Chinese man kicks back on ancient jade exhibit during visit to Sichuan museum
Mystery guest ‘shamed’ on social media after using stone slab as a daybed
A visitor to an archaeological site in southwestern China caused a stir online after being photographed lying on one of the exhibits, a huge slab of raw jade.
The incident happened at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Sichuan province, which is on the site of a former walled city that dates back about 3,600 years, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
Photographs of the man, who was not identified, reclining on the massive rock were widely circulated on social media.
According to the newspaper report, staff at the museum asked the visitor to get off the exhibit, but he refused. It was only when his wife appeared on the scene and scolded him that he acquiesced.
Internet users said the man should be named and shamed for his “uncivilised behaviour”, but the museum said that it did not record visitors’ names and could therefore not identify the culprit.