Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics

The discussion on Chinese cultural heritage started to emerge as a result of inspiration coming from foreign travels of Chinese scholars-officials and as protective measures against looting of artifacts in the 19th and 20th centuries. The most spectacular robberies were carried out by Anglo-French...

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Autor principal:	Joanna Wardęga
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	China Chinese culture Chinese heritage Chinese nationalism Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2ef2a41b71d544f781c1a8e5604a8e452021-11-30T12:53:19ZChinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics10.12797/Politeja.18.2021.73.011733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/2ef2a41b71d544f781c1a8e5604a8e452021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/3954https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 The discussion on Chinese cultural heritage started to emerge as a result of inspiration coming from foreign travels of Chinese scholars-officials and as protective measures against looting of artifacts in the 19th and 20th centuries. The most spectacular robberies were carried out by Anglo-French forces in the Old Summer Palace (Yuanming Yuan) during the Second Opium War in 1860. That event became one of the cornerstones of the “century of humiliation” (bainian guochi) in the Chinese historical narrative. Even though the Communist Revolution classified historical sites as remnants of feudalism, today the Communist Party of China has assumed the role of a defender of the Chinese heritage. In contemporary China, its cultural heritage is a phenomenon of both domestic and international significance. The Chinese emphasize the antiquity of the Chinese nation, pointing to the origins of Chinese civilization as early as five thousand years ago. In contemporary China, recovering cultural treasures is important for the political legitimacy of a government and for erasing the national humiliation. Joanna WardęgaKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleChinaChinese cultureChinese heritageChinese nationalismLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 18, Iss 4(73) (2021)
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description	The discussion on Chinese cultural heritage started to emerge as a result of inspiration coming from foreign travels of Chinese scholars-officials and as protective measures against looting of artifacts in the 19th and 20th centuries. The most spectacular robberies were carried out by Anglo-French forces in the Old Summer Palace (Yuanming Yuan) during the Second Opium War in 1860. That event became one of the cornerstones of the “century of humiliation” (bainian guochi) in the Chinese historical narrative. Even though the Communist Revolution classified historical sites as remnants of feudalism, today the Communist Party of China has assumed the role of a defender of the Chinese heritage. In contemporary China, its cultural heritage is a phenomenon of both domestic and international significance. The Chinese emphasize the antiquity of the Chinese nation, pointing to the origins of Chinese civilization as early as five thousand years ago. In contemporary China, recovering cultural treasures is important for the political legitimacy of a government and for erasing the national humiliation.
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title	Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics
title_short	Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics
title_full	Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics
title_fullStr	Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics
title_full_unstemmed	Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics
title_sort	chinese heritage with european characteristics: international and domestic dimensions of the china’s cultural heritage politics
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Chinese Heritage with European Characteristics: International and Domestic Dimensions of the China’s Cultural Heritage Politics

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