Huaian City of Jiangshu Province: 300 ancient tombs illegally excavated in two Months
Huaian City of Jiangshu Province is one of the National Famous Cities of Historical and Cultural Value. There are many archaeological sites in the city. However, many of them are being illegally excavated by local people. For example, because of the water conservancy construction for Huaihe River from 1999, many archaeological heritage areas were found and illegally excavated very quickly. In March and April this year, more than 300 Ming and Qing Dynasty tombs in Chuzhou District of the city were destroyed by local people.
Jiangshu Province is one of the richest areas in China and the heritage administration is also advanced. However, such destruction has not been stopped.
(Source: CHW weekly Observation 05/22/2001)
