China Punishes Men for Defacing Sacred Mount Tai with Good Luck Inscriptions

Imagine a very special, old mountain in China called Mount Tai that has lots of important historical carvings and writings on its rocks.

Two men, who didn't finish much school and couldn't read well, thought that if they wrote their names and wishes for good luck on these old rocks, their lives would get better.

They saw videos online that told them this would work.

So, they took a red marker and scribbled on many of the special rocks, including some that are protected by the country.

This damaged the historical sites.

The government found out and said this was wrong because they were hurting a very important place.

The men had to apologize, pay a lot of money for the damage (which they will do by doing community work instead of paying all at once), and one even got a suspended jail sentence.