一十九世纪末二十世纪初,欧洲一些国家的探险队以学术考察的名义相继来到中国西北,对我国西北地区的历史古迹,开展大规模的挖掘活动,采用各种手段盗取中国的历史文物,历史名城黑水城就成为欧洲探险家重点挖掘和盗取文物 At the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, expeditions from some European countries came to the northwest of China one after another in the name of academic study. They carried out large-scale excavation activities on historical monuments in the northwest of China and used various means to steal the history of China Heritage, the historic city of Blackwater became the focus of European explorers excavation and theft of cultural relics