Repatriated animal head sculpture returns to Old Summer Palace

Source: Xinhua| 2019-11-13 20:05:56|Editor: ZX
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Visitors view the bronze horse head (R) looted from the royal garden by Anglo-French allied forces during the Second Opium War in 1860 during an exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 13, 2019. A bronze horse head will be returned to the Old Summer Palace, or "Yuanmingyuan" in Chinese, according to China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) Wednesday. It is the first repatriated animal head that will be housed at its original location, the Old Summer Palace. (Xinhua/Li He)

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