China News Service, Beijing, March 25th: The cultural relic donation ceremony of the Taiwan Chinese Humanistic Buddhist Federation was held on the 25th at the National Museum of China in Beijing. The association selected 30 colorful sculptures from the Song, Jin, Ming and Qing dynasties from the precious cultural relics that Taiwanese compatriots have collected and lost overseas in recent years, and donated them to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Sun Yeli, minister of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Master Xinbao, chairman of the Taiwan Federation of Chinese Buddhists and abbot of Fo Guangshan Temple, and other guests from both sides of the Taiwan Strait delivered speeches at the ceremony and jointly unveiled the cultural relics.
On March 25, the Taiwan Chinese Humanistic Buddhist Federation's cultural relic donation ceremony was held at the National Museum of China in Beijing. Photo by China News Service reporter Yi Haifei
Song Tao said that over the years, compatriots from all walks of life in Taiwan have done a lot of work, made arduous efforts, and written touching chapters to protect Chinese cultural relics, inherit and promote Chinese culture. Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits are all Chinese, and the dazzling Chinese culture is our common background, common pride, common wealth, and common soul. Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait must jointly grasp the general trend of history, uphold national justice, firmly oppose "independence" and promote reunification, unite and forge ahead, jointly promote the process of peaceful reunification of the motherland, and jointly create a bright future for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Master Xinbao and other Taiwanese guests said that Buddhist culture is an important part of traditional Chinese culture, and the collection and protection of these cultural relics represent the inheritance of Chinese culture. This donation of cultural relics reflects the inheritance of the feelings of the young and middle-aged Taiwanese Buddhist community towards the family and country of Elder Hsing-yun and other eminent monks of the older generation. It is hoped that the return of these cultural relics will bring opportunities for peace, harmony and harmony to both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I hope that more compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait will Interaction, more exchanges, more exchanges, accumulation of mutual trust and goodwill, and joining hands to jointly promote and revitalize Chinese culture.
In 2014, Elder Hsing Yun, the founder of Taiwan's Fo Guang Shan Temple, donated a first-class national cultural relic, the Buddha's head of the Northern Qi Dynasty Sakyamuni, donated by believers to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for free. A ceremony was held at the National Museum in March 2016, which was well received by people from all walks of life on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. extensive attention.
About 250 people in total attended the event, including relevant persons in charge from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Buddhist Association of China, and Taiwanese guests. (over)