Cultural relics are priceless treasures that have witnessed the rise and fall of history, and the value of many antiquities is not in itself, but in the historical significance it carries. In the eyes of people who do not know the goods, many antiques are just a pile of broken copper and rotten iron, and the cultural relics that have fallen into the folk are often irreversible damage.
The precious ancient painting "Ancient Buddha Figure" during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty has experienced the fate of almost being burned as firewood, and if archaeologists had not discovered this dusty treasure, its end might have become a bunch of fly ash in the stove.
This "Ancient Buddha Map" was later transferred to the hands of the Ding family and was framed and collected. The Ding family, also known as "Ding Million", is a pawnshop family, and the children of the family have both officials and businessmen, so they have long prospered and eventually become the richest family in Shandong.
However, under the slogan of "fighting local tycoons" in the 1940s, the Ding family tree fell and scattered, and the owner of the family hurriedly moved some of his property to other cities, and the various treasures in the house that did not have time to take away were divided up by the people who rushed to the house. And this "Ancient Buddha Map" also fell into the hands of a long worker surnamed Lin in the Ding family.
This Lin Changgong was an honest man, and the Ding family was kind to him on weekdays, and he was embarrassed to take anything valuable, so he casually brought back a few rolls of "worthless" calligraphy and paintings that no one wanted, ready to burn firewood. However, when he returned home, he found that these calligraphy and paintings had been framed and were not suitable for burning at all, so Lin Changgong casually threw them on the attic.
After more than ten years, the villager surnamed Lin had to forget the scrolls on his attic, until 1963, when Li Jingzhang, the head of the Yantai Museum, came to a family in Huangxian County who had once been an officer to collect calligraphy and paintings, and the villagers all gathered around to see the liveliness, and Lao Lin was also among them. When he saw the scroll in Li Jingzhang's hand, he immediately thought of the "firewood" that he had brought back from the Ding family more than ten years ago, so he leaned over and asked, "I also have these things at home, do you still want them?" ”
Li Jingzhang did not care at first, he expected that there would be nothing particularly good in the hands of ordinary villagers, so he followed him to the old Lin family with a dispensable mentality. I didn't expect that this look actually had a windfall, from the more than 70 calligraphy and paintings taken out by Lao Lin, there are many that look like genuine ones, but the specific needs to be identified to know.
After learning of this result, Lao Lin was very proud and smiled: "The country needs it, just take it, don't give money, it is useless to put it anyway." However, after the appraisal, more than 50 of the more than 70 ancient scrolls are of certain value, especially the "Ancient Buddha Map", which can be said to be a rare treasure, and even Mr. Zhang Boju was shocked to see it.
In order to thank Lao Lin for his donation of national cultural relics, Li Jingzhang applied for a reward of 1800 yuan for him. In the countryside in the 60s, 1800 yuan can be regarded as a huge amount of money, and Lao Lin was very moved and expressed his solemn gratitude to Li Jingzhang and the museum.
At this point, the "Ancient Buddha Map" that has been living in the folk for many years has finally been seen again, and now it has been listed as a national cultural relics prohibited from leaving the country, collected in the Yantai Museum, quietly showing visitors the charm of cultural and historical integration.