美国费城就兵马俑展出时受损致歉

The Philadelphia City Government has issued an official written apology to China for the damage done to an exhibiting terracotta warrior caused by a visitor at the Franklin Institute in Pennsylvania, where 10 of the figures were on display.

美国费城政府就兵马俑在费城展出时被游客损坏一事向中方书面道歉，当时有10余件展品在宾夕法尼亚的富兰克林学院展出。

David Oh, of the Philadelphia City Council, wrote in the apology that the city council “unanimously passed a Resolution” to apologize to China for the damage.

费城市议会成员大卫.欧在道歉书中写道，市议会“一致通过决议”，为兵马俑受损一事向中国道歉。

The written apology was replied to by Zhang Qiyue, China’s Consul General in New York, and forwarded to the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Exchange Center on April 5.

中国驻纽约总领馆总领事章启月作出回应，该书面道歉函已于4月5日转呈至陕西省文物交流中心。

Zhang said in the reply that the isolated case "will not affect the robust cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two sides."

章启月在回信中称，这起个案“不会影响两国人民和两国文化的健康交流”。

A World Heritage Artifact loaned by the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center was on show from the end of September last year.

去年9月底，从陕西文物交流中心借出的世界遗产文物开始展出。

According to an arrest affidavit filed by an FBI agent, the visitor, Michael Rohana, 24, snuck into the closed exhibit on December 21 and took a "selfie" with the warrior, worth US$4.5 million.

根据一联邦调查员递交的逮捕宣誓书，24岁的游客迈克尔.罗哈纳于12月21日潜入闭馆的展馆中，与价值450万美元的兵马俑像“自拍”。

He then allegedly broke off the statue’s left thumb and pocketed it before leaving the event with friends. FBI recovered the thumb some weeks later.

据称，他在与朋友离开展馆之前，折断了兵马俑的一根左手指，放进口袋里。几周后，FBI将断指收回。

Rohana is currently on bail after his arrest and awaiting trial. He faces up to 30 years in jail.

被捕后的罗哈纳目前正在保释候审。他最高将面临长达30年的监禁。

Some Chinese netizens commented on Weibo that no punishment can make up for the damage of historic relics.

一些中国网民在微博上评论道，任何惩罚都无法弥补历史文物受到的损害。

Built around 209 BC to stand guard over the tomb of the first emperor, the 8,000-strong Terracotta Army is one of China’s most important archaeological discoveries.

约于公元前209年铸造的8000人兵马俑像，为守卫秦始皇陵所建，是我国最重要的考古发现之一。

The army has been a UNESCO world heritage site since 1987, and a major tourist attraction in Xi’an, capital of the northwestern province of Shaanxi.

1987年，兵马俑便入选为联合国教科文组织的世界文化遗产，也是陕西省省会西安的主要旅游景点。