preface
The world knows that treasures are precious, but not everyone has the unique insight to know its preciousness. Wax half-caged gold emerald, musk smoked micro-embroidered hibiscus. Is something a treasure or a mess? Ordinary people may not be able to see it. There are old objects in the antique market stalls, and there are also rare treasures for sale in auction houses. If you want to successfully "pick up leaks", you must not only have excellent professional quality, but also have a certain "luck". At an auction in Beijing, a quilt that had wrapped the body of the Qianlong Emperor was auctioned for 130 million yuan, why was the price so high? What's so special about this quilt?
The Qing Tombs we see now are actually the Qing Tombs that have been looted, including the Yuling Tomb, where Qianlong is located. Many of the precious cultural relics in it were robbed by the great thief Sun Dianying, who only took away gold and silver treasures after snatching them, and abandoned some other calligraphy, paintings, books, etc. After they left, several groups of people carried out a large-scale looting of the Qing Tombs, resulting in the destruction of the entire mausoleum, leaving only the empty shell. After hearing the news, the Manchu Qing relics went to sort out and clean up the scene of the theft of the Qing Tombs, among which there was an abandoned precious cultural relic, the "shroud" of the Qianlong Emperor, which was taken back by a Manchu Qing widow to treasure.
Quilt sewn in a robe
Until 2005, a satin robe appeared at the Beijing auction, and the auction was full of items, and there were many people coming and going, and no one noticed the robe. Halfway through the auction, a gentleman surnamed Qin passed by and saw that the price of this robe was 80,000 yuan, and he was in love with it at a glance, although he did not know what was embroidered on the robe, but the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. Mr. Qin wanted to take a picture, but because there was not enough money at that time, he did not buy it for the time being. The next day, when he put together enough money to buy it, the price set had become 90,000 yuan.
Although the price has risen, Mr. Qin is still very happy. After he took the robe home, he carefully inspected it. He found that there seemed to be something hidden inside this worn-out robe, and when he opened it carefully, he found that there was a quilt stitched inside, which looked much more exquisite than the robe. He did not know exactly what the sutra was used for, nor did he know for a moment the value was. He specially invited experts to come and identify it, and the experts examined it carefully and determined that the quilt was a Dravidian quilt, and it was a quilt specially used to wrap the body.
Mr. Qin was very surprised, but he pressed down his nervous mood and asked who the quilt was used to wrap, but the expert did not give a definite answer. In order to find out the truth of the matter, Mr. Qin specially invited the treasure experts of the Palace Museum to identify, and the results given by the experts surprised Mr. Qin, and it turned out that the person who was wrapped in this sutra was the Qianlong Emperor.
The value of the Dravidian sutra
Experts said that this sutra is very cumbersome to make, originally from Tibet, the whole body is sewn with silk, it can be said that the value is higher than gold. In addition, precious Tibetan antelope wool is also used on the quilt, which is very precious both in the past and in the present. The quilts are also densely embroidered with Chinese characters and scriptures, and these embroideries take a full three years. After it is done, it must be blessed by hundreds of senior monks and chanted a mantra for three days and three nights. It is said that the person who covers this quilt can purify the soul even if he carries sin and smoothly transcends. In the Qing Dynasty, this kind of quilt could not be covered by rich people, only large members with more than two pins could be obtained after approval by the emperor, and ordinary people did not even have the opportunity to look at it.
In addition to the super high monetary value, what is more important is that it is a very connotative cultural heritage, rich in religious culture. At that time, when Tibetan lamas visited the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, they presented such a sutra. The quilt style used by people of different identities is also different, the more noble the status, the higher the specifications and rank, and the one used by the Qianlong Emperor is undoubtedly the most valuable of all.
After the Draupadi was exposed, his value immediately soared. At the next auction, Mr. Qin auctioned this article and finally sold it for 72.05 million yuan, which was hundreds of times more than the 90,000 yuan he originally bought. Later, the economy was auctioned again, and the price was as high as 130 million. After the success of this transaction, it has not appeared again, and it has been carefully collected by the buyer.
epilogue
Mr. Qin was able to have a unique vision among the cultural relics, and it can be said that he was lucky enough to find this treasure alone. Everyone in the world will look up at treasures, such as the Night Pearl, and Xue Tao during the Tang Dynasty once wrote a sentence such as "Bright and bright inside and outside, and the clear light seems to shine on the Crystal Palace" to express his praise for it. Another example is the artifact, the Tang Dynasty poet Tortoise Meng left behind the exquisite sentence "The Nine Autumn Wind Dew Opens the Kiln and Wins the Thousand Peaks of Green Color". But few people can see the value of its treasure in a seemingly inconspicuous object, but Mr. Wei Qin is one of them. His success in finding leaks is not only good luck, but more importantly, his keen insight. Although he did not see the preciousness of the cultural relics for the time being, and he did not have enough money at hand, this courage was also very rare to be able to act decisively.
References: "Untitled: Coming is empty words to disappear"
"Ten Departure Poems, Pearls Leaving the Palm"
"Secret Color Transgression"