◆Preface:
Cultural relics are the first historical material for the study of history, so the tombs of the emperors' concubines and princes have become archaeological sites, but also because there are a large number of treasures in the tombs of these royal palace nobles, they have also attracted many tomb robbers, and Sun Dianying in modern times is a warlord tomb robber.
◆ "Tanglin Thief" Sun Dianying
Among the mausoleums looted by Sun Dianying, Qianlong's Yuling Tomb was among them. Sun Dianying was a rude warlord who only knew gold and silver jewelry, and he removed all the gold and silver jewelry and the whole jade in the tomb, and tore up all the calligraphy and paintings that he felt were worthless, which was a lot of overall cultural relics that China had lost. The first person to find the valuable quilt covered by the Qianlong Emperor was Sun Dianying, why Sun Dianying threw away this treasure that was auctioned for 130 million yuan, the author will analyze it below.
Sun Dianying saw the shroud he thought was the shroud he thought was after opening the coffin of the Qianlong Emperor, he buckled down the pearls and other inlaid things on the shroud, and then casually threw this "obscure" thing to the ground. How could Qianlong build an ordinary quilt, but this can not be blamed on Sun Dianying for not knowing good things, this quilt was first auctioned in 2005, in the bright eyes of a bunch of collectors, this quilt was only auctioned for 90,000 yuan, what is so special about this quilt?
◆The Dravidian Sutra is the reason for the sky-high price
★ With a long history:
This piece of cloth on Qianlong's body is certainly not ordinary, it is a "Dravidian Sutra" dedicated to the emperor by the Tibetan living Buddha. Although this quilt has a history of 100 years, the lines on it are still very clear; Secondly, there are four different scripts on this quilt (Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Manchu), and the script is also an important carrier of history, which in addition to the role of beauty and blessing also reveals the culture of that era and the traditions of some cultures, which can corroborate many things found now. This quilt also reflects the very close relationship between the Qing Dynasty and Tibet at that time, and it is also of great help to the study of ethnic relations. ★ The production process is outstanding:
The materials and craftsmanship of this cloth are very precious, and they are made by hand by hand by means of Tibetan antelope cashmere, silk and roe deer wool. Although China's science and technology is now very developed, but the silk making process of making this quilt is still unable to replicate, Qianlong this piece of Draupadi quilt although only 2 meters long, 1.3 wide but enough to spend several workers three years.
◆ Three auctions
This piece of cloth has been auctioned three times, and the price has ranged from 90,000 yuan to 70 million yuan to the last 130 million yuan, and it is not unreasonable to be auctioned for such a high price.
First, value determines the price, and the most basic embodiment of value is the undifferentiated labor contained in it, and the manpower and financial resources consumed by this quilt from the beginning to the end are not in the minority. Second, although qianlong's quilt was also owned by predecessors, it was far inferior to this piece in terms of integrity and production process, and Qianlong basically did not find it after it, so this is also unique. Third, this quilt is a cultural relic, has a high historical value, and may be priceless in the eyes of some collectors.
◆Conclusion:
The quilt is now damaged, and if the treasures previously inlaid on it were still there, the price would be even more unimaginable. Cultural relics are cultural relics, can not only be measured by price, we should explore and restore the history that has passed away through this physical object.