Traditional cultural relics include porcelain, calligraphy and painting, jade, bronze and so on. Almost all of them are symbols of China culture, containing high artistic value and profound historical information. Therefore, such cultural relics are of great value both in China and in the world. Today, however, we are going to talk about a special cultural relic. Friends who have been to Canada may be impressed by a China cultural relic called Royal Museum of Ontario, because it is really visually impactful. It's a complete tomb in China!
There is an ancient tomb in the museum. Where did this tomb come from in China? Who is the owner of the tomb? Why are foreigners interested in his tomb? Time has to start from 100 years ago.
19 19, a British fur dealer named Kailahu visited an ancient tomb here when he was doing business in Beijing. According to legend, the master's identity is very special. He is Zu Dashou, a doctor appointed by the Qing Dynasty. The tiger took a fancy to the tomb at a glance and bought it from the descendants of the ancestral home willfully.
The tombs of the ancients were very particular, and it was not easy to move a whole tomb. Clapham Tiger, an English businessman, managed to transport the tomb to the other side of the ocean. He not only moved the grave, but also included two stone tables, two stone workshops, two stone men and two Shi Hu, weighing 150 tons! Even the slightly distinctive tombs are spared, which shows that the western colonists have plundered China's cultural relics to the extreme since modern times.
Later, after many twists and turns, this ancient tomb moved into the Canadian Museum. In an antique museum, suddenly seeing such a complete tomb in China may make people feel as if they are in a graveyard in the wild, and there is also an indescribable strangeness. According to the introduction materials of the museum, the owner of the tomb is Zu Dashou, a doctor who was ordered to seal Lu in the Qing Dynasty. The tomb site was moved from Yongtai Village, Qinghe, Beijing. Zu Dashou is famous in history. He is Wu Sangui's uncle and a famous general in the late Ming Dynasty. Although it was later cleaned up, the scale of the tomb after death was very grand.
However, according to the latest archaeological discoveries in China in recent years, it is proved that this Englishman named Kailahu may have been taken in by cultural relics dealers and bought the wrong tomb! 20 13 villagers in Xingcheng, Liaoning province accidentally found some incomplete memorial tablets, one of which weighed more than 100 Jin and had the name "Zu Dashou" written on it. The inscription records that Zu Dashou was buried in Gong Zu, the general of the country, in the right bank town of Xihe River in Ningyuan (now Xingcheng), Liaoning Province, that is, in Zu Dashou.
Coincidentally, in the historical monograph "Qinghe Town, Beiqidian, Beijing", it is recorded that there is indeed a ancestral grave in Yongtaizhuang, Beijing, and the owner's name is Zuzerun. This Zuzerun was none other than Zu Dashou's eldest son. He was once made a viscount in the Qing Dynasty, but his fame was far less than that of his father Zu Dashou. Zu Dashou also had a son named Zuzepu, who served as the governor of Fujian during the Kangxi period. He is a real court official. Although these two men are not as famous as their father, it is entirely possible to build such a luxurious mausoleum according to their conditions at that time.
With the discovery of Zu Dashou's historic site in China, experts speculate that this ancient tomb was actually bought by a British businessman, Crapa Tiger, and placed in a Canadian museum, probably belonging to Zu Dashou's son Zuzerun or Zuzepu. In order to drive up the price, cultural relics dealers sell tombs under the signboard of the ancestors. Because there is no epitaph in the tombs, modern experts can't confirm it, and foreigners a hundred years ago have also been cheated.
However, no matter who bought the tomb, China probably belonged to Zu Dashou's son Zuzerun or Zuzepu. In order to drive up prices, cultural relics dealers sell tombs under the signboard of the ancestors. Due to the lack of epitaph in the tomb, modern experts cannot confirm that foreigners hundreds of years ago were also taken in. However, no matter who bought the tomb, it is really incredible to move China's tomb into the museum.