A Chinese terracotta warrior has been greeting diplomats from the
world, and the site of Peking Man has been telling the history
about Chinese ancestors.
The warrior, from the Qin Dynasty some 2,000 years ago, and the
historic site were among 16 photos at an exhibition that opened at
the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
The Chinese cultural relics featured on these photos are listed as
World Heritage sites for their unique qualities as examples of
Chinese cultural heritage.
The photo exhibition, with the theme of "Our Past, Our Future," was
jointly sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Chinese Mission to the
United Nations.
The photo show also featured cultural heritage from Algeria,
France, Jordan, Peru and Russia.
At
the opening ceremony, Mounir Bouchenaki, assistant director-general
of the UN cultural agency, praised China for "presenting to the
world the most important and most representative cultural
heritage."
Bouchenaki also announced that China will host a meeting of the
World Heritage Committee next year in Suzhou of east China's Jiangsu
Province.
Wang Yingfan, the Chinese permanent representative to the United
Nations, said the photos presented by his mission at the show
represented China's major significant archaeological discoveries in
the 20th century.
On
display were photos of the site of the 700,000-year-old Peking Man
and the world-famous terracotta warriors from the tomb of the first
emperor of the Qin Dynasty, who lived some 2,000 years ago.
(China Daily December 6, 2002)