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Chapter 259 Ten National Treasures
The preparations to fight against Japanese aggression back then were not just a military issue.It is particularly worth mentioning that the cultural relics of the Forbidden City, which gather the essence of Chinese culture, must be escorted to the south at this time to avoid the flames of war.

The cultural relics of the Forbidden City were in Beiping at that time.The Japanese army's war spread from Rehe to North China, and the risk of cultural relics being destroyed and lost increased greatly.Therefore, the national government decided to move southward and evacuate in advance. It was quietly moved out of the Forbidden City on the night of February [-] and transported to the cave warehouse of Chaotian Palace in Nanjing.

In two months, 1 wooden boxes were shipped. This emergency measure is actually very clever.Afterwards, the flames of the Sino-Japanese War spread across the country, and the wooden boxes were directly sent to safe areas such as Leshan and Emei in Sichuan Province to prevent any damage.

At the end of the Sino-Japanese War, he returned to Nanjing for a while, and was transported to Taiwan at the end of 1948 due to the deterioration of the war with the Communist Army.From this point of view, the Forbidden City in the Mainland is not the “Forbidden City, but no cultural relics” as the outside world said. It just allows the Forbidden City to cover the cultural relics, and the cultural relics are not well managed and exhibited.

These are all old things, no one can tell if there is anything wrong, the three of them walked around, Wu Tianyuan focused on the bronze chime bells on display, and deliberately left a topic for a joint exhibition when there is a chance in the future.

"No problem, the level of Tianyuan Museum is not inferior to ours, let's cooperate more in the future!"

Curator Hu couldn't wish for it, now Wu Tianyuan is a big name in the circle, relying on his own strength to exchange national treasures from major museums for return, this is admirable from the bottom of his heart!

Since he took office, he has often contacted major museums, hoping to exchange some of them back, but no one is interested.The main reason is that if you exchange Chinese collections for Chinese collections, unless you are willing to take out national treasures, others will definitely not be interested.

But there are no foreign treasures, who is like Wu Tianyuan, where treasure hunting is as simple as eating and drinking?
Therefore, for rare animals like Wu Tianyuan, all museums hope to maintain a good cooperative relationship, and they may ask for it someday!

Originally, Director Hu was afraid that Wu Tianyuan would have any prejudice against the National Palace Museum in Taipei?Lin Baili and Huang Xuanlong were specifically hired as intermediaries, but they treated them equally.The remuneration is much better than that of foreign countries, and he still takes the initiative to come here to visit, and there will be joint exhibitions in the future, so he can rest assured.

"Our collection here includes the essence of the old collections of BJ Forbidden City, Shenyang Forbidden City, and the original Rehe Palace in the Qing Dynasty, as well as fine cultural relics donated by people from all walks of life at home and abroad. The whole museum often maintains about 5000 pieces of calligraphy and painting cultural relics on display, and regularly Or various special exhibitions are held irregularly, and the exhibits in the museum are changed every three months."

Curator Hu brought Wu Tianyuan to the warehouse and shared his experience: "When the relocation, scholars thought that gold and stone were the most important, and the tripod was the symbol of the country, so they took away a lot, a total of 2382 bronze wares; literati also paid attention to calligraphy and painting. It is also easy to carry, and you can take as much as you can, and a total of 5424 pieces were taken away.”

Wu Tianyuan looked at the 943 Song paintings excitedly, and quickly absorbed the energy, this time he was stunned!

"The Song and Yuan landscape painting series can constitute the best special exhibition of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. There is also a saying in China that a gentleman wears jade, and a lot of jade wares have been taken away. Only a part of the ceramics, about 17934 pieces, have been taken away, but they have been collected from various parts of the Palace Museum in the Mainland. The high-quality goods in the porcelain showroom and respect room can be described as a well-known kiln."

"The famous Sanxi Tang post, the Palace Museum in the Mainland has the "Erxi" of the "Three Xi", while Taipei has the "Yixi". Guo Xi's "Early Spring Picture" is now in Taipei, but not in the Mainland. They There is "A Picture of Rising the River during the Qingming Festival", and the only copy of the Qing Dynasty in Taipei was also exchanged for you. The dragon robe, only the Qing Dynasty left behind in the past in China. There is not even a single dragon robe in the museum."

It took Wu Tianyuan an hour to absorb all the energy, his whole body was refreshed, he was ecstatic, his ears were getting more and more swollen, and he was about to reach the critical point of upgrading.

"This is Jade Jade Cabbage!"

Wu Tianyuan finally saw Cixi's emerald jade cabbage, it was really ingenious, and he was very impressed.

"Jade jade cabbage has always been a super-popular star in our museum. It ranks No.1 in the national treasure rankings. It is "open all year round" like the meat-shaped stone! I dare not change exhibits at will. I can only refuse. When many tourists from inside and outside the island enter the Forbidden City, they first ask where the jade cabbage is placed? You must see the jade cabbage to feel that the trip is worthwhile.”

Curator Hu said helplessly: "It was originally a display device of the Yonghe Palace in the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, it was one of the dowry of Concubine Jin, the concubine of Guangxu. Cabbage symbolizes innocence and purity. Many children and grandchildren. The jade carver uses the natural color distribution of jade to carve and grind out a fresh cabbage."

"This is the Maogong Ding and the Sanshi Plate!"

"That's right, Maogong is famous, but most people rarely know about the Sanshi plate. It is also known as the Yaren plate, and it was a heavy weapon in the period of King Li of the Western Zhou Dynasty. It was unearthed in Fengxiang, Shaanxi in the early years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and was hidden in Qianlong's inner mansion. It is famous for its long The inscription is famous all over the world. The inscription of the Sanshi plate is cast on the inner bottom of the plate, with a total of 370 five characters. It is a work with a very prominent style. It was originally collected in the Qing Dynasty. National treasures, the original rubbings are extremely rare, and scholars at home and abroad strive for them and are extremely rare."

"The nephew's manuscript, written in cursive ink, written by Yan Zhenqing. This post is a draft of a sacrifice written by Yan Zhenqing for his nephew. His nephew Ji Ming was killed by the rebel An Lushan. This work was not originally written as a calligraphy work. Because of the extreme grief and indignation, it is difficult to calm down, and the mistakes are more and more, sometimes smeared, but because of this, this character is written dignifiedly, solemnly and energetically, with mellow and majestic strokes, full of postures, pure and simple. Written with God, you can get the beauty of nature.”

"Su Shi, Huangzhou cold food post, there are many famous scholars and Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty inscriptions and postscripts. Because of the praise and praise of various families, the world combined "Cold Food Post" with Wang Xizhi's "Lanting Preface" in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Yan Zhenqing's "Sacred Nephew Draft" in the Tang Dynasty. It is called the "Three Great Running Scripts in the World", or simply "Han Shi Tie" as the "Third Running Script in the World".

"This post was first collected among the people, and then it was collected by the Qing government. In modern times, "Cold Food Post" had a fateful fate. In the tenth year of Qing Xianfeng, the British and French allied forces burned the Old Summer Palace, and "Cold Food Post" was almost burned, and then lost overseas. As soon as the Second World War ended, Foreign Minister Wang Shijie privately asked his friends to visit cold food posts in Japan. When they found out where they were, they would buy them back with a lot of money. They wrote a postscript on the post, briefly describing the general circumstances of their loss to Japan and their return to China from Japan. process."

"Zhao Gan of the Five Dynasties, The Picture of the First Snow on the River, the whole volume describes the scene of the first snow in the fishing villages along the Yangtze River. The inscription on the front of the picture "The First Snow on the River, Zhao Ganxiang, a student of the Academy of Painting", should be the handwriting of Li Yu, the empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty. There are Song Xuanhe, Jin Mingchang, Yuan Tianli, Qing Qianlong, Jiaqing seals, and Ke Jiusi, Wu Rui, Liang Qingbiao, Anqi collection seals."

"Fan Zhongli's Journey in the River and Mountains in the Northern Song Dynasty has always been known as Fan Kuan's masterpiece. There are two characters "Fan Kuan" inscribed between the leaves. Xu Beihong once spoke highly of this painting: "Of all the treasures in China, the Forbidden City has the second.The one I admire the most is Fan Zhongli's "Traveling in Streams and Mountains". "

"The Ru Kiln Narcissus Basin is the only surviving solitary product. Ru Kiln is known as the crown of celadon for its warm azure glaze color. 90 pieces."

"There is only one Ru Kiln Lotus Bowl in existence!"

(End of this chapter)