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lady xin zhui's coffin was hit by a tourist's mobile phone? hunan museum responds

2024-09-18

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recently, a netizen posted on a social platform that a tourist's mobile phone fell from a height when visiting the hunan museum at the end of august, and it was suspected that it hit the coffin of lady xin zhui, which aroused the attention of netizens. on the morning of the 18th, a reporter from upstream news contacted the hunan museum as a tourist. a staff member said that the mobile phone hit the glass outside and did not damage the coffin. the specific situation is subject to subsequent official announcements.

a netizen posted that a mobile phone fell from a high place and hit the coffin of lady xin zhui.

on august 27, a netizen posted a video saying that when he was visiting, he saw a mobile phone falling from a height of 17 meters, crossing layers of stairs, and falling on the coffin of lady xin zhui, which has a history of more than 2,000 years, smashing a small hole and bouncing onto the acrylic booth. in the video, a uniformed staff member stood in front of the fallen mobile phone and was calling to report the situation. as of 11 a.m. on the 18th, this video has received more than 220,000 likes and nearly 20,000 comments. netizens commented on this: "how can people make such a big mess?" "the staff repeatedly emphasized not to extend the mobile phone to take pictures, why are there always people who don't listen?" "if the coffin is really broken, i'm afraid you will go to jail, right?"

looking down at lady xin zhui's coffin from a high place, this is also where the mobile phone fell.

on other social platforms, many netizens said they were also at the scene. some netizens said that the staff quickly evacuated the scene and broadcast the phone owner to claim the phone. on a short video platform, some netizens said that the phone owner was later taken away by the staff.

on the morning of the 18th, the reporter contacted the hunan museum by phone. the staff said that the coffin was not damaged, but they were not sure where the phone came from or how it was handled. "from what we know, only the glass was smashed, and the coffin was not damaged. wait for our official news!"

the new hunan museum has restored xin zhui's tomb at a 1:1 ratio. image source: changsha evening news

public data shows that the corpse of xin zhui from the western han dynasty in mawangdui is more than 2,000 years old. its body is intact, moist, with intact skin and hair, almost like a fresh corpse. according to a staff member of the hunan museum, "this is the best preserved wet corpse in the world."

upstream news reporter jin xin