Imagine being kidnapped, then returning home after 159 years. That's happened to one zodiac statue from Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace. It was(recent) returned to Beijing.
According toNational Culture Heritage Administration, one of the 12 animal(statue), a red bronze horse head statue, (donate) by 97-year-old business man Stanley Ho, a collector from Macao on Nov 13.
As a surprise for(visit) to the National Museum of China, the statue was soon putdisplay. It joined an exhibition showing hundreds of priceless artifacts(文物)have been returned from overseas since 1949.The exhibit runs through Nov 27th.
It is the seventh of the 12(steal) animal statues from the Yuanmingyuan fountain(return) to Beijing from overseas. Now, the search is on for the returning five: a dog, a rooster, a dragon, a sheep and a snake.
