The director of the Palace Museum, Wu Micha, appeared on the public TV program "Something to Say" to restore the process of human negligence in the damage of cultural relics, and apologized at the same time.

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[Central News Agency] Three cultural relics in the Forbidden City were damaged. For one of the "Qianlong Blue and White Flower Plates" that was damaged due to human negligence, the Forbidden City punished two staff members.

On the evening of the 3rd, the director of the Forbidden City, Wu Micha, also appeared on the show to restore the process of human negligence and apologized for the damage to the cultural relics of the Forbidden City.

The National Palace Museum's "Ming Hongzhi Small Yellow and Green Shuanglong Small Bowl", "Qing Kangxi Small Yellow Porcelain Bowl with Dark Dragon and White Li" and "Qing Qianlong Blue and White Flower Plate" have attracted attention from the outside world due to damage.

According to the investigation by the Palace Museum's Political Style Office, the "Shuanglong Xiaowan" and "Xiaohuang Porcelain Bowl" were damaged and found no fault of personnel; the "blue and white flower plate" was caused by personnel negligent operation. The Palace Museum announced tonight that it will punish 2 staff members, including 1 person One major demerit was recorded, and the other one recorded two admonitions.

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On the 3rd, the public television program "Something to Talk About" invited Wu Micha to decipher the human error process of cultural relics damage. In addition, Shao Qingwang, director of the Cultural Relics Maintenance Research Center of the Taiyi Dayouzhang Art Museum, and Lin Yongqin, an assistant researcher at the Palace Museum's Preservation Office, participated in the dialogue.

Regarding the damage process of the "blue and white flower plate" due to human negligence, Wu Mica said that there were 2 colleagues and 1 person took 4 cultural relics from the brocade box containing 6 cultural relics at the time, and did not inform other colleagues. In the case of the box and other cultural relics, the lid of the box is not buckled.

Wu Micha said that another colleague mistakenly believed that all the cultural relics in the brocade box had been taken out. "He saw that the cloth at the bottom of the box had fallen off, and wanted to stick it back. When he turned over, two cultural relics fell out, and one was blocked with his body. It didn't fall." The other one that fell and was damaged was the "Blue and White Flower Plate".

Wu Micha said that before the results of the punishment came out, the colleagues who were punished were also asked to express their opinions during the political style investigation process.

The host asked, "Should my colleagues blame themselves?" Wu Micha nodded frequently.

Regarding the turmoil caused by the damage of the cultural relics in the Forbidden City, Wu Micha said at the end of the program that he is really sorry and regrettable that such a thing happened in the Forbidden City. damage caused by human factors.

Wu Micha said that the Forbidden City will remember this lesson, including the collection environment, work norms, and colleague training will be strengthened.

There are various blue cloth boxes, cultural relic bags, etc. in the warehouse of the Forbidden City. There will be several boxes or several bags in one box. In the future, the method of improving the collection should be one box for one item, so as to reduce the possibility of hidden damage caused by the collision of cultural relics, and it can also be imported. Scientific method, adding information system to assist cultural heritage management.