February**Dynamic Incentive Plan The last years of the Qing Dynasty were an indelible pain in the history of our country. Under the aggression of the Western powers, we have endured endless humiliation, and their barbaric behavior is still full of righteous indignation, and every time I think of the devastated Qing Dynasty, my heart swells with unspeakable pain.
Among the four ancient civilizations, China is the only country whose culture has never been broken, and in the glorious Chinese civilization, there are countless priceless cultural relics.
The invasion of foreign powers has caused countless precious cultural relics of our country to flow overseas and become the treasures of foreign museums, and these people do not feel a little guilty when they hold the exhibition of treasures that do not belong to them?
The answer is no, if they really had a conscience, they wouldn't be so brazen. In the tenth year of Xianfeng, the British and French forces invaded Beijing and extended their evil claws to the imperial garden Yuanmingyuan, which contains hundreds of years of treasures of the Qing Dynasty and thousands of years of history and civilization of the Chinese nation.
Ergin, the leader of the British ** team, with the support of British Prime Minister Maxton, invaded the Old Summer Palace by force. 3,500 British and French troops rushed into the Old Summer Palace like fierce beasts, looted and set fire to it, the fire burned for three days and three nights, and the Old Summer Palace and the nearby Jingmingyuan and Changchun Garden were all reduced to ashes.
The national treasures and cultural relics in Chinese history are precious and rare, but they suffered an unjustified disaster in the Old Summer Palace, and nearly 1.5 million pieces of cultural relics were scattered overseas, including bronze ritual vessels of the pre-Qin period, celebrity calligraphy and paintings of the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and all kinds of rare treasures.
As conscientious Chinese, we deeply regret and regret them, and Weng Wange is one of them, on his 100th birthday, he announced that he would donate 183 precious national treasures and cultural relics collected by the Weng family in the past 100 years to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA.
Weng Wange is the fifth grandson of Weng Tongyong, a Chinese-American, and a Chinese-American social activist, who was elected president of the China Institute. In 1936, Weng Wange was admitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Purdue University in the United States for further study, and obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in engineering from the school, mastering certain advanced knowledge.
Although he has acquired a lot of advanced knowledge and skills, his actions are painful because he has abandoned his homeland while contributing to foreign countries.
In the face of the crisis of the motherland, Weng Wange did not choose to return to China to contribute, but lived a leisurely life in the United States, and even became an American citizen. When the people of the motherland paid their blood and sweat for the War of Resistance, he enjoyed a happy time on the other side of the ocean, how lucky was this?
After years of war, New China is about to usher in the dawn, but on the eve of the founding of New China, Weng Wange returned to the motherland with his family, but his return was not to build New China, but to pack up and ship away all the family collections.
These precious artifacts were transported from Tianjin to Shanghai and from Shanghai to New York, and Weng Wange felt comfortable admiring the collection on American soil.
However, if these artifacts could speak, they would surely condemn Ongwango's actions, after all, no matter how good life abroad is, it is not as good as his own country.
The Weng Wange family's collection of cultural relics originated from Weng Tongyong, a generalist in the late Qing Dynasty, who was not only a politician, calligrapher, but also a collector. He experienced the three dynasties of Xianfeng, Tongzhi and Guangxu, was the teacher of two generations of emperors, held important positions in the military aircraft department, and was an important figure in the late Qing Dynasty.
In the First Sino-Japanese War, he insisted on the main battle, and after the defeat, he advocated reform and strength, and was a man with backbone. However, Weng did not leave any heirs. Before his death, he passed on the relics he had treasured throughout his life to his nephew Weng Zenghan, who succeeded him.
After Weng Zenghan, two more descendants failed to leave an heir, so they had to find an heir from the bloodline of Weng Tongshu's other elder brother, Weng Tongshu. The inheritance of the cultural relics of the Weng Wange family not only bears the imprint of history, but also a symbol of Weng Tongyong's tenacious spirit.
Weng Wange, as a descendant of Weng Tongshu, was adopted at the age of two and took over the precious collection of Weng Tongyi. For him at that time, this large collection was like a blessing from heaven.
Therefore, these treasures, which have been passed down for six generations, are truly a rare blessing. However, who would have thought that Onwango would later donate these precious collections to the United States for free?
He once lamented: "My life exists because of my family collection, and it has become a part of my life. ”
On the occasion of his 100th birthday, he donated 183 pieces of national treasures and cultural relics from the Weng family's century-old collection to the Boston Museum in the United States, including 130 paintings, 31 calligraphy, 18 rubbings and 4 embroideries, spanning 13 centuries and five dynasties.
The value of these artifacts is immeasurable, and it is best to describe them as priceless.
Even more infuriating, the Boston Museum revealed that Mr. Weng was a longtime patron and had donated 21 important pieces of Chinese art, including the 16-meter-long "Ten Thousand Miles of the Yangtze River."
He was delighted by Ongwango's donation, and the Boston Museum in the United States was delighted that they were able to acquire these precious national treasures without any cost.
However, our people are heartbroken. Onwango, you know what? He may not know, or he may know but think it has nothing to do with him, after all, he is an American!
Weng Wange once donated rare rare books of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties to us, but we cannot ignore the fact that he transferred the rare books in his family's collection to the Shanghai Library for $4.5 million before donating to the United States free of charge.
Ongwango's fortune was expanded by this donation, and perhaps it was this huge fortune that allowed him to have an endless amount of wealth, and the family collection no longer meant much to him.
On his deathbed, Unwango, a naturalized American citizen, decided to make some contribution to his "country". Although the "country" in his heart is not China, but the United States, he still loves his homeland deeply.
How would he feel if he knew that his artifacts would eventually become the treasures of American museums? I think his heart must be rippling.