Zhang Boju is one of the four sons of the Republic of China who are as famous as Zhang Xueliang, and his family background allows him to develop many other hobbies, collection is one of them, in addition to this, he is also a person who has made outstanding contributions to the country, Li Bai's "Balcony Post", Tang Bohu's "Wang Shu Palace Prostitute", are all donated by Zhang Boju to the country.
At that time, there was also a very important painting, whose status in the country was comparable to the "Mona Lisa" As for the West, for this painting, Zhang Boju even auctioned the 15 acres of Li Lianying's ancient house under his name at a high price, just to exchange for this exhibition Ziqian's "Spring Tour", so what is the significance of this painting, so that Zhang Boju can be so?
Lost to the people, bought with a lot of money
After the unconditional surrender of the Japanese army in 1945, the puppet regime of Manchukuo, which was supported by Japan, also collapsed, and Pu Yi fled again, this time as the Qing Dynasty fell, he carried a large number of treasures, and it was inevitable that some treasures would be lost to the people during his exile, and he would be taken away by foreigners if he was not careful.
"You Chun Tu" is among these treasures that have fallen into the people, many calligraphy and paintings lost because of the war, Zhang Boju will take them back at a high price, this time is the same, but this "You Chun Tu" is too precious, so there is some "priceless market", but soon Zhang Boju has the news of this painting.
According to the grapevine, there was an antique dealer in Beiping who had this painting in his hands, and he was looking for a buyer, Zhang Boju was so anxious to hear the news that he immediately rushed to the antique dealer's residence. So Zhang Boju immediately asked someone to find the antique dealer and negotiated the price with him.
This merchant also knew the preciousness of "You Chun Tu", so he offered a price of 800 taels of gold, the antique dealer was obviously considerate, Zhang Boju's name was not known, and his rich family background was also enviable, but Zhang Boju was unwilling to act as a wronged leader, so the two had a bargain, and finally set the price at 200 taels of gold.
Zhang Boju bought these historical monuments many times before, so his financial ability was also stretched, and he couldn't get 200 taels of gold at once, but he couldn't let this painting fall into the hands of others, so he bought the "Congbi Mountain House" where he lived, which was previously the residence of the great eunuch Li Lianying, and the luxury can be seen.
The artistic value of "Spring Tour".
It's just that what Zhang Boju didn't expect was that the antique dealer temporarily increased the price by 20 taels on the grounds that the gold was not in good condition, and Zhang Boju had to sell his wife's jewelry to get the gold. can make Zhang Boju like this, how high is the value of this "Spring Tour"?
This can be said to be the originator of mainland landscape painting, because this is the first picture to show the beauty of the landscape to the world, there are Shen Congwen said, that is, without it, history will lack an important node, the history of ancient and modern painting will appear fault, it is a masterpiece with the meaning of connecting the previous and the next.
For China's history and culture, it is not comparable to a few hundred taels of gold, which is why Zhang Boju must get his hands on it, once the painting is left behind, it will be a great loss for the Chinese nation. In the end, the painting was donated to the Palace Museum by Zhang Boju free of charge, and the painting returned to the place where it should return the most.
Zhang Boju donated nearly 120 pieces of cultural relics to the Forbidden City, making great contributions to the inheritance of Chinese culture.
In that turbulent period, there were many such people, although they contributed to the motherland in different positions, they were all our heroes and martyrs worthy of our eternal memory.
Resources;
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"Spring Outing Trivia"|Approaching Mr. Zhang Boju, a generation of literati leaders, Guangzhou Daily 2021.08.03.
The Legend of the Treasure Behind "You Chun Tu" CPPCC Network 2016.04.28.
"Zhang Boju once sold a mansion covering an area of 15 acres for the famous painting "You Chun Tu", People's Political Consultative Conference Daily, 2013.11.28.
"Zhang Boju and Zhan Ziqian's "Spring Tour", People's Political Consultative Conference Daily, 2013.11.28.