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The Rat and Rabbit End 153 Years of Exile
On June 28, 2013, after 153 years of exile, the rat and rabbit heads come home to the National Museum of China. The donor, the Pinault family, had bought them at a contested auction four years earlier. From bidding to giving: what was looted should come home.
2013 年 6 月 28 日，经过一百五十三年的流浪，鼠首与兔首回到中国，入藏中国国家博物馆。捐赠它们的皮诺家族，正是四年前那场争议拍卖的买方。从举牌竞拍到无偿归还，中间隔着一个越来越清晰的共识：流失的文物，本就该回家。
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On June 28, 2013, after 153 years of exile, the rat and rabbit heads come home to the National Museum of China. The donor, the Pinault family, had bought them at a contested auction four years earlier. From bidding to giving: what was looted should come home. It is one of 36 real historical moments you can travel to in MoonWarp, based on Wikipedia.
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