There are museums in various parts of our country, and the shelves are all relics left over from the process of human development, which bear witness to an era and leave behind stories that have been learned and remembered. In these artifacts, we can even see the epitome of history. In addition to the rarity and uniqueness of these cultural relics, the cultural value of them makes them even more valuable.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the British and French forces burned the Yuanmingyuan and took away a large number of precious cultural relics. What cannot be taken away is also burned or crushed on the spot. This has allowed many of China's precious treasures to flow abroad, although today, most of the cultural relics have been recovered. Although it was recovered, the last emperor of our country, Puyi, also took some national treasures from the Forbidden City, but many of the countries he took away were exiled to various parts of our country, fortunately, they were not exiled abroad.
Among them, there are also many precious treasures that have been lost to the people. In the late 1920s, an old man took a painting to an auction company in Beijing. The old man said that the painting in his hand was a valuable treasure. This made the staff of the auction company curious. Therefore, the general manager at the time, Qin Gong, was invited, who was an expert in cultural relics appraisal. When he saw this painting, his eyes lit up, this is a treasure! This painting is the long-lost "Ten Arias".
The old man said that he went to the Cultural Relics Bureau and wanted to dedicate the painting to the state for eight million, but experts believe that the painting is worth up to ten thousand yuan, and he came here to determine how much the painting is worth. Qin Gong knew that this painting was worth a lot, so he reassured the old man and asked him not to worry, if it was auctioned, it would definitely sell for a good price. Moreover, it also transferred a deposit of two million to the elderly.
On the day of the auction, the staff of the Palace Museum said that no matter how much it cost, it would be bought because the painting was very precious and could not be allowed to flow abroad. The price of the painting then rose from the initial eight million all the way to nineteen million.
You know, such a precious national treasure, the so-called cultural relics bureau experts estimated that it was only worth ten thousand yuan at most. They probably did not expect that the painting would be auctioned off at a high price of 19.8 million. This 19.8 million is not only a painting, but also a recognition of the culture and history of the past.