The Government Of The Republic Of China's Cultural Relics Protection

Cultural relic梩he precious historic and cultural legacy of human being, which possesses high value in history, science and art reflects the production, the life and the circumstances of each period in the various aspects. To protect cultural relics is to maintain the historic heritage, to preserve the characteristic of the national culture, which possesses remote significance. During the period of the Republic of China, Chinese government took all kinds ofmeasures in the name of the nation to protect the cultural relics for the first time . It opened up a new epoch in the Chinese cultural relic ?protectional cause. To study the cultural relic ?protection of the Republic of China will give us enlightenment in researching the experiences of the modem cultural relic ? protectional cause. The first part of the thesis discusses the cultural relic ?protection of the Northern Warlords. Chinese modern cultural relic ?protectional cause rose gradually after the foundation of the Republic of China. Though without the special charter for the protection of the cultural relics, Nanj ing Temporary Government opened the constitutional spirits, which impeled the successional governments to pay attention to the cultural relic ?protection from the state policy. In order to protect the cultural relics effectively, the government of the Northern Warlords drafted some regulations on investigating relics, preserving them, prohibiting the export of them etc. It also dect with some cases about the cultural relics. The foundation of cultural relic museums (institutes) are the important part of the cultural relic ?protectional cause of the period too. The second part discusses the cultural relic ?protection of Nanjing KMT Government during its first decade. This period is the crucial stage for the development of the Chinese modern cultural relic ?protectional cause. After the hard working for several years, Nanjing KMT Government put forward a series of regulations on protecting cultural relics . The legislation of cultural relics obtained ?? an breakthrough; the cultaral relic museums were, enriched. At the same time, the government began to form the national organizations for the protection of cultural relics, and some provines also formed local organizations for it. The investigation, the repairment and the unearthing work were spreaded out all ? sidedly. The framework of the cultural relic ?protection during this period lays a foundation of chinese modem cultural relic ?protectional cause. The third part discusses the cultural relic ?protection during the Anti ? Japanese War. For the sake of protecting cultural relics from damage, the KMT government made a lot of rescue work to transfer them to the rear. Under the hard condition in the rear , the cultural relic workers overcame difficulties to improve the storage condition, to go on researching and unearthing cultural relics. In order to coordinating the Anti ?Japanese War, the government held exhibitions of cultural relics, advocated the national spirit to arouse the fighting will of the masses. The fourth part discusses the government?s protection of the cultural relics after the Anti ?Japanese War. After the surrender of the Japanese army, the nation started its construction, and the protection of the cultural relics also got into its recovering stage. The investigation of damages and the work of indemnity began to...