Regarding the life and death of people, it is a very important thing for our country, especially in the arrangement of tombs after death, which is particularly important. Therefore, there are still many unopened imperial tombs on the land of China, which has become a miracle for Chinese people to visit. However, far away on the other side of the ocean, the Ontario Museum of Canada, there is such a famous tomb of a famous general in china during the Ming Dynasty, this tomb weighs 150 tons, which is called the treasure of the town hall of the Ontario Museum, so why does the tomb of China's famous general appear in Canada?
In history, Zu Dashou was Wu Sangui's uncle. At the beginning, after the defeat at the Battle of Ningyuan, the Jin enemy army became famous in the first battle. Later, he accompanied Yuan Chonghuan into the Guanguan to guard the Beijing Division and made great contributions. Since then, he has also been the most reliable supporter of the Ming Dynasty. Later, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, it surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and was still praised by the Emperor Taiji. In 1656 (the thirteenth year of Shunzhi), he died of illness at the mansion on Zujia Street in Beijing and was buried in Yongtai Village, near the Qinghe River in Beijing.
The reason why his tomb appears in the Canadian Museum on the other side of the ocean is from a Canadian official arrest. In 1918, croftsman Crofts was arrested in Canada for reselling antiquities. He would have faced a large number of fines and a prison sentence for an unknown amount of time. But the Museum of Ontario pleaded with the authorities to exonerate him. He also promised that he would receive a bounty as long as he could transport back an ancient Chinese tomb.
And Canada is doing this for a reason. First of all, because the Ontario Museum does not have the treasure of the town museum, it affects the public's enthusiasm for viewing. Secondly, at that time, China was in the Republic of China period, the situation was turbulent, and it was not an impossible task to steal back an ancient tomb. More critically, because China has a history of thousands of years, any antiquity has a high value, and Canadians are even more obsessed with Chinese things. That's why the Museum of Ontario wants to spend a lot of money on this seemingly impossible job.
Tempted by the Canadian side to offer 20,000 Canadian dollars, and also in the desire for freedom, Crofts decided to agree to the Canadian side and go to China, because of the turnover, Crofts can speak a little Chinese, and is familiar with China. And the theft of ancient tombs, although it seems difficult in the eyes of foreigners. But for him, who has been to China and has studied China, it is not difficult. Crofts, who came to China, also conducted an expedition, and he found that although the princely generals were not as well guarded as the imperial tombs, they were too luxurious and large to be transported back to Canada. Therefore, he targeted the tomb of Zu Dashou, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty.
Since zu dashou's tomb is not an underground mausoleum, Crofts decided to steal it. He first paid for a local family with a surname and asked them to demolish the tomb on the pretext of repairing the cemetery. Although the local government noticed the abnormality, he was marked by him with a thousand oceans. Later, he packed the 150-ton tomb into hundreds of boxes and transported it to Canada through Tianjin Tanggu, so that zu Dashou's tomb is still overseas. The tomb of a famous general, but can never return to China.