China's vast and profound history has left us with many cultural treasures, but many of them have also been destroyed in the war. In the turbulent society and war of the time, many cultural relics were destroyed, which may not be a big deal to other countries, but for us, those are the most precious. In such a lack and cherished situation, there is a person who is Chinese, but he donated 183 Pieces of Chinese National Treasures to the United States free of charge, while the motherland wants to buy them at a sky-high price.
It's been a lot of talk, and people don't understand why he did it. He is Weng Wange, the fifth generation grandson of the famous politician Weng Tonggong of the late Qing Dynasty, and it should be known that Weng Tonggong was the emperor and prime minister of the late Qing Dynasty, who experienced the Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties, and his status at that time was very high. Weng Tonggong is very fond of cultural relics, the family collects a lot of hundreds of collections, his obsession has reached the level of buying all the money to buy a house to buy Wang Yi's "Yangtze River Wanli Map" can be seen weng Tonggong's love for collecting art, and he is also very cherished and loved for these works of art.
With the passage of time, Weng Tonggong, who had no heirs, handed over the cultural relics to his brother, who in turn passed on the cultural relics to his son, and transferred these cultural relics to Weng Wange's hands, according to Weng Wange's recollection, when he got these cultural relics, he was only 2 years old, and with their generations of protection, in the era of missing cultural relics, Weng Tonggong's collections have been intact. Ongwango also understood how important these treasures were and had guarded them all his life.
In 1948, Ongwango took his family overseas to avoid the war. Even if the road is bumpy, these relics are well protected by Ongwango after a long journey. After a year, from Tianjin to Shanghai to New York, the cultural relics in Weng Wange's hands have not been damaged in the slightest.
Weng Wange, who has spent his life guarding these collections in the United States, has spent decades introducing Chinese cultural history abroad, and has also participated in the filming of documentaries about Chinese history, and "Chinese Buddhism" won the gold medal at the Atlanta International Film Festival, which is also indispensable to Weng Wange. However, such a patriot donated 183 cultural relics to the Boston Museum of Art on his birthday. This is difficult for many people to understand, because weng Wange's collection in the Shanghai library was auctioned for 32 million yuan.
Opinions on this move are divided. As a patriot, he donated Chinese cultural relics to the United States free of charge, while his own country needed to spend money to get them. He did not give any explanation for his practice, and no one knew what was going on in his heart. After all, the right to use cultural relics is still in his hands, and no one else can make a decision.