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The old man who shot cotton in Hebei, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptied the imperial tomb of the Qing Dynasty

Bouncing cotton is a traditional handicraft in China, and its main purpose is to make cotton more fluffy and suitable for use in our daily lives. Bullet cotton in China has a long history, until modern times there are still craftsmen who play cotton for a living, in Hebei, China, a cotton old man, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptying the Qing Dynasty imperial tombs, what is the matter?

The old man who shot cotton in Hebei, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptied the imperial tomb of the Qing Dynasty

This old man' name was Wang Shaoyi, and when he was young, he was a subordinate of the bandit Ma Futian, and he went to the Tomb of Dongling with the bandits many times, taking away countless cultural relics. Not long after this incident, Sun Dianying drove them all away with the fame of paying fees, and during this period, Wang Shaoyi, because of his good luck, escaped the disaster, plus he had the skill of playing cotton, so he secretly stayed in Tanglin to do this errand.

The old man who shot cotton in Hebei, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptied the imperial tomb of the Qing Dynasty

Staying in Tanglin, he rarely talks to outsiders, is silent every day except for playing cotton for others, and his neighbors around him do not know his experience at all. After the founding of New China, Wang Shaoyi, who had been lurking in Tanglin for more than ten years, once again had the idea of robbing a tomb, but it was still difficult for him to do the tomb robbery alone, so he contacted several tomb keepers through bribery and planned to cooperate in robbing the tomb.

The old man who shot cotton in Hebei, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptied the imperial tomb of the Qing Dynasty

The profession of tomb keeper has been passed down from generation to generation, and they have long been familiar with the structure of the interior of the mausoleum, and they do not want to obtain the precious artifacts inside, but they have lacked a reason to act for so many years. The Qing Dynasty has long since perished, and the Ai Xin Jue Luo family has now been reclusively classified into the people, at this time, even if they go in and steal the tomb, it will not attract the revenge of the royal family. At this time, Wang Shaoyi's appearance gave them a reasonable motive, and the two sides immediately began to steal the imperial tomb.

The old man who shot cotton in Hebei, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptied the imperial tomb of the Qing Dynasty

After entering the Tanglin Tomb, they stole a large number of precious cultural relics inside, and because Wang Shaoyi and the tomb keeper cooperated in robbing the tomb, for a long time this matter did not leak out, outsiders seem that these tomb keepers are still very dutifully guarding the mausoleum, but in fact, the cultural relics in the mausoleum have long been looted by them. Later, the matter was revealed or because a population was not strict, the matter was leaked out. When Wang Shaoyi learned of this, he fled in a hurry and ran to a foreign country.

The old man who shot cotton in Hebei, lurking in Tanglin for decades, almost emptied the imperial tomb of the Qing Dynasty

However, after all, Skynet was restored without leakage, and the case-handling personnel finally arrested these people through a long period of arrest, so that they received the punishment they deserved. However, experts are saddened that a large number of cultural relics in the mausoleum have been sold overseas at low prices, and it is difficult to recover them so far, which is a huge loss for the cultural relics community.

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