The feudal system existed in China for more than two thousand years, and at the end of the Qing Dynasty, this decadent poison control was finally overthrown. During the period of alternation between the old and new systems, social unrest was whimsical, the people were displaced, and many people even had food and clothing became a major problem. During that period, China's cultural and artistic undertakings also suffered heavy blows. Many precious cultural relics were also lost overseas during that period for various reasons. Some of them were collected by imperialism from China, such as the burning of the Yuanmingyuan and the looting of a large number of rare treasures from China by the great powers. What is even more distressing is that many lawbreakers have used various means to sell the heirlooms left by their ancestors to foreigners in order to seek private interests. In fact, there are also some antiques that have been lost in a foreign land that were taken abroad by the collectors themselves. Don't understand! He sold $4.5 million in manuscripts to China, but donated 183 national treasures to the United States!
The protagonist of today's historical topic once gave more than 180 cultural relics to a museum in the United States, but he sold 80 ancient books and periodicals to the Shanghai Museum. The Shanghai Museum cost about $4.5 million. This person is the famous collector Ongwango, are you surprised to see here? Who is this person who owns so many collections, and why does his attitude towards the Shanghai Museum differ from that of the American Museum? In fact, many of these cultural relics are collected by his family, and his great-great-grandfather is named Weng Tonggong. Those who are familiar with the history of the Qing Dynasty know that this person is the emperor's teacher, so his collection is very large.
The Weng family can be regarded as a scholarly family, and the clans are very obsessed with ancient classics, and it is precisely because of this that Weng Wange has collected so many ancient books. The Shanghai Museum bought Weng Wange's collection at great expense because Weng Wange wanted to auction these precious ancient books. In order to protect these ancient books, the Shanghai Museum contacted Weng Wange, . This matter actually caused a lot of controversy, because Weng Wango later donated 183 ancient artifacts to the Boston Museum in the United States. Among them, there are 7 excellent works by Dong Qichang alone, which can be said to be very important research materials. Some people estimate that the value of these ancient classics is hundreds of millions of dollars, why did Mr. Weng do this?
Some have explained this way that Onwango is considering it for the sake of his children. The Weng family has been living abroad, which has helped to improve the Weng family's reputation abroad. However, many Chinese people do not understand very much, why do they treat it differently? The Weng family has roots in China, and it seems a bit unreasonable to treat their motherland in this way. But there are also those who say that the Weng family has emigrated overseas, and it is his own power to make any decision. The author believes that such behavior does violate the basic moral requirements of being a son and daughter of China. We often see many Sons and Daughters of China spending a lot of money to buy lost national treasures from overseas, and then take the initiative to donate them to the country.
In fact, many foreign museums are still not very high for the collection and protection of Chinese antique cultural relics. Some foreign hungry museums will also invite Chinese experts to restore cultural relics that originally belonged to China, which is really infuriating! The author believes that if all the sons and daughters of China work together, those cultural relics that have been lost in a foreign land will surely return to the embrace of the motherland as soon as possible!