Chapter 1331 - Cultural relics

According to data from UNESCO, as many as 1.64 million Chinese cultural relics have been lost overseas and are collected by 47 museums around the world. If the data from private collections is included, it will be even more astonishing, with a conservative estimate of more than 10 million pieces.

Britain is one of the countries that has plundered and collected the most Chinese cultural relics. Most of the Chinese cultural relics that flowed to Britain were during the period from 1860 to 1949, especially the two catastrophes of the burning of the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces in 1860 and the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.

In addition, the several lootings of the Mogao Grottoes by the British-Hungarian Aurel Stein also caused a large number of Dunhuang documents, paintings, murals and other art treasures to be lost overseas.

Most of the Chinese cultural relics collected by major museums and libraries in the UK were illegally looted from China by invaders during the modern colonial period and flowed overseas.

Among them, the British Museum is the museum with the largest collection of lost Chinese cultural relics, with a collection of 23,000 Chinese cultural relics, of which about 2,000 are on long-term display. The Chinese cultural relics collected cover the entire art category of China and span the entire history of China, including engraved books, calligraphy and painting, jade, bronze, pottery, and accessories.

The British Museum is naturally the first stop for the cultural relics expert group!

"Liangzhu culture jade cong! It's Liangzhu culture jade cong!" An old man in his seventies looked at a jade cong and couldn't help getting excited.

Others couldn't help but observe this jade cong carefully!

The shape of the jade cong is square outside and round inside, representing the 'round sky and square earth', symbolizing the supreme divine power, and is a ritual vessel used in ancient sacrifices. Jade is the essence of Liangzhu culture. This Neolithic Liangzhu culture jade cong collected by the British Museum is 49.5 cm high and dark green. The inside of the body is cylindrical and hollow, and the outside is a square column with decreasing thickness. It is divided into 19 sections horizontally. The grooves on the surface are similar to ladders. When Westerners first saw it, they mistakenly thought it was the "Tower of Babel" recorded in the Bible. After the "burning of the Old Summer Palace" in 1960, it was looted and lost overseas. It is one of the treasures of the British Museum.

The shape and details of this Liangzhu jade cong reflect the extraordinary craftsmanship at that time. It is one of the highest known jade congs. It can be called "tall, thin and handsome" among jade congs. It is also the only Liangzhu culture jade cong collected by the British Museum.

Huaxia has wanted to tour this treasure many times, but has been strongly rejected by the British Museum.

Founded in 1753, the British Museum is the world's oldest and most magnificent comprehensive museum, and one of the world's four largest and most famous museums. The museum has collected many cultural relics and treasures from all over the world, as well as the manuscripts of many great scientists. The richness and variety of the collections are rare in the world's museums.

The entire British Museum has more than 8 million collections. Due to space limitations, a large number of collections cannot be publicly displayed.

The British Museum witnessed the most glorious era of Britain. It was built in the British Empire and witnessed the prosperity of the British Empire, the twilight of hegemony, and the collapse of hegemony.

Every piece of collection in the British Museum is a contribution of the British Empire.

Almost none of the collections outside the UK were obtained legally by the UK.

And every piece of Chinese cultural relic in it is a shame imposed on China by Britain.

The Chinese cultural relics that were taken back from Germany and France to museums and libraries back then, now there is this opportunity to exchange Chinese cultural relics from British museums and libraries.

Every expert knows that Panshan Group has paid real money for this.

Although this is a shame, it is also a rare opportunity.

The first artifact identified by the expert group was a Liangzhu culture jade cong, and the second artifact was a Shang Dynasty double sheep zun. This zun is 45 cm tall, with a cylindrical mouth and a belly with two sheep driving forward and facing each other. The horns of the sheep are large and curved, and the mouth of the zun is decorated with string patterns and dragon-faced taotie. The jaws and belly of the sheep are decorated with door ridges, symbolizing the beard and drooping hair on the belly. It is decorated with dragon face patterns, scale patterns on the belly, and dragon patterns on the legs. Two rams connected back to back carry the body of the zun, and four sheep legs are used for support. The image of the ram is vividly shaped. This Shang Dynasty double sheep zun was looted and lost overseas after the "burning of the Old Summer Palace" in 1860, and is collected in the British Museum.

After the identification of each Chinese cultural relic, it was carefully placed and transported back to China.

The British Museum announced that it has 23,000 various Chinese cultural relics, but in the end, there are 66,500 pieces in the British Museum alone, of which 9,900 are fakes.

In more than three months, a total of 289,596 cultural relics were transported back to China from the UK!

The sea 500 nautical miles away from the UK is clear and cloudless.

One '001' aircraft carrier, one '002' aircraft carrier, and thousands of British soldiers are training under the guidance of instructors.

In addition, there are 10 054-type frigates, 6 052-type destroyers, 1 816-type destroyer, 2 comprehensive supply ships, and 6 039-type submarines.

The UK originally wanted to buy warships from the United States, but the US warships were too expensive. Even though the UK is an ally of the United States, the United States is like a brother who settles accounts clearly. The high price makes the British feel uncomfortable.

A 'Perry-class' missile frigate that has been in service for decades, including the 'upgrade package', costs 250 million US dollars.

You know, the US Navy now purchases a brand new and latest 'Perry-class' missile frigate, which is only 200 million US dollars.

Old ships that have been in service for decades are sold at a higher price than new ships.

The British, who could no longer bear it, turned to the East.

After some communication, the British packed up and took away the equivalent of two aircraft carrier fleets.

As a result, the Chinese Navy currently has only one 002B nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in service, and has degenerated from the original three aircraft carrier fleets to only one aircraft carrier fleet.

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In order to reorganize the expeditionary force, the British also fought hard.

There is no way, they will not fight, otherwise Britain will be left behind by other countries.

In order to save the situation, Britain announced that it would send 100,000 expeditionary forces, including the navy and the marines, to punish Argentina.

Now the eyes of the world are on Britain and Argentina to see who will give in first.

Britain even learned from the United States and broadcast live, now broadcasting training live, and later broadcasting war live.

For the tough attitude of the British, a group of Argentine football stars protested, believing that this would only lead to the escalation of conflicts between the two sides and a real war, rather than solving the problem.

But now, the British war machine has been activated, and the whole UK is in a very strong war atmosphere. The government keeps spending money, and even the previously overdue pensions have been paid.

After receiving a large sum of money, the pound not only did not depreciate due to the large amount of money, but also hit the highest exchange rate against the US dollar since the US subprime mortgage crisis, and the pound seemed very strong.

The whole of Britain is reflecting on the policies of the past few decades. Many British people believe that if it were not for the long-term peace in Britain and the lack of armaments, Argentina would not dare to do so. (End of this chapter)