本帖最后由 名本 于 2015-10-20 15:08 编辑
- 1, Can you tell me one more time why you don't name it a protest or demonstration?What is exactly that you are trying to reach with this event.
As I wrote you in the veryfirst letter mentioning the event, I said that we don’t take it as demonstration or protest. Firstly, here we don’t appose anybody in the matter, let alone act against Mr. Overeem personally. This is a big misunderstanding. On the contrary, we will also express our gratitude and respects for his kind treatment towards the statue. And we highly appraise the achievements of the scientific research on the mummy Buddha, which have in fact simply proved the origin and hero of the statue. Secondly, the statue now is kept in theNetherlands, it’s the nearest placefrom him, so it’s a meaningful event as we celebrate the birthday here even wecan not meet him. Thirdly, we will also pray for the return of the statue during the event, we would like to show our sincerity and piety of our expectations.
- 2, And -in a perfect world - what would happen next? What is the outcome you're hoping for? That the statue will be back in time for his real birthday in the village?
We just can tell you what we would like to reach. We hope that through further indirect or even direct negotiations between the Chinese side on behalf of the Government,various related Administrations, the villagers and their individual, private counterpart, Mr. Oscar van Overeem could reach a win-win agreement on the return of the statue to China. We acknowledge the costs that Mr. van Overeem spent on the statue, we understandand could accept the desires which are logical and reasonable. The traditionalbirthday of Patriarch Zhanggong is on the fifth day of the tenth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar, it’s 16 November in Gregorian calendar this year. As the day is approaching, the local people are extremely eager toget back the statue. If it really happens, it would surly be a grand celebration and all the participants bringing about the case, especially Mr.Oscar van Overeem himself will render a great service to the beneficence and even to the world of Buddhism.
- 3, He wants to get reimbursed, so he wants to sell it back (so it's a transaction). He doesn't want to let me know for how much. Do you have any idea if this is aproblem?
Beyond all doubt,everybody should recognize that the statue is an illegally stolen, illegally smuggled Chinese cultural relic, particularly important, it’s an object containing human remains. How could a strange people hold the remains belonging to others?
For my personal opinion, we understand and accept the fact of Mr. Oscar van Overeem’s purchasingof the statue, we believe it happened unknowingly. I think Chinese side should give Mr. Oscar van Overeem certain compensation for the costs and research inclaiming. I hope the offer of Mr. Oscar van Overeem is not extremely beyond our imagination. The French unconditional return of Chinese lost cultural relics without any request ever mentioned to Mr. Oscar van Overeem is fact and just serves as a sample, and it doesn’t mean that the Buddha statue case should be resolved in the same way.
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