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This Parthenon was originally built on a hill in Athens, Greece, around 450 BC, and later collapsed due to poor maintenance. Baidu search to force literature network

Around 1802, after the discovery of the Ottoman ambassador, Earl Elgin, he bought the marble architectural decoration and carvings on the Parthenon from the Ottoman Empire, cut them and shipped them back to the UK.

One end of the hall is the display of the main body of the temple, and the walls of the hall are covered with exquisite wall decorations of the temple. Entering this hall and looking at the exquisite ancient carvings, people can immediately feel a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

These ancient carvings do seem to have a magical power. Even Jin Muchen, who does not know much about the history and cultural relics of ancient Greece, can pass these carvings after entering this hall and feel the ancient Greeks. The creativity and greatness of human beings are indeed amazing treasures.

It is no wonder that the Greek government has been insisting on the return of these precious cultural relics from the British Museum over the years, but the British side has repeatedly refused, claiming that these relics would have disappeared, and it was the United Kingdom that preserved this cultural wealth for the world.

After listening to these words, can you feel the shamelessness of the British?

After coming out from here, basically other places on the first floor, that is, the Oriental Pavilion are also worth seeing. Other antiques and cultural relics in the Asia, Africa and Latin America are really not worth seeing.

However, before going to the China Pavilion, Jin Muchen still went to the second floor, because there is a "Ho Dong Pavilion" on the north side of the second floor. This pavilion was donated by Mr. Ho Dong, a Hong Kong gentleman, and it displays antiques and cultural relics from China, India and Southeast Asia. 's collection.

There are many exhibits from China and India, including Chinese exhibits from the Neolithic Age to the Qing Dynasty. Including all kinds of jade, bronze, lacquer, gold and silver, porcelain, Tang Sancai and cloisonne, as well as precious paintings and calligraphy, it is really dazzling and beautiful.

On the wall at the east end of this pavilion is a large-scale Buddhist mural of the Ming Dynasty, flanked by carved Buddha statues of different eras and materials, although it is the same as those of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Can't compare, but they're all beautiful things.

Looking at these treasures, Jin Muchen's heart really turned back and forth. On the one hand, he wanted to thank the gentleman in Hedong for collecting so many good things, and on the other hand. I also don't understand why he donated so many good things to the British?

If you don't like the mainland, you can also set up a private museum in Xiangjiang. Wouldn't it be better to put these things in your own private museum. Why do you have to donate to the British?

Forget it, after all, it's someone else's thing, how they like to deal with it is beyond their control.

After turning around in this pavilion, Jin Muchen didn't go downstairs directly, but looked around again in other pavilions, because there are several pavilions here, as well as some very strange things and places. It's also worth seeing.

For example, in the reading room here, there is an autograph book at the entrance, and the 250-year history of the British Museum. It is not only a collection of antiques and cultural relics, but also a lot of books. In addition to the name of the museum, it is also a huge library.

Back then, the founder of Ma Jiao, Ma Dabeard, created the Das Kapital by borrowing materials from here. There is also Sun Dapao, who was later beautified by the Chinese as the father of the country, after researching materials here. Completed his theory of the "Three Principles of the People".

And the autograph book at the entrance has now become an antique. The signatures of these people closely related to Chinese history can also be found on it.

Somewhere here, even rarer things can be found, such as the party constitution at the beginning of the dynasty. . .

After browsing these more historically significant things again, Jin Muchen went directly downstairs, but after just turning around, it was already noon. He did not leave the museum, but bought food directly in the museum. The place, simply ordered a lunch and took a bite.

It is said that the name of this dark cuisine empire is not for nothing, that tuna sandwich, Jin Muchen threw it into the trash after only one bite, and finally came a British national meal, fish and chips were filled. full stomach.

After a short rest after eating, Jin Muchen got up and went straight to the main target of his trip to the UK, the Oriental Pavilion of the British Museum.

However, as soon as he entered the Oriental Pavilion, Jin Muchen collapsed. Although he has not been to a few museums in China, he has heard of the addition of one national museum, and even the Forbidden City Museum in Baodao is included. All counted in China, there are only 6 pieces of Ru kiln porcelain, and the rest are fragments.

At this point, I feel good. It turns out that all those Ru kiln porcelains have come here. Among the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty, there are as many as 11 pieces of Ru kiln porcelain in this British Museum!

You must know that there are only 67 pieces of Ru kiln porcelain in the world! !

Looking at the description of the porcelain in this museum, it can be described as a mess. Obviously, people don't pay attention to the treasure we hold on our heads as our ancestors.

I don't know if it's because they have too many treasures, or if they really don't like these things, but Jin Muchen looked at the shabby profile and really wanted to greet the ancestors of the people who took this thing from China to foreign countries.

What's the matter, since you don't pay attention, why do you have to grab these treasures here? Is it bad to leave it to us Chinese?

This showcase is divided into upper and lower layers, with eleven pieces on display. Ru kiln porcelain in the Song Dynasty. These porcelains are without exception. The head has a sky blue glaze color, and there is no extra painting on it. The pattern looks a bit simple, but if you look closely. , from the faint blue light on the porcelain, you can see that no matter how you can't cover up the luxurious aura, it is absolutely great.

And these porcelains have different shapes, including cups, bowls, dishes, and even a thin-necked vase and a huge three-legged washbasin.

This Ru kiln porcelain is really important to us Chinese, especially to the development history of ancient Chinese porcelain. This is a milestone in ancient Chinese porcelain and seems to be a benchmark.

According to the verified records, there should be only 67 pieces of Ru kiln porcelain in the world at present.

The reason why this Ru kiln is precious is its quality. It can be said that it has a match with the enamel color of the Qing Dynasty. Both were fired in the capital, but the enamel color was fired at the Qing court in the Forbidden City. The Ru kiln was fired near Tokyo (Kaifeng).

One of the reasons why Ru kiln is special and can be regarded as a benchmark work of ancient Chinese porcelain is that he added agate powder to the glaze during the firing process. Agate is a hard material second only to diamond. This can imagine the cost of firing Ru kiln at that time, and the addition of agate powder is one of the main reasons why Ru kiln can stand proudly above the other four famous kilns in Song Dynasty and become the king of Song Dynasty porcelain.

This is similar to the Xuande furnace cast in the Ming Dynasty. The Xuande furnace not only refined copper, but also added gold, which distinguishes all the later bronzes. This is also after many years of wind and rain, Xuande furnace can still be used The reason for the brilliance and the melodious sound.

And it is precisely because of this that Ru kiln has its own unique characteristics, that is, the unique glaze color of azure and bean blue. Later, many dynasties and celebrities tried to imitate the porcelain of Ru kiln, but it is a pity that the porcelain produced, It's hard to even be similar.

Standing in front of the showcase, Jin Muchen was filled with emotion. These eleven pieces of porcelain, any one of them, as long as they can be brought back to China, can be said to be a peerless treasure!

It's a pity that now it can only be reduced to the hands of the British for people to watch. It is extremely difficult for our domestic fans to meet.

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, Jin Muchen couldn't help but scolded the damned Englishman!

Looking down, Jin Muchen couldn't help but scolded his mother in his heart. Your grandmother, when I encountered a piece of Dingyao porcelain in the United States, it seemed that I had found a treasure. Fans spent a high price of 100 million to please return to China.

But you are so special, just look at it like this here, it's just a cabinet!

That's right, a whole cabinet of stabilizers! Jin Muchen's eyes were blurred, and his hands were shaking.

All kinds of gold-bound kiln bowls, kiln plates, and kiln pots, let's not talk about it. The most exaggerated thing is that he also saw a gold-bound ding kiln holding pot. Now, Jin Muchen feels like Grandma Liu has entered. In the Grand View Garden, the old hat suddenly entered the city.

People used to say that Chinese antiques are extensive and profound~www.wuxiaspot.com~ He didn't feel too deep, thinking that he was used to seeing treasures, but after seeing the whole cabinet of gold setters, he didn't know. , how shallow your eyelids are.

In the past, he thought that the golden set was definitely not a bowl or a plate, but only when he arrived here did he realize that there were still cups, washbasins, and pots.

The most exaggerated thing is that he also found a gold-rimmed black-glazed Ding Porcelain teacup in the back, which should be the famous black Ding Porcelain!

This thing, to Jin Muchen, was only famous and never met!

After handling that piece of Ding Porcelain, Jin Muchen later got a certain understanding of Ding Porcelain. It turns out that the reason why Ding Porcelain is so sought after is not only because of its rarity, but also because of its rarity. The reason is that Ding Porcelain is the first kind of white porcelain that can achieve such a white level in the history of ancient Chinese porcelain development.

It turned out that during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the ancient ancestors had already begun to pursue white-glazed porcelain, but they had never been able to achieve whiteness. The porcelain produced at that time, especially white porcelain, could only be called 'malt white' at best. It was not until the appearance of Ding Porcelain that the ancient ancestors had white porcelain with pure white glaze for the first time. . . . (To be continued)