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« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2013, 01:10:08 am »

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According to Chinese civil law, a grave, whether it is the container of mortal remains or of specific commemorative items with a personal symbolism, belongs to the deceased's next of kin. It also contains the citizen’s human dignity as stipulated in the Chinese constitution.

Therefore, it obvious that the recent tomb removal policy put in place in Henan Province is a serious affront to the people. In the city of Zhoukou alone, two million graves had been leveled in the past three months. This personally affects tens of millions of people. The local officials are humans too; they should understand people’s feelings. So what kind of pressure prompted them to risk infamy with such outrageous measures?

Read the full article: A Million Vanishing Tombs - Why China Is Turning Graveyards Into Farmlands - All News Is Global
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Joey,

I'm not saying that I do not disagree with you about the sale of said bottles you question.  I was just stating that tomb leveling, movement, and land reclamation is occurring in China as demonstrated in this one example of what I expect to be many, and that there may be some underlining truths behind the tales of artifacts being raised during gave removals.  It sounds from the articles that the people on the land, or the deceased kin, are being asked to move graves with very little control or regulation.  In this process, the liberation of artifacts would not be unexpected.  I wonder how much grave movement took place during the Three Gorges Dam project alone?  If one wishes to read more on this subject here are two links on this single incident:

http://www.worldcrunch.com/culture-society/a-million-vanishing-tombs-why-china-is-turning-graveyards-into-farmlands/china-tomb-removal-leveling-henan/c3s10202/#.UrKRVvRDubU

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/20/content_16241521.htm
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Charll K Stoneman, Eureka, California USA, Collector Since 1979.

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