Some river beaches in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province "dig treasure" attracting Internet celebrities to live broadcast. The local cultural relics bureau has announced that individuals are strictly prohibited from conducting archaeological investigations
Museum urges public not to excavate artifacts without permission
Recently, the dry water level in Ganzhou, Jiangxi has dropped, and some river beaches have been exposed, attracting hundreds of people to "dig treasure".
There are also many Internet celebrity bloggers who are attracted by the traffic and bring metal detectors to the local live broadcast mining.
On November 2, the Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Protection and Management of Underwater Exposed Cultural Relics", prohibiting any individual from conducting archaeological investigation, exploration, and excavation of underwater cultural relics in any form.
The falling water level in Ganzhou, Jiangxi has attracted many people to "dig treasure"
Zhangshui and Ganjiang in Ganzhou, Jiangxi are two rivers in Jiangxi Province. Due to the continuous drought this year, the water levels of the two rivers continued to drop, and large areas of the riverbed gradually exposed water.
On the short video platform, some citizens said they found some scattered tiles on the river beach when they were playing by the river.
After the news spread, many people flocked to the river beaches on both sides to "seek treasures".
Among them, there were many people pouring into the large tidal flat near the Donghe Pontoon Bridge in Zhanggong District.
Some people brought their children to experience a strange experience, some people hunted for treasures with hoes and shovels, and many even entered the field with metal detectors on their backs.
There are also many network anchors rushed to the beach to conduct a live treasure hunt.
Mr. Chen lives in Zhanggong District, Ganzhou City, where the ancient pontoon bridge that is hot on the Internet is not far from his home.
"When I was a child, I could often pick up copper plates from the riverside and farmland, and it was not fresh." Mr. Chen said that after the continuous drought this year, the water level dropped, and many surrounding residents began to "dig treasure".
Mr. Chen said that more than half of the riversides are watching the excitement, and many other people are Internet celebrities who come here to pose for pictures and punch cards.
"The most ridiculous thing is that an anchor I have seen seems to be selling a car. When recording the video, he sold a pass, and in the end he emphasized that he was driving a used car of a certain brand, and traveled as far as he could to dig for treasure. Yes, it's just to grab traffic." Another resident, Mr. Liu, said.
After "Treasure Digging" became popular on the Internet, many neighbors set up stalls on the shore to sell shovels.
"I think selling shovels and renting shovels is more profitable than digging for treasures. After all, I have really found something good, and I should hand it in. No one dares to keep it," he said.
At the same time, a reporter from Beiqing Daily noticed on the short video platform that most of the accounts that mentioned the topic of "Treasure Hunting in Ganzhou" were treasure appraisers, pawnbrokers, car reviewers, and even e-commerce bloggers.
Cultural relics department found Qing Dynasty stone pillars in the river
The Beiqing Daily reporter also consulted the Ganzhou Museum.
The staff said that the museum recently received three valuable clues, which were determined to be stone tablets from the Song Dynasty dug up by residents in the local area.
At the same time, she revealed that at the end of last month, the local cultural relics department found a number of Qing Dynasty stone pillars and stone tablets with the words "Dongguan of South Gansu Road" engraved on them.
The staff said that the "South Gan Road" in the Qing Dynasty existed for a very short time, and there were only a few words in the history books. The discovery of these stone pillars is of great significance to the study of Ganzhou's history and culture.
If non-professional personnel excavate privately, it is easy to cause damage to cultural relics. I urge you not to dig at random in the local area to avoid destroying its archaeological value.
Lawyer: Archaeological excavations must go through relevant approval procedures
Lawyer Lian Dayou, director of Beijing Jingben Law Firm, said that according to Article 5 of the Cultural Relics Protection Law, all cultural relics left in the underground, inland waters and territorial waters within the territory of the People's Republic of China belong to the state.
At the same time, according to Article 12 of the "Cultural Relics Protection Law", the unit or individual who discovers the cultural relics shall be reported or handed over in time, so that the cultural relics can be protected, and the state shall give spiritual encouragement or material rewards.
Article 27 stipulates that all archaeological excavations must go through the formalities for approval.
And the cultural relics buried underground, no unit or individual may excavate without permission.
Because the ownership of cultural relics belongs to the state, it is obviously illegal to dig up cultural relics knowingly.
The unit that excavates cultural relics must be a unit with excavation qualifications, and the excavation work must go through the approval procedures.
No unit or individual may occupy the cultural relics excavated by archaeology.
If the cultural relics are damaged during the excavation process, the lighter ones will bear the administrative responsibility, and the more serious ones will bear the criminal responsibility.
The local cultural relics bureau said that it is illegal to excavate and sell cultural relics without authorization
On November 2, the Ganzhou Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics issued a notice through the official account of the Information Office of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Government. According to the relevant provisions of the Administrative Regulations, the relevant matters are hereby announced as follows: All units and individuals have the obligation to protect underwater cultural relics in accordance with the law.
It is strictly forbidden for any individual to conduct archaeological investigation, exploration, excavation and other activities of underwater cultural relics in any form.
Any unit or individual who discovers suspected underwater cultural relics in any way shall report it to the local government or the nearest cultural relics department in a timely manner, and hand in the cultural relics that have been salvaged from the water.
Citizens and friends should take the initiative to hand over the discovered and collected cultural relics to the local cultural relics administrative department for safekeeping, report the acts of stealing, looting, concealing, and selling cultural relics, and actively hand in cultural relics and report criminal clues. Bureau will be rewarded.
At the same time, the Cultural Relics Bureau will work with the public security department to launch a special campaign to prevent the crime of cultural relics exposed underwater, and will severely crack down on the illegal and criminal acts of privately purchasing cultural relics exposed underwater and selling cultural relics to cultural relics dealers.
Text / reporter Wang Haoxiong and coordinator / Jiang Shuo