receiving instructions from the Zhengzhou Municipal Flood Control Headquarters that the new Zhengzhou Museum as a flood discharge area needs to be evacuated urgently, dozens of employees could not take care of the fatigue of continuous drainage for more than 10 hours. , Continuous operations, timely transfer of cultural relics to the safe exhibition hall.

  In response to the large-scale collapse and shedding of the overburden of the Xingyang city wall and the city wall of the shopping mall ruins, the key cultural relics protection units in the country, the Zhengzhou City Cultural Relics Bureau proposed a reinforcement and rescue protection plan, and actively took relevant measures to ensure the safety of the cultural relics.

  Affected by the heavy rain, the water flow in the Longmen section of the Yi River near the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang is approaching the warning line. Nearly 1,000 party members and volunteers completed the dredging in 8 hours, erected temporary guardrails in 12 hours, and restored the stone railing guardrails in 48 hours to finally ensure the dragon gate. Cultural relics are safe.

Source: Longmen Grottoes Weibo.


  On the evening of the 23rd, there were rumors that tens of thousands of ancient books in the Heshuo Library (Xinxiang City Mass Art Museum) in Xinxiang were seriously damaged. On the 24th, the Xinxiang City Mass Art Museum issued an announcement that the old books of the Heshuo Library site were collected. Rare books were properly moved and kept after the construction of the new site of the Xinxiang City Library, and the current state of protection is very good.

However, the Heshuo Library, a national key cultural relics protection unit, is surrounded by water. There have been many leaks on the roof of the underground building, and the cultural relics have been seriously damaged.

  In an interview, the relevant person in charge expressed that he hopes that domestic authorities in the field of architecture can evaluate the main body of the Heshuo Library after the disaster, so as to properly protect and use cultural relics in the future.

Heavy rain rushed out of the ancient tomb?

  Recently, a video of ancient tombs appearing on the cliffs that collapsed due to torrential rain beside the roads of the ancient village of Xinzheng has been posted on the Internet, which has attracted the attention of many people.

  It is reported that the Xinzheng City Cultural Relics Management Department has invited professional cultural relics and archaeologists to rescue the tombs exposed by the torrential rain. The chief of the Cultural Relics Section of the Xinzheng Cultural Relics Bureau said that the Han tombs exposed this time should belong to the ancient city. Scattered civilian tombs.

In the near future, the cultural relics department will work with the local area to strengthen the inspection and protection of the ancient city village ruins where the ancient tombs are located to ensure the safety of the cultural relics.

Source: Screenshot of the official account of the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism.

Netizen: "Yu" with you, Central Plains hold on!

  After a hot search on "The Director of Henan Cultural Relics Bureau is crying", netizens expressed their concern, "Please forward your attention to the disaster situation of Henan's cultural relics. This is not a matter of Henan, this is a matter of China."

  Some netizens advised that life is the most important: "Your life is more important! You must protect yourself first!" "Please protect cultural relics as much as possible on the basis of your personal safety."

  Netizens cheered for them under the official accounts of Henan Museum and Henan Institute of Archaeology. Major museums across the country also collectively cooperated and left messages to support them on the Weibo of Henan Museum.

  "'Yu' you are with you, Central Plains hold on! Let's go see the national treasure together when the floods recede."

  "While ensuring the safety of cultural relics, you must also be safe."

Source: Weibo of Henan Museum.

  In recent years, Henan Museum has developed interesting cultural creations such as the "Archaeological Blind Box". Many fans express their concerns through customer service:

  "I just bought Wenchuang, come on! Survive the difficulties! Delivery is not in a hurry, Henan is the best!"

  "When it returns to normal, make an appointment with a blind box."

  On the 21st, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage supported the rescue work of the disaster-stricken cultural relics in Henan Province, and decided to use the funds for the emergency treatment of cultural relics to support the emergency, support, rescue, survey and exploration of the disaster-stricken cultural relics in Henan to ensure the immediate protection of the disaster-stricken cultural relics .

  In addition, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued the "Emergency Notice on Strengthening the Safety of Cultural Relics in the Flood Season", requiring cultural relics administrative departments at all levels and cultural relics museum units across the country to pay close attention to the flood situation, timely warning and forecasting; strengthening inspections and risk elimination, improving emergency measures; strengthening flood prevention and disaster relief measures , Make every effort to prevent and reduce disasters; strengthen on-duty guards and properly handle dangerous situations.

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