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Chapter 237 "The Proverbs of Female History" and "Portrait of Louis XIV" (for subscription)
After dozens of hours of travel, they finally arrived in France.

The local ambassadors in the embassy and the heads of the cultural relics bureau were waiting for them at the airport.

Chuhe and others walked out of the airport.

A group of people standing in the waiting hall immediately greeted him.

"Oh, my distinguished guests from afar, you are finally here!" The person speaking was a white man with indigo blue eyes, a high nose bridge, and a tough face that looked like a knife. He looked very gentlemanly.

He first asked which one was Mr. He Zhangzhi.

After learning about He Zhang, he extended his hand in a friendly manner.

He doesn't speak Chinese, so he asked the assistant next to him to translate.

"My name is Dolf, and I am the person in charge of receiving you this time. I can solve all your problems in France." Dolf said enthusiastically.

He Zhangzhi nodded and said in Chinese: "Thank you, thank you very much."

Dolf then asked again: "Which guests are going to the Palace of Versailles for restoration?"

When Chu He heard it, he was a little confused, Versailles?Didn't you say go to the Louvre?

Yang Shuo and others also became curious.

He Zhangzhi introduced Zhang Yongjin and others, and said: "These are young potential restoration experts in our country, and they will restore the cultural relics in your palace."

"Oh, that's great! I see, you will be able to complete it successfully!" Dolf was surprised. He didn't expect the restorer to be such a young representative this time.

Zhang Yongjin looked at the translator and asked, "Are we going to the Palace of Versailles? Isn't it the Louvre?"

"It's like this. The Louvre Museum does have a picture that needs everyone to restore, but at the same time, the Palace of Versailles also has it. Mr. Dolf considered everyone's rush, so he moved the picture from the Louvre Museum to the Palace of Versailles."

The translator explained: "The picture of the Louvre is actually not from France, but a cultural relic from Great Britain."

"It is also our cultural relic."

After the translator finished speaking, everyone didn't understand.

Seeing that it was getting late, Dolf said, "Why don't we divide into two groups first, let my translator take the restorer to the Palace of Versailles, and then I will take Mr. He to the Institute!"

He Zhangzhi immediately nodded and looked at Zhang Yongjin: "Then these children will be handed over to you."

"Don't worry, Lao He, although I haven't been here before, it doesn't mean I can't handle it." Zhang Yongjin can be regarded as someone who has seen the world, so there is no need to worry about this at all.

After a while, the group of people divided into two groups, and each got into a different car.

After the translator got into the car, he was not as restrained as before. He was obviously very excited after seeing his compatriots.

He introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Chu Liutian, you can call me A Tian."

"What a coincidence, his surname is also Chu." Yang Shuo pointed to Chuhe beside him.

It was only then that Chu Liutian came to his senses: "You are Mr. Chuhe, right? You have been mentioned in news from China before."

"Haha, there's no need to add you, we are all of the same generation, just call us by our first names." Chuhe smiled.

After a while, everyone was introduced one by one, so that Chu Liutian could get acquainted.

At this time, Dong Lufan asked Chu Liutian: "What do you mean when you said that the cultural relics of Great Britain are also our cultural relics?"

"It's like this. The Louvre Museum borrowed a painting from Great Britain to participate in the exhibition, but it was accidentally damaged by the staff. The director of the Louvre Museum was very angry, but it didn't help. They dared not repair it. , so I had to take this opportunity to invite you to repair it."

Chu Liutian continued to explain: "As for why that painting is also a cultural relic of our country, it is because this painting is "The Picture of the Admonishment of the Female History"!"

"What?!!" Everyone was surprised.

"The Admonitions of Women's History" is a silk painting created by Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Although the original work is no longer in the world, there are Tang Dynasty facsimiles, the original 12 paragraphs, due to the age, there are only 9 paragraphs left, and it is now in the British Museum!
The preciousness of "Nv Shi Zhen Tu" is that it is the earliest Chinese painting handed down in history and the most precious scroll painting in ancient times.

This painting is a successful example of both education and aesthetics, and it heralds the transformation of Chinese painting from education to aesthetics. It has epoch-making significance in the history of painting!

When the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, Captain Clarence K. Johnson of the [-]st Bengal Cavalry Regiment of the British Army stationed in the Summer Palace took advantage of the chaos and stole the "Admonitions of Women's History". Since then, this picture has stayed in Great Britain.

This period of history is something everyone keeps in mind when studying the history of Chinese painting, so everyone knows it.

But Zhang Yongjin said something unexpected at this time.

"Actually, the "Admonitions of Women's History" almost returned to our country." Zhang Yongjin said with a little emotion.

"What?" Xue Lanqi was surprised, "Mr. Zhang, tell me."

"During the Second World War, the British government wanted to return Gu Kaizhi's "Admonitions of Female History" to us in order to thank our army for breaking the siege of the Japanese army in Burma, or to give us a submarine, so that the country could choose one of the two. As a thank you gift, because our country was too weak at that time and needed development, so the country finally chose submarines.”

Chuhe: .
Yang Shuo, Dong Lufan: .
Everyone in the car fell into silence for a while.

Indeed, there was nothing the country wanted back then. If it could, of course it would choose a submarine.

But now that the country is strong, is there any possibility of recovery?

Chuhe suddenly had such an idea.

But after all, these are cultural relics lent by Great Britain to France. If you want to return them to the country, you have to go to Great Britain to find their responsible person.

Thinking of this, Chuhe has a plan in mind.

Yang Shuo asked Chu Liutian at this time, "The Palace of Versailles is very famous, and I only heard of the Louvre before."

Chu Liutian said immediately: "It is one of the famous palaces in Paris and one of the five largest palaces in the world."

"Which five palaces?" Li Xiaoqing asked.

"The Imperial Palace in Kyoto, the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Great Britain, the White House in the United States and the Kremlin in Russia!"

Chu Liutian continued: "There are more than 500 halls and halls in the Palace of Versailles, all of which are magnificent and luxurious. The interior decorations are mainly sculptures, huge oil paintings and tapestries. Another cultural relic we are going to restore this time is a painting!"

"Oil painting?!" Everyone was puzzled.

"That's right, it's the portrait of Louis XIV. It was previously collected in the Louvre, but now it is in the Palace of Versailles. Mr. Dolf attaches great importance to the restoration of the portrait of Louis XIV this time. He said that if you have any needs, we will Everything will be satisfied!"

An oil painting of a portrait of Louis XIV?Chuhe thinks this is an interesting journey.

(End of this chapter)