The Canadian government returned several Chinese historical and cultural relics during a handover ceremony in Ottawa, Canada this week. /China NewsAgency photo

The Department of Canadian Heritage reached out to the Chinese Embassy in Canada in 2015 over a pair of ancient Chinese architectural wood carvings, that have been authenticated as assembly pieces from a temple located in southwest China’s Yunnan dating back to the 19th century. /China NewsAgency photo

Alongside the relics that were returned to China were also two Ichthyosauria Blainville fossil dating back 220-250 million years. /China NewsAgency photo