From the Island Owner to the King

This time, I took the opportunity of the British royal family's eagerness to get the "Mona Lisa" (Part 3) to exchange the Chinese national treasure and some Dunhuang paintings and scriptures.

Otherwise, how could the Chinese national treasure and part of the Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures collected by the British royal family be easily obtained!

Of course, the Louvre also has gains.

The Louvre used 142 pieces of Chinese cultural relics that had not been exhibited in the Louvre and had been collected in the treasure house for more than 100 years in exchange for 47 famous European paintings in the hands of Chen Rui.

Although, for Berne Hakan, it is very regrettable that the French 'national treasure' "Mona Lisa" (Part 3) and the equivalent of "Mona Lisa" and "The Last Supper" have not been exchanged. The famous painting "Worship of the Three Dynasties".

However, it is a very big gain.

47 famous European paintings were exchanged to Chen Rui. Among the 47 famous paintings are some famous paintings by European masters such as Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Chagall, Van Gogh, Gauguin.

They paid for the 142 Chinese cultural relics that have been hidden in various treasure rooms for more than 100 years because of politics and fear of being reclaimed by China.

It can be said that everyone is happy with what they get.

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March 17 at 9 a.m.

A British transport plane arrives at Tortuga International Airport.

The aircraft door opens.

Earl Hill and his hired staff, who had been waiting by the apron, stepped forward and unloaded 12 large boxes and 1 small box from the transport plane.

The small box contained the Chinese national treasure that made Chen Rui so excited that almost every cell in his body trembled.

There are also 12 large boxes containing part of the Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures collected by the British royal family.

When Chinese people mention Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures, they have to mention two people, Stein and Wang Yuanlu, and the famous scholars who have a huge influence on the international academic circles around Dunhuang posthumous writings and the rise of Dunhuang grotto art. Dunhuang Studies.

In 1907, British archaeologist, art historian, geographer and explorer, thief, Stein came to Dunhuang in northwest China on his second Central Asian expedition.

Stein inadvertently heard about the discovery of a scripture cave in Mogao Grottoes from a merchant from Wu and Rumqi who settled in Dunhuang.

So Stein came to the Mogao Grottoes. ......, 4 ingots of horsetail silver were exchanged from Wang Yuanlu (Wang Taoist), who was guarding the Mogao Grottoes at that time, to 24 boxes of scriptures and 5 boxes of carefully wrapped silk paintings, thorns and other works of art.

In 1921, Stein came to China for the third time for an 'archaeological expedition', then came to Dunhuang again, and wrote this book through the five large boxes obtained by Wang Daoshi.

Stein is the one who has obtained the most paintings and scriptures from the Dunhuang Sutra Cave.

In addition to him, the French Pelliot and Pelliot expeditions followed. The three Central Asian expeditions sent by Japan and myself, Otani Guangrui, and the American Warner have successively stolen a large number of picture scrolls and scriptures from the Mogao Grottoes.

More than 35,000 scrolls of Dunhuang paintings and scriptures have been scattered overseas, accounting for two-thirds of all Dunhuang cultural relics.

This is the eternal pain of the Chinese people.

Even mentioning it now can make many people regret it.

In addition to Pelliot and the expedition team, some of the Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures stolen and bought by the Dagu expedition team were transported back to Yanjing by the Yanjing government at that time. There are 8,000 volumes in the library of the capital, and a small part was owned by the bureaucrats at that time and scattered among the people.

So far, China has collected 16,000 Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures, which are stored in the National Library of China, which is one of the four treasures of the National Library of China. Zhaocheng Jinzang" is equally famous.

There is no doubt about the Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures. It is enough to be listed as a national treasure-level cultural relic.

Most of the 29 boxes of scriptures, manuscripts, and paintings that Stein brought back to England are hidden in Stein's Chamber of the British Museum.

It has become the treasure of the Chinese Pavilion of the British Museum.

A small portion was dedicated to the then Queen of England.

This part has been secretly hidden in the treasure house of the British royal family for over 100 years.

Now the British royal family has transported this part of the Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures to Tortuga Island in exchange for the "Mona Lisa" (Part 3).

The number is more than 1,200 manuscripts and more than 40 ancient Buddhist paintings and silk fabrics. The Uighur scriptures accounted for about one-tenth of the Dunhuang scrolls and scriptures that Stein stole and bought in the Mogao Grottoes treasury at that time.

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Immediately following the second day, the afternoon of March 18.

A French transport plane arrives at Tortuga Island International Airport.

Bern Hakan directs the staff to unload dozens of boxes from the transport plane.

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March 19, afternoon.

With the participation of dozens of art and cultural relic appraisal experts and legal experts from both sides, the two transactions were successfully completed.

Immediately after. The staff of Tortuga Island Museum and cultural relic experts counted the two batches of Chinese cultural relics. Organize, take pictures. Collected in the Tortuga Island Museum China Pavilion.

At the same time, the Tortuga Island Publicity Office was not idle.

It's been over a week.

The Tortuga Island Publicity Office is at full throttle promoting the Tortuga Island Museum and its collections around the world.

The Publicity Office has invested a lot of intensive advertising resources in major newspapers, TV stations, travel websites and various social platforms around the world.

Chen Rui has a lot of money and it is obvious that the Tortuga Island Publicity Office has never been the owner of the money.

In order to promote the tourism culture, tourism resources and attractions of Tortuga Island and the image of Tortuga Island, it will spend an average of more than 30 million US dollars in advertising fees per quarter.

Tortuga Island Propaganda Office has long been invested in major television networks such as CBS, ,, and other major TV networks in the United States, China Mango TV, Dragon TV, Travel TV, etc., major TV stations in the United Kingdom, France, Arabia and other countries, national networks, and major newspapers. Plenty of ad inventory.

There is even a huge LCD billboard in the prosperous Times Square in New York, USA, which broadcasts the image of Tortuga Island and advertisements of tourism culture, resources and attractions day and night.

This time, on the basis of the original advertising investment quota of more than 30 million US dollars in a quarter, there is a special advertising expenditure of up to 20 million US dollars.

While promoting the city image and tourism culture of Tortuga Island, it focuses on promoting the Tortuga Island Museum and the collections of the museum.

In addition, although the Tortuga Island Museum is a museum without any background and history and culture, it has a lot of artworks, not only many, but many of the collections are treasures and rare treasures. (To be continued)