Thousands of years of history have created a strong and rich China today, and many traditional moral civilizations have become solid spiritual food for our people.
In addition to these spiritual civilizations, many precious treasures are innumerable, but as early as the late Qing Dynasty, because of the corruption of the government and the decline of national strength, it led to the invasion of foreign powers, all kinds of burning and looting, and many original precious cultural relics were also destroyed, and even some were exiled overseas.
The story we want to tell today is related to cultural relics, a farmer has placed "firewood" at home for many years, but he did not expect to be identified as an ancient cultural relic by experts, and rewarded it with 1800 yuan, and now it is forbidden to leave the country.
On the eve of liberation, there was no intention of picking up treasures.
Because of the victory of the War of Resistance, all over the country cheered and celebrated, but some local tycoons and landlords were uneasy all day long.
With the continuous expansion of the area of the Liberated Areas, land reform has also been distributed to almost every household, and the poor people who have been squeezed for a long time have finally ushered in the dawn of their hopes.
As far away as Huang County, jiaodong region, the richest Ding family in the local area has been greatly affected, and the self-made Ding family owners have operated in Huang County for several years, creating the ding family that is now huge and wealthy, and its peak income can even be compared with the tax revenue of the late Qing government for one year.
It is precisely because they are too rich that the owners of the Ding family, afraid that when the People's Liberation Army arrives, they will imprison themselves as landlords and old wealth, so after receiving the wind, they hurriedly led their clansmen and some of the family's mobile property to flee to the south.
Overnight, the Ding family, which was originally prosperous, became an empty house, which made many peasants who served the Ding family restless, because their wages had not yet been settled, and after waiting for several days, they still did not see the return of the Ding family, so they had no choice but to pour into the house and take some of the remaining valuable items home as wage collateral.
It was also at this time that an honest and responsible farmer surnamed Lin appeared, he was down-to-earth in his life, he would only do some of the most basic farm work to subsidize the family, and he also served the Ding family for many years, and when other farmers robbed goods, he chose to watch silently and did not compete with them.
However, after returning home, he was greeted by his wife's scolding, and asked him to go to the Ding family's old house to get something back, otherwise he would never return to this home.
Forced by the pressure of the family, the farmer surnamed Lin would only obey his wife's instructions and return to the Ding Mansion, when he entered the gate, he found that the originally magnificent Ding family had long been looted, and even the tables, chairs and benches had not been spared, and he had to look left and right to see that he had to take back two bundles from a pile of scattered calligraphy and paintings in the corner, and prepare to go home and make friends with his wife.
When his wife saw that he had only taken back two pairs of useless calligraphy and paintings, she scolded him even more and said that they were useless to the extreme.
The paintings were burned and almost burned.
But when the farmer surnamed Lin returned home with the calligraphy and painting, he was greeted by a scolding from his wife who split his head and covered his face, and she thought that the peasant surnamed Lin was extremely stupid and would only pick up some worthless things to come back.
But the farmer surnamed Lin was also extremely uncomfortable in his heart, but he had nowhere to vent and had to gamble and come to the kitchen with the calligraphy and painting, wanting to burn it as firewood.
Perhaps God did not want this cultural relic to be buried here, so no matter how hard the farmer surnamed Lin tried, he could not ignite it, and finally he would only give up and throw it to a corner.
Experts arrive, firewood is a treasure.
Time passed so slowly, and in the 1960s, in order to expand its scale, the Yantai Museum responded to the call of the state to send experts to visit the people to search for some lost cultural relics.
So in the context of such times, a local cultural relics expert from Huang County came to the village and expressed his intention to the villagers.
Nearby villagers heard that there are experts receiving cultural relics and have come to the scene curiously, including villagers surnamed Lin, after seeing that the villagers are almost gathered, the experts began to introduce some relevant knowledge about cultural relics to everyone, and asked everyone whether there were similar items in their homes.
Hearing what the expert said, the farmer surnamed Lin immediately thought of the useless calligraphy and paintings of many years ago, and with the heart of trying his luck, he explained the situation to the expert.
Hearing the words of the villagers surnamed Lin, the expert did not take it seriously at first, but just held the psychology of trying it out and looked for him back to check it out.
However, when the peasant surnamed Lin took out the two framed calligraphy and paintings, the expert's face changed, because the firewood-like calligraphy and paintings spoken of by the peasants were actually more than a dozen well-preserved ancient calligraphy and paintings, which were of great value, and most of them were very well preserved and had high artistic value.
Originally, these calligraphy and paintings were originally purchased by the owner of the Ding family from other places at a heavy cost, but at that time, they went too quickly, and forgot that there was still this treasure, and they would only be picked up by farmers surnamed Lin as firewood, and if the experts did not come to the local area, they might be buried in this small village forever.
After the identification of the calligraphy and paintings, the experts told the farmer surnamed Lin that it was an ancient calligraphy and painting, and it needed to be taken back to the Yantai Museum for a more careful appraisal to know the results.
After listening to the experts, the farmer surnamed Lin also agreed, because this calligraphy and painting has no meaning to him at home, and if he is handed over to the country, it can be regarded as some contribution to the motherland.
So this batch of calligraphy and paintings was sent back to the museum, and after careful identification, it was found that among the well-preserved calligraphy and paintings was still preserved the ancient Buddha figure of Bodhidharma, which made Mr. Zhang Boju, who had been looking for this painting for many years, excited, and he was so happy that he cried with joy.
Finally, in order to reward this farmer surnamed Lin, the Yantai Museum also specially applied for a prize of 1800 for him and handed it over to him.
The farmer surnamed Lin was naturally happy to see that these two pairs of firewood that had been placed for many years could actually make himself rich, and showed off his wise deeds to his wife at that time.
Nowadays, this painting has been listed as a first-class cultural relic by the state, and it is one of the treasures of the top ten town halls of the Yantai Museum, and it is forbidden to be exhibited abroad.
brief summary:
After the deeds of the farmer surnamed Lin were reported, many people came to see more and more people, and everyone wanted to see what magic this ancient famous painting had.
But through this story, it can also be reflected that after years of war, many of China's cultural treasures have disappeared, so after the founding of New China, the government also sent special personnel to look for them, and there are countless examples such as the old farmer surnamed Lin.
Moreover, these historical relics belong to the property of the state, and if they are accidentally acquired, they should be handed over to the state, which can also be regarded as contributing to the national culture.