As a Chinese, it is the responsibility of each of us to love Chinese cultural relics, so many people will inevitably feel heartache when they see Chinese cultural logistics falling out. But one person donated China's national treasure to the United States free of charge. He was a descendant of the Imperial Master, but donated 183 national treasures to the United States.
But the most surprising thing is that he changed hands to ask the state for 3 million yuan. This is because of such a large gap, so that many people are full of criticism of him, who is this person? Why did he make such a surprising move? Is there any motivation behind this?
The man's name was Onwango. He was a descendant of Weng Tonggong, the teacher of the two emperors of Tongzhi and Guangxu. As a descendant of an imperial master, it is precisely because of this that many people have a relatively high evaluation of him. In addition to these, he is also a Chinese immigrant to the United States, and a large collector with many books, paintings and calligraphy in China. Such a big collector has the best, most excellent, and most exquisite Chinese historical paintings and calligraphy in the world, so many people also have great respect and respect for him, but such a person has done something that many people resent him before.
At that time, he donated more than 180 of China's most precious cultural relics, including "Map of Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", to a private art museum in the United States. This move made many people feel sad at the same time, but also very incomprehensible to his behavior. As a Chinese, it is the common mission of Chinese to never forget the interests of our own country at any time. Therefore, many people criticize him, believing that his move is to show his overtures to the United States, but also to allow himself to blend into the upper class society of the United States, so that he has more network resources, in order to achieve higher visibility and more pursuit of interests.
In fact, this speculation is not empty, foreign countries for the domestic calligraphy and painting preservation technology, itself is not particularly perfect, so after the cultural logistics is exposed to foreign countries, it will often be damaged. As a treasure that has no way to reproduce in the world, once damaged is the greatest loss in human culture, so many people are also very angry about it. But from another point of view, we also have to admit that whether he is rich and famous, or to meet celebrities, this is his personal choice. Others cannot play a decisive role in him, and this Ongwango has already acquired American citizenship, which can be said to be a foreigner with American nationality, so his behavior is also acceptable, but it cannot be understood.
In fact, in the early days, Onwango was not such a quick-selling person. Around 1948, he had already left China to immigrate to the United States, so it was understandable that he had taken away the precious cultural relics handed down by his family. When he first arrived in the United States, he worked hard to show Chinese culture to foreigners and played a role in promoting exchanges. However, this exchange took another turn for some of his unpatriotic actions. In his early years, he collected a hefty fee of $4.5 million when donating rare and ancient books to the Shanghai Library. But now it is possible to give away more than 180 precious cultural relics in the United States, which shows that this person's move is difficult not to be criticized by others.
Of course, we also have to admit that he who has become a U.S. citizen has the right to freely distribute his property, so whether he donates these cultural relics to the United States or not, we cannot interfere with his choice. But gossip can't always be stopped, because Chinese sees their own literary flow exposed, it is inevitable that they will have such an idea. Of course, after he donated these cultural relics to the art museum, he hoped that the United States could preserve these cultural relics intact. As a person, he also made a certain contribution to the collection and preservation of cultural relics, so whether right or wrong, we should be grateful that this batch of cultural relics still exists, rather than discussing whether it is appropriate for Ongwango himself to act.