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The investigation followed a weekend report by the official Xinhua News Agency that the mummy statue featured at the MummyWorld Exhibition in Budapest was stolen from Yangchun village in Fujian province in 1995.
Yu Shengfu, an official at a cultural heritage bureau in Fujian, said that the conclusion is preliminary and that Chinese authorities are gathering more proof, including photos, to show that the piece owned by a private Dutch collector belongs to the Chinese village.
The mummy-containing statue has been pulled from the exhibit, which runs through May 17 in Budapest.
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The statue is believed to contain the mummified body of a Yangchun man who later became a well-respected Buddhist monk during China's Song Dynasty (960-1279), and the statue had been worshipped since then in the village temple, Xinhua said.
Yangchun villagers, who have kept the statue's hat and clothes since the 1995 theft, "burst into tears" and "lit fireworks" after seeing the statue on television earlier this month, Xinhua said.
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Fans of Kim Jong-Hyun are mourning the loss of the K-pop singer days after he was found unconscious at a studio apartment in Seoul. His three-day funeral began Tuesday with a service for fans at the Asan Medical Center in South Korea.
Reports say close to 500 fans gathered to celebrate Kim's talents both on and off stage.
A massive floral display surrounded his portrait on a mourning altar at the hospital. According to reports Cheap Nike Odyssey React Womens , members of BTS and other K-pop groups including Girls' Generation, NCT and BoA were spotted coming to pay their respects at the Asan Medical Center.
A Korean funeral can last three days with the first two days spent preparing the body and public mourning followed by the burial or cremation on the third day.
According to The Mirror, a private funeral will take place on Thursday morning and include family and officials from S.M. Entertainment.
Kim was the lead singer of K-pop band SHINee and shot to fame after the release of their debut EP called Replay in 2008. Earlier this year, the group went on a world tour that included stops in the United States.
"We've come to the US for fan meets before, but concerts make me a bit more nervous and excited. I hope our fans will be able to make great memories with us through the music and performances we show on stage," Kim told CNN after performing in Dallas, Los Angeles and Canada.
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by Xinhua writers Yuan Quan, Cao Yiming
NANNING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- Telling a man, "I love you," is one way to show your affection Nike Epic React Flyknit White Fusion Womens Sale , but for centuries women in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have preferred a more subtle gesture: the gifting of hand-embroidered balls of silk.
Guangxi locals, mainly from ethnic minorities, love crafts and folk songs, and their colorful silk love balls have long-been been a symbol of Guangxi culture, appearing in all manner of Chinese cultural events.
Jiuzhoujie is a small border town in Guangxi and the "home of the silk balls." Almost every home is involved in crafting these balls of love, and the town makes more than 300,000 of the romantic trinkets every year.
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Li Li, 40, is one of the many silk ball makers in the region. She learned the craft from her mother-in-law, and taught her three daughters. Li even has a shop, which displays the various silk balls in all their bright colors.
She says a silk ball usually takes 15 days to make, and "it can only be made by hand, not machine." You can see band aids on her fingers Nike Epic React Flyknit White Fusion Womens , needed after small cuts from the tough work.
The silk balls go back more than 2,000 years, but their beginings were not born of love. Far from it. They used to be made of bronze and were used as a lethal weapon in times of war. Only later did people begin to cover them in bright silk, even filling them with rice and grain.
They usually have 12 "petals," or cone shaped silk bags, which in ancient times were filled with red beans or grain before being embroidered with birds or flowers as a sign of good luck.
The grain has now been replaced by sawdust, making them lighter and easier to carry. Some even fill them with fragrant medicinal herbs, doubling their value.
The silk ball are not only a sign of cultural heritage, but are also a key to growing wealth. The cheapest go for 15 yuan, but more luxurious ones sell for over 200.
Li's orders mostly come from online shops across the country. On top of growing rice, she can earn an extra 3,000 yuan a year by making the bright silky balls.
Huang Xiaoqin, 73, is the best craftswoman in the town. She learned embroidery as a teenager, and remembers the old dating custom, Throwing the Silk Ball.