1. Donation: A large part of China cultural relics in the British Museum come from various private donations. For example, Sir Si Long donated a large number of China artworks at the end of18th century, which started the British Museum to collect China cultural relics. Since then, collectors and artists have donated their collections to the museum, enriching the museum's collection of China cultural relics.
2. Purchase: The British Museum has collected many precious China cultural relics through purchase. For example, famous paintings such as Proverbs of Women's History and Biography of Women during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty all entered the museum through purchase.
3. Exchanges: The British Museum has also acquired some China cultural relics through exchanges with other museums or collectors. For example, the Luohan statue in Yixian, Hebei Province was originally hidden in the United States, and then entered the British Museum through communication channels.
4. Exploration and archaeological excavations:/kloc-At the end of 0/9 and the beginning of the 20th century, western explorers and archaeologists discovered a large number of precious cultural relics in China, some of which were donated or sold to the British Museum. For example, cultural relics unearthed in Xinjiang, such as the Gaha Peak Scene Site in Qizil and the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.
5. War and plunder: In modern history, many cultural relics were lost. Some of the lost cultural relics entered the British Museum through various channels and became collections in the museum.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-British Museum.