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Chapter 248 Stolen the World

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"I'll have it soon!"

When David heard this, he was a little wary and said: "We will not change this! It is the treasure of the China Pavilion."

Wu Tianyuan laughed loudly and said, "Dear Director David, many people have said this to me, such as Mr. Henry from the Louvre, and it turned out..."

Wu Tianyuan didn't entangle David with this issue anymore, and when he had enough bargaining chips in the future, he would naturally be able to invite the Buddha statue back to China, and the two of them started to visit again.

"Look at the murals of tens of square meters on the central wall. The three Bodhisattvas on the painting have flying skirts, kind faces, dignified images, plump bodies, and different looks. The whole painting has smooth lines and delicate styles. Although the age A long time ago, you can still see the brilliant colors of that year.”

The reason why David took Wu Tianyuan to visit was to show the profound strength of the British Museum and prepare in advance for future cooperation and even negotiations.

Wu Tianyuan looked sadly at the mural that was clearly cut into 12 pieces. It came from Qingliang Temple in Xingtang County, HEB Province. It was built in the reign of Jin Dading and was once the largest temple under Wutai Mountain.The murals of the Three Bodhisattvas were made by a monk from a temple in Mount Wutai. They were first painted in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, and later painted in the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty. It took more than 40 years.

At that time, the scale of Qingliang Temple was huge, and there were murals in all the main halls. The figure paintings were delicate and lifelike.Its majestic and majestic landscape paintings give you a sense of being there, and the three Bodhisattvas are the main painting painted on the north wall of the apse.

In the autumn and winter of 1926, the British colluded with the then county government and bought the mural of the Three Bodhisattvas.After several wars during the Japanese invasion of China, Qingliang Temple was destroyed and all the remaining murals were wiped out.

"It is understandable to say that foreigners rob cultural relics during wars. Some people even say that they are protecting the wealth of all mankind!"

Seeing so many treasures today, Wu Tianyuan sighed in his heart. This statement is not unreasonable. If these three paintings hadn't been brought here, they would have been destroyed in the flames of war by now, and none of them survived!

"Porcelain pillow with flower-picking in the Song Dynasty. This is the only pillow in the Song Dynasty with an inscription on it. The four characters "Family and Country Yong'an" are engraved on the pillow, and the nine characters "Yuanben Yedi Zhaojia Pillow Yongji" are engraved on the right. Engraved with the words "Book on March [-]th in the fourth year of Xining"."

“这口古钟是英军在1900年6月17日攻陷大沽口炮台后被带走的，英国军人奥兰多把它作为战利品带回英国。钟高80厘米、直径60厘米，上面铸有“大沽铸造”、“海口大沽”、“风调雨顺”、“国泰民安”等字样。”

"Yuan Dynasty Blue and White Porcelain Plate with Mandarin Fish Pattern!"

"Blue and White Porcelain Sanskrit Bowl from Official Kiln in the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Ming Cai Pottery Hell rewards good judges. He only has a thin book of good works in his hand. The workmanship is superb!"

Along the way, David introduced various treasures, and Wu Tianyuan became more and more surprised as he looked at them. This was only on the surface. Heihu said that there are three secret rooms in the museum.Edward, Hawkson, and finally the secret Victoria Secret Room!
"The Tang Dynasty copy of Gu Kaizhi's painting of the Nushi Zhentu! It is the earliest surviving Chinese silk painting and one of the earliest works of professional Chinese painters that can still be seen. This painting was robbed when the British and French allied forces burned the Old Summer Palace. Great Britain. It is worth mentioning that the British Museum acquired this rare treasure in 1903 for only £25."

David unabashedly showed off this national treasure, a feeling of protecting human wealth.Wu Tianyuan didn't refute this point, arguing with words is meaningless, back then it was a weak country with no diplomacy, now I'm in charge, the game starts again!
After the two visited the China Pavilion, they went to the Egyptian Pavilion next door. As one of the four ancient countries, Egypt has a long history of culture and many cultural relics, so it naturally became the focus of the invaders.

"Is this the Book of the Dead?"

Seeing Wu Tianyuan's curious look, David smiled and said: "Yani's Book of the Dead, this is a picture drawn on straw paper 19 years ago. Yani is a real person. He is the No. 24 dynasty of the New Kingdom. Yes. This painting is placed in Yani’s tomb as a funeral object. It is [-] meters long and uses [-] chapters to describe the incantations and agreements required by the deceased to obtain eternal life in the afterlife.”

The Book of the Dead is the book that the ancient Egyptian emperors placed in the tombs and sarcophagi for the "dead" to read after their death. It is one of the most famous documents and the earliest literary works left by mankind.

Most of the contents are hymns to gods and incantations to demons. At the same time, rich and vivid ancient Egyptian myths and folk songs are preserved.Most of the surviving Book of the Dead have been excavated from pyramids and ancient tombs.

The most famous incantation in the entire Book of the Dead, the main idea is that after death, people will be judged before Osiris, the god of the underworld. He must carefully deny all possible crimes and name the 42 judges of the underworld one by one. God's name.In this way, one can be acquitted and enter into eternal life.

"Isn't this the same as our Yan Luo Hall? It is also the dead who have to go through the ten halls of Yan Luo's approval, and finally go to the eighteenth floor of hell."

Wu Tianyuan thought to himself that religions are common in the end, leading people to be good, karma retribution, and giving people peace of mind.

"The Rosetta Stone, made in 196 BC, is engraved with the imperial edict of Ptolemy V, the king of ancient Egypt. The same content was engraved on the stele with Greek characters, ancient Egyptian characters and the popular script at that time, which makes After our archaeologists had the opportunity to compare the contents of various language versions, they deciphered the meaning and structure of Egyptian hieroglyphs that have been lost for more than a thousand years, which has become an important milestone in the study of ancient Egyptian history today."

"It is one of the three national treasures of our Great Britain, and any outbound exhibition is restricted!"

Wu Tianyuan suddenly discovered that the British were very interested in Egyptian culture. Apart from the Chinese Pavilion, even the Egyptian Pavilion was luxurious.Even Egypt has two of the three major national treasures, which is worth paying attention to.

"The Parthenon is the temple of the Greek goddess Athena. It is the most important building in classical Greece that has been preserved. Classical Greece is generally considered to be the heyday of the development of Doric columns. Its decorative carvings are considered is one of the key points of Greek art."

"The three goddesses of fate are sculptures depicting Atropos, Crotor and Lachesis in Greek mythology. They were originally located on the eastern gable of the Parthenon. Although their heads have been damaged, they are still vividly displayed. It reflects the superb artistic level achieved by the sculpture art in the classical period of Greece, which is amazing."

"The Portland Vase, Roman Gem Glass, an ancient Roman vase decorated with white patterns on dark blue glass, the finest surviving. A drunken man throwing a sculpture at a Portland vase, 1845, Sculptures and vases All broke at the same time. It broke into more than 200 pieces. The restoration work was very difficult. Some missing pieces were found later, and they had to be replenished, and then a new round of restoration work began. Eventually the vase was dropped. The last restoration was completed in 100, more than 1989 years after it was broken, but small cracks are still visible today."

Under the leadership of David, Wu Tianyuan walked around for more than an hour to visit the important collections, and the two sat down formally to start negotiations.

"The treasure you brought this time has been confirmed as King John's treasure, and we have heard about your rules for a long time. This is the list that can be exchanged."

David smiled and said: "Please believe in our sincerity. As the most popular treasure hunters in the museum, our British Museum very much hopes to maintain a long-term and stable cooperative relationship with my dear Wu! You also have a museum and know the difficulties. If you have treasures in the future, please contact me .”

Wu Tianyuan took the business card and list, the first one must be Jiuding's animal-faced square statue, and looked at the others again, David's sincerity is still there, they are all treasures before the Ming Dynasty.But now he has quite a few in his hands. After the Song Dynasty was the Tang Dynasty, each of which is a treasure of all mankind, and the number is scarce.

"Huh? These are Dunhuang murals!"

(End of this chapter)