Two men caught inscribing positive words and their names on rocks at 35 historical sites on China’s Mount Tai in a single day claim they did so to “change their fate”.
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The case gained national attention on November 7, when China’s Supreme People’s Court released details of it to mark the first anniversary of the revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on Cultural Relics Protection.
The move was also aimed at raising public awareness about cultural heritage preservation.
Two men are from Heze in northern China’s Shandong province.
One of them, Zhang, only completed primary school and the other, Li, is illiterate.
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