英语新闻｜台北故宫2年摔碎3件文物，两岸网友都怒了

英语新闻｜台北故宫2年摔碎3件文物，两岸网友都怒了

Chinese Nationalist Party Legislator Charles Chen claimed that staff at theNational Palace Museum in Taipei dropped and broke two ceramic items, while related information was concealed. Confirming that three items in its archive had been damaged, the TaipeiPalace Museum said they did not intentionally conceal it and theinvestigation is ongoing.

10月28日，中国国民党籍民意代表陈以信称，台北故宫博物院工作人员损坏了两件瓷器文物，相关信息遭隐瞒。院方同日证实，确有三件文物破损，但称绝无隐瞒意图，相关调查正在进行。

In a statement, the museum wrote that on Feb 3, 2021and April 7, 2022, while staff members were organizing artifacts, theydiscovered upon opening packages that a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) "yellowteacup with two green dragons" and a Qing Dynasty (1636–1911) "yellowteacup with dragon pattern" were damaged. Additionally, on May 19, 2022,due to staff mishandling, a Qing Dynasty "blue-and-white floralplate" fell and broke.

台北故宫博物院28日下午在社交媒体刊出声明称，器物处瓷器科人员整理文物时，2021年2月3日、2022年4月7日打开文物包裹后发现“明弘治款 娇黄绿彩双龙小碗”（左上）“清康熙款 暗龙白里小黄瓷碗”（下）破损；2022年5月19日整理文物时，由于人员在作业过程中疏忽，致“清乾隆 青花花卉盘”（右上）掉落破损。

The negligence leading to the damage of artifacts at the museum wasimmediately condemned by a large number of netizens. People on both sides of the Straits have not only greatly deplored thedamage of the cultural relics, but also have doubts over the attitude, abilityand motivation of the incumbent management of the Taipei Palace Museumregarding the protection of nearly 700,000 cultural relics housed there. 

网络上有关台北故宫博物院文物破损的帖文随即遭到大批网友谴责。两岸人民不仅对文物受到的破坏深感痛心，而且对台北故宫博物院现任管理人员保护近70万件文物的态度、能力和动机表示怀疑。

Regarding the damaged artifacts,the museum wrote that the Ming dynasty “yellow teacup with two green dragons”is being repaired. The Qing dynasty “yellow teacup with dragon pattern” isawaiting repairs, while the Qing dynasty “blue-and-white floral plate” will berepaired after penalties are issued.

台北故宫博物院28日表示，破损瓷器目前第一件“明弘治款 娇黄绿彩双龙小碗”正在修复中，第二件“清康熙款 暗龙白里小黄瓷碗”待修复人员处理，第三件“清乾隆 青花花卉盘”待惩处程序完成，责任厘清后才会进入修复程序。

Many people are wondering if the public hadn'texposed the incident, would it have been covered up by the Taipei Palace Museumforever? In places in the museum where the public has not paid attention to,are there more valuable artifacts that have been damaged but coveredup?  

不少人关心，如果公众没有曝光文物受损情况，台北故宫博物院会永远掩盖事实吗？在博物馆中公众没有注意到的地方，是否有更多的珍贵文物被损坏，但隐瞒了情况?

The museum's curator Wu Mi-cha said the threebroken artifacts were not insured, so the liability for compensation is stillto be confirmed. He also claimed that the three broken artifacts had never beenput on display and only the three artifacts were damaged in his term ofoffice.

台北故宫博物院院长吴密察28日表示，被损坏的文物因未买保险，赔偿责任还待确认，并称“在我的任期内，只有这唯三的文物毁损，而这三件文物也未曾对外展出过。”

Three artifacts were damaged in only two years, many people doubt thereasons behind. Global Times commented that it'sknown to all that the collections in the Taipei Palace Museum areextraordinary. They are cultural treasures belonging to the entire Chinesenation as well as testimony and inheritance of China's long history andsplendid culture. They are of more special and richer historical, culturaland ethnic value as they went through China's war of resistance againstJapanese aggression and the Chinese civil war and have become the cultural linkand historical bonds that cannot be cut off between the Taiwan island and theChinese mainland. 

两年内三件文物被损坏，不少网友疑惑，到底是因为什么才导致这样的事情发生？环球时报评论称，台北故宫博物院的藏品非同一般，它是属于全体中华民族的文化瑰宝，是中国悠久历史和灿烂文化的见证与传承，更因为经历了抗战时期的颠沛流离、内战的分离苦痛，从而承载着更特殊、更丰富的历史文化和民族意义，成为两岸切不断的文化血脉和历史纽带。

However, the current management staff of the TaipeiPalace Museum have spent more efforts in downplaying and avoiding these aspectsthan they have invested in the protection and management of the preciouscultural relics. Taking the precious cultural relics of the TaipeiNational Palace Museum as political resources, the political manipulations erodedthe due respect to the relics and damaged the professional ability in theprotection and management of cultural relics, which led to the damage happened oneafter another.

然而，如今的台北故宫博物院管理层在淡化、回避这些方面花费的心思，要大于他们在文物保护和管理方面投入的精力。一系列政治性的操弄将台北故宫的珍贵文物当成利用的政治资源，消磨和损害了台北故宫在文物保护和管理上的专业能力和敬畏之心，这才导致珍贵文物破损的事情接连发生。

ceramic

英[səˈræmɪk]  美[səˈræmɪk]

adj. 陶瓷的

relics

英[ˈrelɪks]  美[ˈrelɪks]

n. 遗迹

curator

英[kjʊəˈreɪtə(r)]  美[ˈkjʊreɪtər]

n. （博物馆）馆长