At the beginning of our country’s modern history, we were rubbed against the ground by the Western powers, and the bandits robbed us of many treasures that were unique in the world and made them particularly jealous. Although some countries have lost face in recent years, they will more or less show their generosity as a big country and symbolically give back a little bit of what they once took away.
There are also many things that have been bought by the government or individuals through auctions and brought back to the country. However, there are still many antique treasures that originally belonged to us wandering abroad, and have even become the centerpieces of some foreign museums. treasure.
The first thing to bear the brunt is the sword of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty. The sword of Emperor Yongle, made in the royal weapons workshop of the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century, was originally a gift from Emperor Yongle to the living Buddha of Tibet. It is very well preserved and well made. Later, it was unknown where it was displaced due to the war. However, in 1991, it was confirmed that the Royal Mechanical Museum invested 100,000 pounds to buy this sword from the private sector and regarded it as a treasure of the museum.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA, there are also many ancient Chinese treasures, such as Emperor Kangxi’s Ruyi jade, which is already a treasure with slightly lower historical value.
The precious historical heritages dug out from the Longmen Grottoes, such as the Picture of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Paying Respect to the Buddha and the Picture of Empress Wenzhao Paying Respect to the Buddha, have become riddled with holes due to being stolen.
In addition, there is also Dong Yuan's "Stream Bank Picture" from the Five Dynasties period. It can be said to be one of the three most famous works of early Chinese painting in the world. It is now a treasure in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. .
Japan is the country that has done the most harm to our country in modern times, and it has also done the most excessive things in terms of stealing cultural relics. After all, he has extremely ambitious ambitions to take the whole of China into his pocket. Take the Tokyo National Museum in Japan, for example. The museum's exhibition hall No. 1 is called "Chinese Sculpture" and contains 26 cultural relics from the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Tang Dynasty.
The five showrooms on the second floor of its Oriental Pavilion contain as many as 187 precious cultural relics from various dynasties in China. In the Chinese painting and calligraphy exhibition room, Liang Kai's "Landscape with Snow Scenery" of the Southern Song Dynasty, Indra's "Zen Machine Picture Broken Slips Found in Cold Mountains" of the Yuan Dynasty, "Fishing Alone on the Cold River" by Zhu Duan of the Ming Dynasty, "Flowers and Flowers" by Zhao Zhiqian of the Qing Dynasty Pictures are displayed there. These are just the tip of the iceberg.
There are many precious collections from my country in major foreign museums. These collections always demonstrate the ugly behavior of Western countries during that period, and also severely slapped China in the face. I hope that as China's international status increases, one day it will be able to take back the things that have been taken away by others one by one!