In 1950, when Pu Yi, who was undergoing transformation, heard the news of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea", he immediately tore off his cotton clothes, took out his seal and said: "This is what I took out of the Forbidden City 26 years ago, and now I voluntarily hand it over to the government!" ”
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In 1924, when Pu Yi was kicked out of the palace by Feng Yuxiang, he took with him many treasures to support his luxurious life in Tianjin.
In the whole palace, he knew best what was most valuable, there was a treasure, something small, but it was worth a fortune. Pu Yi sewed it into his underwear and carried it with him, and even Wanrong and Wenxiu didn't know it.
No matter what happened to Pu Yi later, he was captured and held hostage, he didn't take out this treasure. Even when he was imprisoned in the Soviet Union, he twice begged the Soviet government to keep him in the Soviet Union, and he did not exchange this treasure for it.
In 1950, Pu Yi and a group of war criminals were transferred back to China by the Soviet Union and imprisoned in Lushun Prison for a decade of rehabilitation.
At that time, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, and Pu Yi, who was in prison, was worried that the political situation would be chaotic again, and it was impossible to predict whether a person with a special status like him would be a blessing or a curse.
At that time in China, the common people smashed pots and sold iron, and some people contributed people and those who had money to support the Korean front.
Pu Yi thought about it, his only bargaining chip was this national treasure, maybe take it out and hand it over to the government, use it to support the war, maybe in exchange for a free body.
So, Pu Yi decided to fight for this last fight.
When he solemnly took the national treasure out of his clothes, handed it to the guard, and told him the value of the thing, the guard stared at him with wide eyes, feeling incredible.
If he hadn't known that the person in front of him had been an emperor, the guards would have thought he was lying.
After a while, people from the organization talked to Pu Yi and thanked him for giving such a precious thing to the country for free.
It shows that this treasure belongs to the state and has high historical and cultural research value, and it will be collected in the Palace Museum, returning to its original place.
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But this can't be a bargaining chip for Pu Yi to exchange freedom, if you want to be free, you still have to serve your sentence well according to the regulations.
At the end of 1959, Pu Yi was released a year early and regained his freedom because of his good performance.
So, what exactly is that treasure?
It is the "three-chain chapter" carved into a whole piece of high-grade Tianhuang during the Qianlong period.
The so-called "one or two Tian Huang ten thousand two gold", Tian Huang is warm and greasy, the color is magnificent, and the feel is very good, and it is called "the emperor of the stone".
Tianhuang has only one production area, which is the Shoushan River Basin in Fujian Province on the mainland. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was offered to the imperial palace as a tribute and carved into seals, ornaments, etc.
Emperor Qianlong had a soft spot for Tian Huang, and specially hired skilled craftsmen to help him use Tian Huang to create a private seal. Tianhuang three-chain chapter adopts chain carving technology, that is, a piece of stone is hollowed out to carve out a whole moving stone chain.
Tianhuang stone is extremely precious and the material is relatively soft, so the slightest carelessness may break, to carve these two exquisite and delicate chains, it is not easy.
The design of Tianhuang three-chain chapter is very aesthetic and crafty.
The seal on the left side is a square, on which are written four standard format Chinese characters of "Qianlong Chenhan"; The seal on the right side is also square, engraved with the words "only the only one" in Manchu script; The middle seal is oval, engraved with the word "Lotte" and decorated with a crest, with a chic and atmospheric shape.
After the death of Emperor Qianlong, the Tianhuang three-chain chapter was collected by the emperors of previous dynasties, and finally came into the hands of Emperor Puyi of Xuantong.
In modern times, a good Tianhuang is about 20,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan per gram, depending on the fineness. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Zhou Shangjun made the "Wu Guozhen and his wife's own Tianhuang seal" was sold for 25.3 million yuan; A piece of Tianhuangshi seal carved by Wu Changshuo was sold for 13.8 million yuan.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Qianlong's Tianhuang three-chain chapter is a priceless treasure.
Since ancient times, seals have had a high research value, which can reflect the culture, economy, craftsmanship, aesthetics and other aspects of the era in which it lived.
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In addition to Qianlong's Tianhuang three-chain seal, there is also a seal that has attracted worldwide attention, that is, the queen jade seal of Lu Pheasant, the founding queen of the Han Dynasty, and the only queen jade seal found so far.
This queen jade seal is made of Hetian jade unearthed in Xinjiang during the Qin Kingdom, a piece of jade made of two jade seals, and one is the "heirloom jade seal" of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty.
The two pieces are also decorated with a claw pattern, which shows that China has been in China for thousands of years, and the status of the claw on the seal is unshakable.
For Pu Yi, he may not have thought about how much Tianhuang Sanjiezhang is worth, he has been with him for so many years, accompanying him through the changes of history, like a relative.
His loneliness and helplessness are probably only known to these three chains, and these three chains are also the only connection between him and the Forbidden City.
Donate the three-chain chapter, Pu Yi seems to have nothing to do with the palace where he lived since he was a child, it was the first half of his life that he couldn't go back to.
Source: "History House"
Editors: Ma Jingjing, Ajie
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