Protecting the history of the continent is a matter of great importance for generations to come, but we have also experienced many turbulent years to get to where we are today.
In the past period, it was those who were responsible and capable who took the initiative to take on the responsibility of protecting history.
One of the most famous is the Gong Xinzhao family, Gong Xinzhao not only did his best to protect cultural relics, but also asked his descendants to protect cultural relics before his death, and whoever sells cultural relics is a sinner.
Gong Xinzhao's grandson also remembered his grandfather's entrustment and handed over the cultural relics protected by the family, which are now worth 1 billion yuan.
In the midst of the turmoil, a determination to protect cultural relics was born
Gong Xinzhao was born in 1870, his hometown is in Hefei, Anhui, the family conditions are good, his father is an official, and his ancestors have been officials for generations, Gong Xinzhao can be said to have been born from the official eunuchs.
Influenced by his family, Gong Xinzhao read poetry and books, had lofty ambitions, and he also wanted to be an official of the imperial court, but unlike ordinary people, Gong Xinzhao was not an official for fame and fortune, but hoped to contribute to the country and realize his own value.
Unfortunately, Gong Xinzhao lived in the late Qing Dynasty, when the imperial court was in decline, and the entire era was in turmoil.
At that time, Gong Xinzhao could not predict the direction of the times, he still worked hard for his ideals, and successfully passed the imperial examination to become an official of the Qing Dynasty, and he was the last batch of scientific examination officials in the Qing Dynasty.
Soon after Gong Xinzhao became an official, the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, and the Qing Emperor also abdicated immediately, Gong Xinzhao naturally could no longer be an official of the Qing Dynasty, but his talent still made it impossible for him to be buried.
He was then hired by the new government, and he was also a diplomat at the Consulate in Canada, a position that gave Gong a great affection for cultural relics.
Because of his career as a diplomat, Gong Xinzhao saw too many mainland treasures lost and destroyed, he was heartbroken, Gong Xinzhao realized that a country's cultural relics record the history and culture of the country, and are the treasures of the whole nation, so he has the responsibility to protect these cultural relics.
Since then, he has begun to do his best to collect and protect these cultural relics, and his collection includes many works by everyone, such as the paintings of famous artists such as Mi Fu and Ma Yuan.
At that time, all of Gong Xinzhao's collections could be called extremely valuable, but Gong Xinzhao never thought of selling these cultural relics, even in his extremely difficult period, because his purpose was to protect the cultural relics, not to make a profit from them.
Future generations have done their utmost to preserve the artifacts
Gong Xinzhao protected these cultural relics until before his death, and he did not forget to instruct his son Gong Xuren on his sickbed: These cultural relics are heirlooms of the public family, and no one is allowed to sell them, and if anyone sells them, he is a sinner of the Gong family!
His son Gong Xuren kept his father's will in mind, and over the years he also saw how much his father loved these cultural relics, and he was naturally the same as his father, plus these cultural relics collected by Gong Xinzhao were indeed of great significance.
For example, the Shang martingale Fangsheng, which was personally used by Shang Martin, and the Chu Kingdom golden cake that had been used by the Chu State, these golden cakes were a hundred pieces, and any one of them was worth a lot.
In addition to their economic value, these cultural relics are of great significance to the culture and history of the mainland, and must be protected and tolerated without any mistakes.
Gong Xuren obeyed his father's instructions and has always been cautious and careful to love these cultural relics, and he has never moved the slightest thought of wanting to sell them.
Even if many wealthy merchants heard that the Gong family had collected a large number of precious cultural relics, came to buy them at a high price, and even offered a staggering sky-high price to the Gong Xu people, it did not shake the hearts of the Gong Xu people.
It can be seen that Gong Xu's heart for the protection of cultural relics is no less than that of his father Gong Xinzhao, but it is a pity that human strength is still quite insignificant in the face of the great era.
However, misfortune finally came, many people full of evil ran to the Gong family to search and rob, Gong Xu was anxious to hide Shang Martin Fangsheng in the coal pile, but still did not escape the search, or was taken away.
Gong Xuren was very angry about this, watching the treasures that had been protected for many years in his home being robbed of their lives, which was difficult for anyone to accept, and Gong Xuren was even angry and died in danger.
The Gong family's protection of cultural relics over the years has not escaped this turmoil, and gong xu people and their father's years of hard work have also been destroyed, and gong xu people are naturally very sad.
The grandson handed in the artifacts
This misfortune eventually passed, and the normal era came again, fortunately, some of the cultural relics looted by the Gong family were not destroyed, and the cultural relics were returned to the Gong family after the end.
At this time, the Gong family no longer has the glory of the past, but the descendants of the Gong family still remember the last wishes of their ancestors, and they will not play the idea of cultural relics and want to make a fortune by cultural relics.
Later, the descendants of the Gong family took the initiative to hand over these cultural relics to the state, so that the cultural relics could be better protected, and also fulfilled the last wish of the ancestors to protect the cultural relics.
Now the valuation of these cultural relics has reached more than 1 billion, but the Gong family is still not greedy, all they want is to hope that the mainland's historical relics can be well protected.
epilogue
Many people who like to collect cultural relics and ancient books are holding a financial idea, they believe that these cultural relics have the prospect of value-added, so they buy in large quantities, wait until the value increases or when they are in urgent need of money, and then sell them, or some people collect cultural relics in large quantities because of private preferences.
However, the purpose of the Gong family's collection of cultural relics is different from these people, they just want to protect these cultural relics for the country in times of crisis, but also for us who will be descendants, so that we can one day appreciate the cultural relics in the museum and appreciate the history and culture of the mainland.
Therefore, the merits of the Gong family in collecting and protecting cultural relics are noble and rare, and we should express our gratitude to them, and then learn from them, love our cultural relics and ancient books, and not take them for our own selfish desires.