The Forbidden City in Taipei treasures a large number of exquisite and priceless treasures. Due to historical reasons, this batch of cultural relics was brought to Taiwan by the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek and has not yet been able to return to the mainland. As the DPP fully grasped the power of Taiwan in 2016, these treasures also fell into their hands. After taking office, the DPP began to frantically encircle and suppress the Kuomintang, confiscated a large number of Kuomintang’s party property and land, frozen their accounts and funds, and naturally they would not let go of the gold and cultural relics brought to Taiwan by the Kuomintang. As early as 2018, Chen Qinan, the head of the Forbidden City, appointed by the Democratic Progressive Party, proposed the Forbidden City transformation plan, which would break the Forbidden City collection into pieces and disperse it to central and southern Taiwan. The original Taipei Forbidden City would only retain rare ancient books. People at that time believed that this was to separate the remains of Chinese culture in Taiwan, but now it seems more like to transport the treasures out of Taiwan for easy division and transfer. I will tell you what the specific situation is.
Taipei Forbidden City
Taipei Palace Museum cultural relics were hard to remember
1948, the defeat of the Kuomintang was already irreversible, so Chiang Kai-shek began to plan for the future. In 1948, he transported the gold associations in banks across the mainland, along with 2,972 boxes of cultural relics from the former Palace Museum, 852 boxes of cultural relics from the Preparatory Office of the "Central" Museum and several other units of cultural relics to Taiwan. Many cultural relics are most taboo to move and bump during long journeys, so many national treasure-level heavy weapons have been damaged during transportation. After arriving in Taiwan, the venue for the reserved cultural relics was not completed in time, and these cultural relics could only be temporarily placed in simple places, and stayed for more than ten years. In March 11963, Taipei was in the rainy season and the climate was very humid. When inspecting the storage of cultural relics, the cultural relics custodian at that time found that 9 volumes of " Siku Quanshu Huiyao " were wet and stuck, and 23 volumes were moldy and deteriorated. The most serious volume was almost rotten. "Siku Quanshu Huiyao" is the essence of " Siku Quanshu ". After experiencing the baptism of the war in the late Qing Dynasty, this set of "Siku Quanshu Huiyao" has become an isolated book in China, and the losses caused this time can be said to be very serious.
Taipei Palace Museum cultural relics have been repeatedly affected
In 1963, the director of the Palace Museum was no one else, but Confucius The 77th generation eldest grandson Kong Decheng . He was the last descendant of the Kong family in history to be named " Yansheng Gong ". In 1934, he was changed to the "Sacrificial Master of the Great Sage". When the Kuomintang was defeated in 1948, Kong Decheng was studying in the United States and escaped the war. In February 1949, Kong Decheng returned to Taiwan Island and settled in Taichung . After this, he took a plane to host the Confucius Festival in Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places, and returned to Taiwan only on December 6, 1949. Kong Decheng was officially in charge of the Forbidden City cultural relics in July 1956, but he did not have enough resources to maintain cultural relics, and he could not provide them with a better storage environment, resulting in the destruction of precious cultural relics in .
kon Decheng
What we can see now Taipei Palace Museum was built in 1962. The main building was completed in 1965. It was not officially completed in 1970. Before this, a large number of cultural relics were stored in simple places in Taichung County. After , the Palace Museum was first temporarily stationed next to the banana market near the Taichung Sugar Factory. At the end of 1949, the Kuomintang allocated 41,200 yuan to rent 104,337 square meters of farmland in Jifeng Village, Wufeng Township, Taichung County, and allocated another 490,000 yuan to build warehouses and offices. The difference in the environment can be imagined. So it is not difficult to understand that water leakage occurs after being disrepaired for a long time. Kong Decheng also officially resigned in 1963 because of this matter and stepped down from office. However, the disaster of cultural relics in the Forbidden City is far from over. Especially after the so-called " party politics " was implemented on the island of Taiwan, various forces have used the cultural relics of the Forbidden City as bargaining chips and aces many times, and have repeatedly used this to build momentum for themselves.
cuiyu cabbage
In 2003, Chen Shui-bian of the DPP encountered unprecedented pressure to re-election. is to further attract the attention of the people and thus increase its popularity. Chen Shui-bian kept making promises to the Taiwanese people, especially using the cultural relics in the Palace Museum as bargaining chips. Chen Shui-bian is from Tainan, and most of the DPP’s votes come from the south. So he proposed to send the cultural relics of the Forbidden City in the north to the south for exhibition. In September 2003, more than 100 top-level cultural relics were sent to the art gallery in Kaohsiung City for exhibition, and many local people attended the event. htmlIn 212, this batch of cultural relics returned to the Forbidden City in Taipei. The staff in charge of the inspection suddenly discovered that the worms carved on the "Green Jade Cabbage" known as the treasure of the museum had broken. caused an uproar at this time, and many people made excuses for this cultural relics tour. They even said that the "cuiyu cabbage" was damaged when it arrived in Taiwan, and the matter was still left unresolved. Chen Shui-bian gained a lot of popularity through this cultural relics tour and increased his reputation.
Meat-shaped stone
The treasures in the Forbidden City are the wealth of the Chinese nation, and external forces such as Japan and Britain are always coveting these outstanding works of art in the history of human civilization. As Japan penetrates into Taiwanese society in full, their relationship with Taiwan’s top leaders is getting closer and closer. Former Taiwanese leader Lee Teng-hui has claimed more than once that he is Japanese, so Japan's influence is omnipresent, so naturally he will not let go of the cultural relics in the Forbidden City . The Kuomintang and the DPP also seem to have reached a consensus on this point. In 2014, when Ma Ying-jeou was in power, he sent a large number of precious cultural relics to Japan for exhibition. The Kuomintang at that time also used this to show the so-called "Taiwan-Japan friendship" to the outside world. A total of 231 groups of treasures sent to Japan, including top cultural relics such as jade cabbage and meat-shaped stone. And in 2019, the DPP authorities once again sent the classic " memorial to nephew " to Japan exhibition. This masterpiece, known as the "second running script in the world" is made by Yan Zhenqing to commemorate his nephew who died in battle, and has historical value that cannot be measured by money.
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When the DPP becomes the head of the Palace Museum in Taipei
There have always been unwritten regulations on the political arena on the island, that is, try to keep cultural public facilities away from party politics. From 2000 to 2018, the supervisors of the Palace Museum in Taipei were all from non-party cultural circles. During the eight years of the reign of the Kuomintang, Ma Ying-jeou, the Taipei Forbidden City changed three supervisors, and none of them were the Kuomintang. On July 16, 2018, Chen Qinan, a member of the DPP, served as the director of the Palace Museum in Taipei. Since then, the DPP’s black hand has begun to extend its efforts to the Palace Museum’s cultural relics. Chen Qinan was born in Pingtung County, Taiwan Province in 1947. He is a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Yale University in the United States. When Lee Teng-hui implemented the so-called "localization" policy, Chen Qinan echoed Lee Teng-hui's so-called view of local culture and history, thus making it a success. For many years, Chen Qinan has served as the director of the Cultural Construction Committee and is one of the important promoters of the DPP’s “de-Sinicization” strategy. In 2018, he proposed the "New Forbidden City Plan" as soon as he took office, intending to dismember the Forbidden City in Taipei.
Chen Qinan
In Chen Qinan's plan, it is said to show that " Taiwan is the center of Asia" . Therefore, they want to vigorously enhance the status of the Forbidden City South Court in Chiayi County and build it into an international museum. This Forbidden City South Courtyard is located in Taibao City, Chiayi County, with the first phase of 200,000 square meters. Construction began in 2013 and trial operation was carried out in 2015. According to the DPP's plan, in addition to leaving 700,000 books and documents by 2025, other treasure exhibits will be scattered to the central and southern parts of Taiwan, mainly moving to the South Courtyard. In order to achieve the relocation task, Chen Qinan even planned to close the Taipei Forbidden City for three years. This proposal caused an uproar at the time. The legislative representative of the public opinion of the legislative body Ke Zhien said: "As soon as Chen Qinan took office, the 'Taiwanization of the Forbidden City' was actually a plan to disperse treasures and dismantle the Forbidden City. In other words, the Forbidden City in Taipei should be downplayed and disappeared!" The Kuomintang at that time believed that the Democratic Progressive Party's move was to further promote "de-Sinicization" and let the treasures carrying Chinese civilization disappear. But from the current development, the real situation may be worse than they expected.
The South Court of the Forbidden City
As the situation in the Taiwan Strait continues to heat up, the probability of Taiwan Strait being fired is also increasing. At this time, there was news that the DPP authorities wanted to follow Ukraine and pack the 90,000 most precious cultural relics in the Forbidden City in Taipei in advance before the war began and transported them to the United States or Japan for temporary storage. The current director of the Forbidden City in Taipei has been replaced by the historian of the Democratic Progressive Party, Wu Micha . He issued a statement after the news spread. Although he claimed that "this is absolutely nothing", one of the statements is intriguing. The statement of the Forbidden City in Taipei pointed out: "The cultural relics are the same as the same idea of all the (Taipei) retirees in the Forbidden City." Whether the retirees' ideas are consistent with those in power today is a question worth thinking about. , especially in the current state where the DPP controls the power of Taiwan, there is basically nothing they dare not do.
"Xiling Eight Family Seals"
The United States and Japan have always had a covetous desire for China's treasures. my country's famous seal learning book "Xiling Eight Family Seals" disappeared in an "informal exhibition" to Japan in August 2011. The "Xiling Eight Family Seals" at that time was lent to Naito Tomoki, vice president of the Japanese Seal Carving Alliance by his owner Ding Ruxia. However, according to Naito Tomoki, the "Xiling Eight Family Seals" was accidentally left on the shelf at the door of the toilet when he was using the toilet, and then disappeared. The two went to court because of this, but the Japanese side was only willing to pay 120,000 yuan as compensation, which also left us a profound lesson. can be seen. We must be wary of these overseas robbers taking advantage of the situation to take advantage of the treasures of the Forbidden City for themselves. combined with Chen Qinan's Forbidden City division plan in 2018, the DPP is likely to divide the cultural relics of the Forbidden City in Taipei into several parts and send them to various places in the future. It cannot be ruled out that they will send the treasures directly overseas to seek protection from the US, Japan and other countries for these DPP Taiwan independence elements.
Su Zhanchang (left) and Wu Micha (right)
As the situation in the Taiwan Strait becomes increasingly tense, many Taiwanese people are already discussing where to hide once the war begins. Many people say that the Forbidden City in Taipei is the safest because it is not a military target, and the cultural relics and treasures inside will also be cherished by the mainland. In fact, instead of discussing where to hide when the war comes, Taiwanese people should consider how to avoid this war. The mainland still has the last patience and kindness to Taiwan. As long as the Taiwanese can stop and repent, we still have room and room for negotiation. What Taiwanese people should do is to overthrow the DPP that supports Taiwan independence as soon as possible, so that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait can return to the right track, so that the war can be truly avoided and the two sides can enter a new stage. believes that relying on the wisdom of the Chinese, we will definitely be able to find the best way to solve the Taiwan issue. The Forbidden City in Taipei and the Forbidden City in Beijing can also integrate into one as soon as possible and recreate the glory of the past.
