The police and cultural heritage department have intervened in the investigation, and tourists have carved characters on the rock wall of Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area in Guizhou to pray for cultural relics protection | Rock Wall | Police
On June 18th, a netizen posted a video reflecting that tourists were carving characters and praying for blessings on the rock wall of the Hongyun Jinding in the Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area of Tongren, Guizhou. On June 19th, staff at Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area told Beijing Youth Daily that Fanjing Mountain is a national 5A level scenic spot and also a world heritage site. Inscription on the rock walls is not allowed. The scenic area has reported the incident, and the public security and cultural relics protection departments have intervened in the investigation. The scenic area is also searching for tourists involved through multiple channels. The person in charge of the Cultural Relics Protection Center of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television, and Tourism Bureau of Jiangkou County, Tongren, stated that some of the rock walls in Hongyun Jinding belong to cultural relics protection units. They have now joined forces with the police to verify the situation on site and will handle it according to the location, length, and depth of the inscriptions.
A video posted by netizens shows that on June 18th, a man carved the words "Bless my son Xu for happiness and health" on a rock wall in the Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area. The video publisher claimed that he was focused on capturing the scenery when he discovered that the characters carved by the tourists on the rock wall were almost finished. Many tourists at the scene were condemning the tourists for their engraving behavior.
In the video comment section, on the morning of June 19th, Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area replied that it had already reported the case and that such illegal and irregular behavior will be dealt with seriously and will not be tolerated.
On the morning of the 19th, the staff of Fanjing Mountain Scenic Area told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that Fanjing Mountain is a national 5A level scenic area and also a world heritage site. Engraving on the rock walls is not allowed, and people are usually sent to inspect the scenic area. However, on the day of the incident, there were a large number of tourists, and the staff did not notice this situation in a timely manner. Once tourists are found carving characters on the rock wall, the scenic area will also report to the cultural relics protection department and public security organs for handling. The tourist's engraving behavior has been reported to the scenic area, and the specific situation is under investigation by the public security organs and cultural heritage departments. The scenic area is also involving tourists through various channels, including their identity information and contact information.
At the same time, the person in charge of the Cultural Relics Protection Center of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Jiangkou County, Tongren, told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that on the morning of the 19th, they had rushed to the scene with the public security department to verify the specific situation and were also searching for the tourists involved. According to the person in charge, some of the rock walls of Hongyun Jinding belong to cultural relics protection units. For the behavior of the tourist, it is necessary to handle it according to the location, length, depth, and other conditions of the engraving.
The Beijing Youth Daily reporter noticed that some tourists have been sued for ecological damage due to carving characters on the golden roof of Mount Fanjing. After trial and investigation, the People's Court of Jiangkou County found that on the afternoon of July 11, 2021, the defendant Chen was preparing to climb to the Golden Peak of Fanjing Mountain for sightseeing. During the queue for passage, he used a hiking cane to carve the words "Lishui Chen" on the stone wall of the "Golden Peak Cliff of Fanjing Mountain". This "cliff cliff" not only belongs to the cultural landscape of Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve, but also is the second batch of provincial-level cultural relics protection units announced by the People's Government of Guizhou Province. After the defendant's portrayal behavior video was uploaded to the short video platform, it was forwarded and reported by online video platforms and news media, causing serious negative social impact.
The court held that Fanjing Mountain is not only a national 5A scenic spot, but also a national nature reserve, which was included in the The World Heritage List in July 2018. The Jinding Cliff of Fanjing Mountain is a cultural landscape with aesthetic value and is an integral part of the Fanjing Mountain World Natural Heritage Site. Once damaged, it is difficult to restore. The defendant Chen's act of engraving characters on the Xinjinding of Fanjing Mountain not only endangers the safety of the natural heritage of Fanjing Mountain, but also damages the ecological environment and tourism resources of Fanjing Mountain. It violates laws and regulations such as the Tourism Law of the People's Republic of China, the Tourism Regulations of Guizhou Province, and the Protection Regulations of Fanjing Mountain in Tongren City, and damages social public rights and interests.
Finally, the court ruled that the defendant Chen paid a cultural relic restoration fee of RMB 60952.08, a restoration plan design fee of RMB 38000, and a punitive damages of RMB 25000 for environmental damage, and apologized to the public in national news media.
