The old man took out a jade bowl and claimed that he bought it from Puyi. Why did the expert get so excited when he saw the bottom of the bowl?

China has gone through thousands of years of change and development. The change of dynasties has caused many cultural relics in the palace and even the vessels used by the emperor to be lost among the people. When it comes to historical emperors, Puyi, the "last emperor" of the Qing Dynasty, is miserable. Anyone familiar with history should know very well how twists and turns Pu Yi's life was.

When he was only 2 years old, he was promoted to the throne and became the emperor. When he was 6 years old, he was kicked out again. Puyi, who was not yet sensible, failed to realize the benefits of the emperor, so he hurriedly ended his " The Emperor's Journey." Although Puyi's time as emperor was short, as the supreme ruler of the dynasty, Puyi would naturally have many precious treasures of his own as emperor. After abdicating the throne, Puyi was allowed to live in the Forbidden City, but was later driven out by the warlord Feng Yuxiang. When he left, he was in a hurry, taking away as many treasures from the palace as he could.

Later, Puyi came to Tianjin to live under the fence of the Japanese, and later he became emperor with the help of the Japanese. It's just that at this time, Puyi didn't have much power. Although he was an emperor, he didn't have the glory and wealth to enjoy. Later, Japan was defeated and surrendered, and Puyi became a prisoner of the former Soviet Union. Most of the treasures he had brought out of the palace were among the people.

The things we are going to talk about below are related to Puyi. We all know that the antique appraisal show was very popular in the past few years. Many people rushed to take out their own family heirlooms to be appraised on the show. There were many fakes and many real treasures. In a certain episode of the program, an old man came on the show and took out an ancestral jade bowl for appraisal. When the experts asked the old man to introduce the origin of the jade bowl, what the old man said surprised the experts.

According to the old man, the jade bowl in his hand has an incredible origin. The old man claimed that this jade bowl was bought from Puyi by an elder in his family. Because it was a treasure passed down from the palace, the jade bowl was regarded as a family heirloom and passed down to his generation. However, the old man himself was dubious about this matter. After all, he had no education and did not know how to identify treasures, so he thought of going on a show to let experts see whether the jade bowl was real or fake.

After hearing what the old man said, the experts were a little unconvinced. After all, many people who appeared on the show to appraise treasures said that the treasure in their hands was used by a certain emperor, or was a national treasure leaked from the palace, but it turned out to be a fake after identification. But when the expert took the jade bowl from the old man's hand, turned it over and saw the four characters printed on the bottom of the bowl, he was very excited. He said that the value of this bowl was very high, and it might be the bowl used by Puyi when he was emperor. It turns out that the bottom of this jade bowl is printed with "Xuantong Imperial System". Xuantong is the reign name used by Puyi when he became emperor. The "Xuantong imperial system" also shows that this jade bowl is likely to be the bowl and chopsticks used by Puyi at that time. It is a precious cultural relic and is priceless.

In order to determine whether this jade bowl was really the bowl used by Puyi, experts carefully identified it again. Starting from the jade texture of the bowl, the pattern depicted, etc., they finally confirmed it. The jade bowl the old man took out was a genuine one. Since it was a rare national treasure, experts at the time advised the old man to hand it over to the state. But the old man said that this jade bowl was bought by his ancestors and it was a family heirloom. He was not willing to just hand it over to the state.

Let’s not talk about whether the old man is willing to hand over the jade bowl. Let’s study the bowls used by the emperor. Why were they bought by ordinary people? We have to talk about the history of Puyi being driven out of Beijing. During the time when he was driven out of Beijing and lived in Tianjin, he sold many cultural relics and national treasures in exchange for funds for living. These cultural relics and national treasures sold by Puyi were actually secretly transported out of the palace during the time he lived in the Forbidden City after he stepped down. Moreover, even while living in Tianjin, Puyi smuggled many treasures out of the Forbidden City with the help of the Japanese.

According to legend, when Puyi was driven out of the Forbidden City by Feng Yuxiang, many of the cultural relics transported out are now priceless national treasures, such as "Portraits of Emperors of All Dynasties" and "Palm of the Chariot", which are very precious and even It can be said to be a priceless historical relic. This disgraceful period of history was recorded by Puyi in his memoir "My First Half of Life".

Due to Puyi's behavior of selling off cultural relics, many precious cultural relics were lost to the outside world, especially later powers that looted many cultural relics belonging to China overseas.

Although many cultural relics were later spread back to China through various channels and methods, it is a pity that the "Portraits of Emperors", a priceless and precious cultural relic, was lost to the United States and cannot be returned.

Conclusion

Puyi’s behavior of selling off national treasures for his own selfish desires is really despicable. This behavior not only leads to the loss of China’s precious cultural relics, but also damages the historical inheritance of our country. A blasphemy. Fortunately, New China is slowly becoming stronger. Many patriotic people with lofty ideals have bought Chinese cultural relics that have been living in the outside world and overseas through auctions and donated them to the country. This is worthy of admiration. However, it is understandable that the old man in the article is unwilling to donate.