Seeing a dilapidated warship carrying a shipload of national treasure-level bronzes to the open sea, Chen Wenzhe naturally felt very regretful.
It was at this time that he suddenly discovered that something was suddenly pushed into the river on the transport ship.
Through recollection, Chen Wenzhe was able to determine that the object that was deliberately pushed into the river must be a bronze vessel.
This thing won't be damaged if it falls into water, so is this someone's motive for making money?
Or is it because someone doesn’t want these national treasures to be taken away?
Looking at the video slowly and studying it carefully, Chen Wenzhe discovered that only one bronze vessel was pushed into the water.
A bronze vessel that can be pushed into water and sink quickly must be very large and heavy.
Otherwise, it is very likely that someone will discover it, because these bronzes are packed in some wooden boxes.
Situations like this rarely happen, because most of the time, such important treasures are transported by plane.
In the face of heavy treasures, any kind of accident is likely to happen, because human nature cannot withstand the test.
For example, the scene Chen Wenzhe sees now confirms this point.
Therefore, the safest way to transport national treasures to Wanwan was by air, because during this period, time was short and there was no way to cause trouble in the air.
It is because of this that when time is tight, there are some treasures that I want to take but cannot.
In the end, they have no choice but to leave them on the mainland, and these are often valuable cultural relics.
This is another legend, such as the legendary weapon that escaped disaster because it was too valuable to carry: the Stepmother Wu Ding!
Regarding Stepmother Wuding, I believe many Chinese people are familiar with it.
This giant tripod is 133 centimeters high, 110 centimeters long and 79 centimeters wide, and weighs 832.84 kilograms. It is the heaviest bronze vessel known in my country.
The excavation experience of Stepmother Wuding can be said to have been full of twists and turns.
In 1939, when Japan invaded China, it happened to be that at this time, people excavated it in Anyang, Nanhe River.
But at that time, the Japanese army was very happy when they heard that the Houmuwu Ding, an antiquities from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, had been unearthed, and wanted to take it for themselves.
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The villagers did not want Chinese cultural relics to fall into the hands of the Japanese invaders, so they came up with an idea to cut the Stepmother Wu Ding into eight pieces and scatter them to various places for burial.
However, many villagers who care about cultural relics expressed opposition.
So in the end, the villagers buried their stepmother Wuding in another place as she was.
In this way, Wu Ding, the stepmother, could escape the fate of being plundered by the Japanese invaders.
In 1946, the stepmother Wuding was dug out again and transported to Jinling.
At that time, this important treasure, together with Mao Gong's tripod, were all given to Baldhead as a birthday gift for his 60th birthday, and were later allocated to the management of the Jinling Central Museum.
The bald leader at that time also wanted to take his stepmother Wuding with him to Wanwan, but in the end he failed to do so.
There are two theories. One is that the stepmother Wuding was rescued due to the timely arrival of our army.
However, the Mao Gong Ding, which was collected in the Central Museum along with the Stepmother Wu Ding, was transported to Wanwan at the same time and is now one of the three national treasures of the National Palace Museum in Beitai.
If we speculate reasonably from another angle, it is very likely that the weight and volume of the Stepmother Wuding are too large to be transported, so the staff put it last before preparing to transport it.
Mao Gongding was relatively small in size and weighed only about 34 kilograms, so it was the first to be carried on the plane.
Later, the stepmother Wuding ended up being left on the mainland because it was too heavy, or perhaps because of omission.
This statement was recognized by Qin Xiaoyi, then director of the National Palace Museum in Beitai.
In 1996, when National Museum researcher Li Xiandeng visited Taiwan, Qin Xiaoyi told Li Xiandeng the ins and outs of this incident.
It turned out that at that time, because the Houmu Wuding was too huge and heavy, and the lifting equipment at that time was not enough to support its weight, it could not be transported to Wanwan.
However, some people doubt the authenticity of this explanation. After all, the Houmuwu Ding was first discovered in Anyang and later transported to Jinling.
If there is no suitable lifting equipment, how can Houmuwuding get from Anyang to Jinling? (This chapter is not finished yet!)
Chapter 1,396 Five Famous Famous People
No matter what the reason was, the stepmother Wuding finally stopped running around and was finally stored in the National Museum, becoming a very precious national treasure cultural relic in the mainland.
As we all know, the original name of Houmuwu Ding was "Simuwu Ding", and the reason for its name change came from an archaeological experience in 1976.
At that time, a cultural relic was unearthed from Fuhao's tomb in Anyang, which was later named "The Houmu Xin Ding". The style of this cultural relic corresponds to the same series as the Houmu Wu Ding.
And Fu Hao was a queen of Shang King Wu Ding. From this we can draw a guess.
Both the "Stepmother Xin Ding" and the "Stepmother Wu Ding" were buried with the queens of the Shang Dynasty at that time.
Then the word "hou" may refer to the meaning of "queen".
So, calling it according to the original name "Si" is obviously inconsistent with the naming logic.
So some experts suggested that this character may not be the character for "si", but the character for "hou".
However, scholars who support the name "Si Mu Wu Ding" do not think so.
They believe that the word "Si" may refer to the word "Si".
At the same time, "Si Mu Wu" may mean a bronze vessel made to worship Mu Wu (the temple name of the mother of King Wen Ding of Shang Dynasty), which is also consistent with the use of bronze vessels at that time.
After nearly forty years of debate, the "Simu Wu Ding" was officially renamed "The Houmu Wu Ding" by the National Museum in 2011.
Although its spread is not as widespread as that of "Si Mu Wu Ding", it is still a symbol of research and progress.
There are many legends that during the process of transporting national treasures to the Chiang Kai-shek, many treasures were secretly left in various places among the people.
There are even many fraud organizations that use this as a reason to commit fraud.
In fact, from the departure and retention of the three national treasures mentioned above, we can see that it is inevitable to transport a large number of treasures out in 1949.
Unless it is absolutely necessary or for objective reasons, I will never leave it in the mainland at will.
Not to mention the so-called "buried treasure" theory.
At that time, Wanwan was already the best place for the Chiang Kai-shek to end up.
It is more logical to take the treasure with you instead of burying it on the mainland where the return date is uncertain.
Of course, it is not ruled out that various problems may arise during the transportation process, resulting in things slipping through the net.
But based on the situation at the time, these were more likely to be circulated overseas rather than hidden in the mountains again.
Therefore, the tripod that Chen Wenzhe saw was pushed into the Yangtze River and must have slipped through the net.
He had an accident during transportation, and there should be no shortage of such accidents.
Just like the Qing Palace Bird Pu, some people don't want these treasures to be taken out of the country, even if they are bald and crooked...