澳大利亚向中国返还3件珍贵文物！

10月25日，澳大利亚向中国返还了3件珍贵文物艺术品，归还仪式在中国驻堪培拉（澳大利亚首都）大使馆举办。

Australia returned three precious cultural relics to China on Wednesday, in a handover ceremony at the Chinese embassy in Canberra.

The items included a ceramic figure of a person riding a horse, a gilded bronze Buddhist statue that can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) or the Northern Dynasty (386-581), and a dinosaur fossil dating back to the late Jurassic or early Cretaceous period.

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此外，澳大利亚国家美术馆还另外向中国政府捐赠了一件牛形的盛酒礼器——“牺尊”。我国文物专家通过对文物基本信息和图片的判断，鉴定这件“牺尊”用途为酒器，是明清或近代的仿古文物艺术品。

In addition, the Australian National Art Gallery donated a hairpin from the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and a xizun, an ox-shaped bronze ceremonial vessel, to the Chinese government. Chinese experts said the vessel could be from the Ming (1368-1644) or Qing Dynasty, or even the contemporary period.

An Australian private citizen donated a Qing Dynasty hairpin to the Chinese government. 

The cultural relics, artworks, and paleontological fossils that have been returned hold substantial historical, artistic, and scientific value, as confirmed by China's National Cultural Heritage Administration.

Since 2020, the Chinese National Cultural Heritage Administration, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Chinese embassy in Australia have worked closely with the Australian Office for the Arts to facilitate the return of illegally imported cultural relics, art items and fossils.

Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian said the return of the cultural relics demonstrates the shared commitment of the Chinese and Australian governments to the preservation of cultural heritage. It also serves as a significant event in cultural heritage exchange and friendly cooperation between the two nations.

It also marked the first time an Australian gallery has returned cultural artifacts to China in the more than 50 years since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1972.