introduction
"The nine autumn winds dew more and more kilns open, and win the green color of the thousand peaks."
——Zhang Heng's "Four Sorrowful Poems"
Our country has a long history of development, and in the nearly five thousand years of development history, many excellent cultures have been born, including many fields of art. There are magnificent buildings, exquisitely crafted utensils, and beautifully rhythmic poems. Some things have disappeared in the turbulent river of history long ago because of the problems they have experienced, and some have been forgotten in some unknown corner because of the turmoil of the times and the changes in society, and some may no longer appear in front of people. The ancient cultural treasures that we can see must be very coincidental to be preserved.
There was an era when our country suffered unprecedented suffering, when foreign powers eroded all the land, resources, wealth, and so on of our country like a cake, and the people at that time lived in deep trouble, and countless historical and ancient buildings were very unfortunately destroyed, and very few that could be preserved. Especially in some areas in the north, such heart-wrenching damage is incomparable, of which the most well-known is the ruins of the Yuanmingyuan. In 1840, the sound of a cannon from the British officially unveiled the humiliating history of this backward feudal dynasty. The backward Qing Dynasty had no room for resistance, not only could not raise its head militarily and diplomatically, but even the dignity of the country could not be preserved.
In 1860, the British and French forces easily broke through the Qing government's defense line in Beijing and entered the city of Beijing. At the beginning, there was still some moderation, which was called a small amount of booty, but when this group of robbers saw the countless treasures in the Forbidden City and the Yuanmingyuan, their original appearance began to emerge, and the three days and three nights of robbery not only burned down the great historical building complex of the Yuanmingyuan, but also robbed many treasures, which was also the biggest disaster that our country's modern history Chinese property. But even though this heart-wrenching event happened in history, some of these artifacts have managed to return to the embrace of the motherland many years later with the help of people. The Chinese guys inherited the British farm, and there was an unexpected harvest in the ordinary farm, from which 100,000 precious Chinese cultural relics were dug up, worth billions. What is the story behind this batch of artifacts?
Zhao Tailai, who lives with his aunt
In 1954, Zhao Tailai was born in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, and the life of Zhao Tailai as a child was quite comfortable. The family is still relatively rich, although it has not experienced any rich and noble life, but it is also a worry-free life. As a child, Zhao Tailai received a lot of advanced education and also had a heart that loved the country. But the good times did not last long, when he was fifteen years old, his parents died one after another, and the originally happy and happy life came to an abrupt end, so he lived a lonely and miserable life by himself. But at that age, Zhao Tailai still did not have the ability to live alone, and there was no way for him to go to other places to find his relatives, after all, it was reasonable for a child to seek a little family warmth. If he hadn't traveled this far, then the story wouldn't have happened.
He boarded a ship to Hong Kong alone and came to Hong Kong to find his last relative, his aunt. Unlike her original family, her aunt's life did not seem so rich, and even a little poor. Probably also because the aunt is living alone, so it will seem to be a little simpler, the aunt has not been married in this life, so it has always been a person, the lively Zhao Tai came to the aunt's home, but also to this quiet place to bring a lot of liveliness. It was as if my aunt's life had also been lit up.
They are each other's only relatives, so their relationship is also very harmonious, and their feelings are very good. The aunt was very fond of Zhao Tailai, and Zhao Tailai was also very filial to his only elder, so the two of them spent a very happy year together, and Zhao Tailai also grew up. In 1981, Zhao Tailai's aunt was seriously ill, and she also knew that her life was about to end, so she explained some things to Zhao Tailai. In their last conversation they said a lot, and my aunt, who was already a little struggling to speak, laughed and said, "If you can't come to Hong Kong to live with me, I don't know how to deal with my affairs." ”
Hearing all this, Zhao Tailai cried without a sound, and his mother Cheng played too important a role in his own growth process, and he was a little unacceptable in the face of this fact. The aunt also told Zhao Tailai that in a place far away in England, there were assets left over from the family, and Zhao Tailai, as the last descendant of the family, should inherit it.
There were several villas, and a farm, and Zhao Tailai was given a drawing of this place. Tell him that he can inherit the villa and farm here, but if the wealth on the farm is found by him and hopes that he can handle it properly, his aunt also believes that his qualities will guide him to make the right choice, so the aunt died after giving everything. The Chinese guys inherited the British farm and dug out 100,000 precious Chinese cultural relics worth billions. He handed over all these artifacts to the state, and even sold his property to assist in the transportation.
Antiques worth 1 billion were discovered
After handling his aunt's funeral, following his aunt's last wishes, Zhao Tailai stepped on a plane to England, and according to the drawings and various information left by his aunt, he successfully found the farm that his aunt said, which had been abandoned for many years, but according to the registration information of the real estate, it was indeed the land and farm that belonged to the aunt's family. In one of the farm's stables, Zhao Tailai found a passage to the underground, and he then entered the underground warehouse. There are all kinds of large and small boxes, and inside the boxes are many porcelain, calligraphy works, and other utensils. He had no research experience in antique research, but he could see that these things must belong to ancient cultural relics, but he was not very sure of the specific value, because the stock of items was too large, and it took a few days to sort out and clean the warehouse.
After several months, he finally collected and sorted out most of the cultural relics, but he could not determine the origin of these things, so on his way back to Hong Kong, he stopped by to visit several friends in the field, in order to clearly understand the value and origin of these cultural relics.
With the help of friends, he gradually learned about the origin of these things and his mother's ancestral home, most of these cultural relics are things of the Qianlong era, there are many porcelain and calligraphy works, and many of them are the utensils used by the royal court at that time, which can be described as valuable. His maternal great-grandfather turned out to be Wu Yanfang. These treasures should also have been collected by their family when they were living in England, and in the end they could not bring them back, they did not reveal much information when they went to England, fortunately these things were not stolen by others, and no one could have imagined that there would be so many treasures on such a farm.
epilogue
Zhao Tailai, who knew all this, was first of all very surprised, and secondly, how to preserve these texts, the value of these things is so important that it is certainly unrealistic to keep them alone, so it may be the way to bring these things back to the motherland so that they can be adequately protected, and then some cultural relics must also have a very important role in the cultural research of relevant historical periods. So he spent nearly a decade, using all the resources available to send these cultural relics back to our country one by one, because these things are unique historical relics, so the transportation cost is also very high, he also sold the British villa to support this matter, and finally he donated 1 billion worth of cultural relics to museums everywhere.
Wu Yanfang collected these historical relics from all over the United Kingdom during his time in Britain, but at that time, the domestic situation was chaotic, there was no way to bring them back, this task was passed down from generation to generation in his family, and Zhao Tai came here to complete the long-cherished wishes of his ancestors.
Reference: The Four Sorrowful Poems
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