Volume 9 Prosperity Volume Chapter 30 The King of Ten Thousand Gardens
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In the British Museum, the director of the British Lord Biolliwu and Montegu are thinking that the Chinese are carrying their own treasures. Most of the collections in the Oriental Art Museum are Chinese cultural relics, with more than 20,000 pieces. Among them, the Banpo Village red pottery bowls from more than 6,000 years ago, the Neolithic jade knives, jade axes, bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, porcelain, jade, lacquerware, paintings, sculptures, etc. from various periods since the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and even the two large stone lions at the back door of the museum are all Chinese art works.
There are also a large number of Buddhist paintings plundered by Stein from the Dunhuang Sutra Cave. The most famous Chinese painting in his collection is the "Princess of the Female Historian" written by Gu Kaizhi, a great painter in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This is a famous masterpiece that has been circulated and occupies a very high position in the history of Chinese painting.
Now, all these things will be transported back to China. From now on, the Montegu Director will definitely not see so many rare treasures, except to the distant Beijing. There, the Chinese emperor has personally donated 30 million yuan and established a foundation to restore their magnificent garden - the Old Summer Palace, and these treasures will be put back to their original location.
Montegu could feel that these mysterious Orientals began to become stronger, and even the always powerful Anglo-Sakash people began to be depressed by this oriental lion. Although there are economic reasons for Britain's return of China's national treasure, the most important thing is China's attitude.
His Majesty the Emperor repeatedly claimed that those treasures were robbed, so they were "black". Any country who wants to reconcile with another country is to get rid of historical entanglement. This move by Britain was exchanged for China's most-favored-nation treatment. Britain finally received the same sub-national treatment as Germany, France and other countries five years later, which is of great benefit to the British economy.
Not long after, more than 20,000 Chinese treasures were collected in British museums. After passing through the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, they landed on the Indochina Peninsula. They passed through the Pan-Asia Railway of Cambodia-Vladivostok (13 kilometers) and arrived in the capital. At this moment, the Chinese people were in full bloom. The celebration scene was recorded through the camera and spread among four people in the national online theater system. What made Zhao Gang depressed was that although his encouragement fund offered the highest reward for the invention of TV (150), no one could develop it. If it could be developed, Zhao Gang still missed the black and white TV when he was a child.
Shortly afterwards, the restoration of the Old Summer Palace was put on the agenda. The Old Summer Palace is located in the northwest suburbs of Beijing and the eastern part of Haidian District. It was originally a large royal imperial garden in the Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of about 5,200 acres and has an inverted Pin-shaped shape. The Old Summer Palace consists of three gardens, the Changchun Garden and the Qichun Garden, with a total area of 350 hectares.
The land-based building area of the Old Summer Palace is as large as the Forbidden City. The water area is equal to a Summer Palace. The Old Summer Palace brings together the characteristics of several famous gardens and scenic spots in the south of the Yangtze River at that time, integrates the essence of ancient Chinese garden art, and uses the artistic techniques of the garden in the garden to melt the poetic and picturesque ideas into the ever-changing scenes. The south of the Old Summer Palace is the court district. It is the place where the emperor handles official duties. There are 40 scenic spots in the remaining areas, including more than 50 scenic spots, which are directly modeled: + Ten scenic spots, which not only imitate buildings, but also copy the names. What is more interesting is that there are also Western garden scenic spots built in the Old Summer Palace. The most famous "Water Viewing Method" is a Western fountain, as well as the Wanhua Array Maze and Western Building, which are all in the Italian Renaissance style. There is also a Venetian City model in the lake water, where the emperor can enjoy the "water city scenery" thousands of miles away while sitting on the mountain on the shore.
Chapter completed!