The university is approaching the holidays, and all the professors are very busy. Even Professor Zhu Changping, who has been re-employed, is preparing for the semester-end exam. However, after finishing the work at hand, he came to Li with some professors from Beijing University and Tsingta University. The underground treasure house in Moyanjiao area.
It was the first time for these old professors to come here, so when they walked through the levels and entered the treasure house, they were still shocked by the scale in front of them. The treasure house was divided into two floors underground and one above ground. The main thing on the ground is to open a museum, which only receives sporadic individual visitors, and is not open to group tourists.
Li Mo arrived early in the morning, and the brown bear's arm was not fully healed yet, so he didn't do anything but manage the order of the scene.
"Boss, the archeology professors from Beijing University and Qingda University are here. There are five old professors in total."
"I'll greet them." Li Mo actually didn't invite those old professors. After all, they were all around seventy years old. After they retired, they were hired back because they had no leisure time and continued to shine. But he still takes good care of those old professors, who gave him a lot of help a few years ago.
"Teacher, hello, Professor Zhang, Professor Yu, Professor Wang, and Professor Huang."
"Hahaha, when we old guys heard that Professor Li was going to personally enter the treasure house today to sort out the treasures brought back from Europe, our hands were itchy and we couldn't wait any longer. Why don't we come together and follow you to learn more. "
Professor Yu is two years older than Zhu Changping, so he is already seventy-two years old, but he usually takes good care of himself and is in good spirits.
"Professor Yu, I really wish you could come and help me, but I'm a little embarrassed to bother you all the time."
Zhu Changping stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "You are embarrassed to open your mouth, and we are even more embarrassed. You have just been driven back by the Eagle Kingdom officials and you gave us some antique wine that has been collected for a hundred years, and you gave us We show pictures of the recovered treasures, but if we don’t take a look for ourselves, we always feel that our hearts are empty.”
"Haha, I didn't make it clear what Lao Zhu said. In fact, Professor Li, you are just trying to whet the appetite of all of us. Okay, let's come over today to broaden our horizons."
Li Mo said happily: "Five professors, please come in."
"Have all the experts you invited arrived?"
"I invited six experts from the Kyoto Museum, the Kyoto Palace Museum, and the Jinling Museum, and my master invited two from the Magic City, plus Sima Haotian from the National People's Congress, me, and master, for a total of eleven main players. We have also mobilized many assistants from Beijing University and Tsinghua University. So far, the workload is not too heavy. The main thing is to be careful and conscientious."
When everyone entered the first treasure house section, they saw various boxes placed in order in the huge venue. A large group of people were already watching around a rectangular table, whispering excitedly to each other from time to time. talk.
"Master, what is the first thing to be cleaned up?"
Yanagawa Kei first greeted several old friends one by one, and then pointed to the five bronze animal heads laid out on the table. They were the last five lost overseas, namely the dragon head, the snake head, the chicken head, and the dog head. head and sheep head.
The bronze statue of the animal head in the Old Summer Palace was cast during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was designed by the Italian court Western painter Lang Shining, supervised by the Chinese Jiang Youren, and produced by the court craftsmen.
Castiglione originally wanted to create a nude female sculpture with Western characteristics, but Emperor Qianlong felt that this was against Chinese ethics and morals, so he ordered a redesign. So Castiglione took into account the Chinese folk culture and replaced the human body sculptures commonly used in Western fountain designs with seated figures of the twelve zodiac animals.
"The bodies of these zodiac bronze statues are in the shape of stone carvings wearing robes, and the heads are in a realistic style. The casting is fine, and the wrinkles and down on the animal heads and other details are clear and lifelike. The materials used to cast the animal heads were of the time. The red copper refined by the Qing Dynasty has a deep color on the outside and a pure luster on the inside. It has lasted for hundreds of years and has not rusted. It is really a masterpiece."
Li Mo touched it with his hands and was filled with emotion.
"After more than a hundred years of catastrophe, today we can finally see the light of day again. Li Mo, what do you plan to do with these five bronze animal heads of the twelve zodiac animals in the Old Summer Palace?"
Yanagawa Kei asked.
"I have already communicated with my superiors. Since all the bronze beast heads have appeared, they will naturally be merged together, so we are ready to cooperate and conduct a nationwide tour first. No matter who owns the thing, it ultimately belongs to the wealth of all us Chinese people."
"It's better to take pictures as soon as possible, repackage them, and then put them into a batch of customized safes."
The work is proceeding in an orderly manner, and a small area is specially made for taking photos in the corner of the treasure house. Every treasure that has been sorted out will be photographed and registered here, and then transferred to another treasure house partition. , when you need to find it again in the future, you can directly query the computer to locate it quickly.
"Xiao Mo, there are so many antiques without marking the most important part?"
Zhu Changping looked at the densely packed boxes and couldn't calm down. However, even antiques are divided into three, six or nine grades. The top batch must be sorted out first. Officials will also classify the antiques on the list. Naturally, rare treasures will no longer have the opportunity to go out of the country.
"It's all marked. Now let's take a look. It was once the treasure of the Fontainebleau Palace in China."
Li Mo found a group of boxes placed together, and then opened the boxes himself and took out the treasures inside one by one. The first one was naturally the famous cloisonne unicorn beast.
"Oh, isn't this the cloisonne unicorn beast that has been on the stolen list for a long time? Why is it here with you?"
Zhu Changping stepped forward to take a closer look and was a little surprised. When the Fontainebleau Palace was stolen from China, all the stolen items were the top Chinese national treasures. When the news spread back to China, many archaeological experts and people in the industry were filled with regret. Unexpectedly, now It actually appeared in Li Mo's hands.
"It fell into my hands by chance. This time I took the opportunity to bring it back to the country. It will be our own national treasure in the future."
Li Mo then took out the second antique.
"This is a ceramic bowl from the Northern Song Dynasty. It's really a good thing."
"What comes out of the five famous kilns in the Northern Song Dynasty is high-quality products. Nowadays, such valuable treasures are rare, and each one is worth more than 100 million yuan at auction."
"Those experts in Faguo are still very discerning."
People around him were whispering, and Li Mo took out the third important treasure, which was the golden manza.
"This is a temple decoration of Tibetan Buddhism. In the future, it will be placed directly in Daleiyin Temple for believers to pay their respects."
Each piece is exquisite.
"Hey, Professor Li, is that a crown in your hand?"
Someone's attention was attracted by the crown Li Mo just took out.
"This is a replica of the King of Siam's crown given to Napoleon III by the King of Siam in the mid-19th century. This valuable treasure will be collected in the Gu Yunxuan European and American Art Museum."
Several old professors gathered around the table and looked at the crown carefully, marveling at the exquisite craftsmanship.
Next are two gold cups engraved with Tibetan inscriptions and inlaid with many precious stones. Each one will attract praise from the staff. No wonder they were selected to become the national treasures of the Chinese Pavilion of the Palace of Fontainebleau. They are indeed special. Delicate and beautiful.
As the treasures in the Old Summer Palace were being counted and sorted out, Zhu Changping said casually: "I really doubt that you even moved the treasure house of Fontainebleau Palace back."
Li Mo coughed twice and just smiled. Didn't he just empty out the treasure house over there? It's just that he was not the one who did it, nor was he one of his own people, but it only came into his hands after two or three changes of hands.
There are more than 30,000 antiques belonging to the Old Summer Palace that were moved back from Faguo this time. It will take some time to complete the inventory.
The five old professors did not participate. They came over not wanting to cause trouble, but just wanted to see what good things there were.
"Professor Li, where are those Dunhuang cultural treasures placed?"
Li Mo put down a jade hairpin inlaid with gold and silver that was circulated in the Qing Dynasty palace in his hand, and pointed to another area: "I'll take you there first."
