This photo taken on July 23, 2026 shows a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion sculptures returned by South Korea to China at the Kansong Art Museum in Seoul, South Korea. A handover ceremony for a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion sculptures returned by South Korea to China was held on Thursday at the Kansong Art Museum in Seoul. At the ceremony, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration formally received the stone lions from the National Museum of Korea. (Photo: Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SEOUL, July 23 (Xinhua) -- A handover ceremony for a pair of Qing Dynasty stone lion sculptures returned by South Korea to China was held on Thursday at the Kansong Art Museum in Seoul.

At the ceremony, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration formally received the stone lions from the National Museum of Korea.