After the fall of the Qing Dynasty in the last century, many precious cultural relics in China were severely damaged due to war and many other reasons. But there are also many precious artifacts that have been preserved in some special way. One of the most common is family inheritance. His ancestors were qing dynasty officials, and he donated 183 cultural relics to the United States free of charge, the mainland wanted to buy back but refused, he is Weng Wange, Weng Wange's ancestors were once a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty - Weng Tonggong, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, he once served as a teacher of Guangxu and Tongzhi, as a heavy minister, he collected many precious treasures in his life, and after generations, these cultural relics were passed on to Weng Wange's hands.
After the founding of New China, the state side has always been very concerned about Weng Wange's collection. After all, in those collections, many of them are national treasure-level cultural relics, which are extremely precious, but Weng Wange has always been reluctant to donate the collection to the motherland. To this end, the state also offered to buy it, which he eventually refused. Only one museum in Shanghai successfully photographed the most famous of them, "Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River", such a precious painting has impressed countless painters, fortunately, this treasure finally returned to the motherland.
But the other collections in Onwango's hands did not have such an ending. Because on Onwango's birthday one year, he decided to donate all 183 cultural relics in his home to a museum in the United States free of charge. Many patriots could not accept Onwango's approach and condemned his actions. In this regard, Weng Wange once lamented that he had lived for the family collection all his life, and for him, guarding the family collection was his life.
For the war-torn Ongwango, the sense of security is very important, so he will choose to donate all the collections in his hands to the United States free of charge. The American Museum, which received the donation, thanked Onwango for its actions and said it would work to protect the precious artifacts.
All along, Weng Wange believes that the United States is better than China in the protection and preservation of collections. Because the family collection in his hand is of great significance, even if he bears the insult of being unpatriotic, it does not matter if he donates the collection to the United States for free! Onwango once said that if he did not have a sense of history, he would not have protected these collections for so many years. In the eyes of the six generations of the Weng family, the process of collecting has always been their most important spiritual pillar!
Although Onwango's original intention was good, his choice was not correct! It is reported that the collection he donated to the United States has not been treated accordingly, and even some of them have been directly exposed to the air, which is undoubtedly a huge harm to the antique collection! It seems that the American side only made a verbal promise to sound good, and did not pay enough attention to these collections! In this way, if Elder Weng donated the collection to the motherland, it would be a wiser choice!