In 1928, a cotton-playing craftsman spent 17 years stealing the imperial mausoleum. What was the outcome?

The cultural relics of the Six Dynasties are scattered all over the sky, and the sky is light and the clouds are clear. ——Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty

China is the only country with an ancient civilization that has survived for five thousand years. The Chinese civilization has accumulated for five thousand years and is the only one in the world. It has experienced the plunder of other countries several times and countless Our country's cultural relics and treasures are scattered in other countries around the world. Every time we see them, we feel heartbroken. They are treasures left by our ancestors. They are their craftsmanship and wisdom. They are the precipitation and accumulation of history. We ourselves are not willing to touch them. , was actually taken away by others, it makes me sad to think about it. Outsiders, as well as us Chinese, are not living up to expectations. They make money by reselling cultural relics, making dirty money, and selling off the foundation of our ancestors. Today we will talk about the tomb robber Wang Shaoyi, who emptied the Qing Dong Tomb. It has caused irreparable losses to our country's cultural relics.

During the Republic of China, warlords and bandits arose, wars broke out frequently, and the people were in dire straits. War requires money. Weapons, military rations, and military industry construction are all inseparable from money. However, as the country's construction lags behind and money does not come, many people start to think about cultural relics. There are many tombs in China, especially the Huangling Tomb and the tombs of ancient dignitaries. They are full of good things. Many warlords assign people to rob the tombs to obtain treasures in exchange for military expenses. In 1928, Sun Dianying of the National Army was responsible for suppressing bandits. When he arrived at the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty, he coveted the treasures in the imperial mausoleum. However, Ma Futian, who defected from the National Army and became a bandit, was also interested in cultural relics. Sun Dianying drove Ma away. Futian, and robbed the tombs of Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi, stealing a large number of rare treasures. It was not until 1947 that Sun Dianying was captured by the military.

But Sun Dianying was not the only tomb robber. At that time, he drove away Ma Futian, but one of Ma Futian's subordinates secretly stayed in a nearby village. He was Wang Shaoyi. He lived in a nearby village for 17 years, making a living by playing cotton and living like an ordinary person, but he never gave up the idea of ??robbing graves. In 1945, the Anti-Japanese War was won, and the whole country was elated. However, the guard of the Qing Dong Tomb was weak, so he summoned people in the village who were familiar with the Qing Dong Tomb to prepare to rob the tomb. Many people in the village are descendants of the people who built the tomb. They knew many legends in the tomb and were familiar with the road conditions. A dozen of them gathered together and successfully evaded tracing on the pretext of helping the village survive the famine and confiscated the treasures. He made a fortune for himself.

There is no airtight wall in the world. Word spread quickly, and the surrounding villagers began to be jealous. The idle and courageous people quickly joined in. The emperor and dignitaries in the Qing Dong Tomb The tombs of 157 people were emptied by these 100 people. Some of these treasures were sold to wealthy people in China, but a large part were bought by foreigners. Many people did not understand the market and sold them almost cheaply, causing great destruction to Chinese cultural relics and causing irreparable losses. Six years later, Wang Shaoyi was arrested in Tianjin and executed.

Conclusion

We were born and raised in China. Our motherland is our mother. Only when we have a country can we have a family. We should be proud of our motherland. We spend our whole lives on this land. , we should have a minimum sense of national pride and a sense of national justice. It is our duty to protect our own culture and cultural relics. We should never give up the glory of our motherland no matter what the circumstances, whenever and wherever. To give up our own history is to forget our own roots, and that is to betray our country. If we want to be respected by others, we should first stand up straight and firm. How can we stand upright in this world if we cannot face what we have done head-on.