Of course, the appearance of these things makes Zhang Tianyuan have to admire, the brain hole of ancient people is still quite big, in fact, it may not be stupider than modern people.

In addition, some are ancient torture instruments.

Legend has it that in the early days of slavery, "the great punishment was with armor, followed by the axe; Medium punishment with a knife saw, followed by a drill and chisel; Thin punishment with whipping".

Axes, knives, saws, drills, chisels, whips, and rods were all torture tools at that time. According to the records of unearthed objects, oracle bone inscriptions and ancient documents, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there were torture tools such as shackles and shackles used to detain criminals. "槏" is used to clasp hands; "Shackles" are used to buckle the feet; "Tsuki" is used to clasp hands. The terracotta figurines unearthed in Yinxu Xiaotun are all shackled on their wrists, the male figurines are clasped behind their backs, and the female figurines are buckled in front of them.

"Zhou Li. Qiu Guan. "Prisoners in charge" contains: "All prisoners are shackled by sin, shackled by sin, and shackled by sin."

There were so many kinds of torture instruments in ancient China that if you really wanted to talk about it, you might not be able to finish it for days and nights.

Zhang Tianyuan noticed that there was something familiar in these torture instruments, as if there was such a play in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Dong Zhuo directly stoned the officials who opposed him with a golden gourd in the palace.

The so-called "gourd strike" was used to smash the head of the prisoner during the execution, which was also a relatively cruel death penalty at that time. Because this torture instrument resembles a melon, it is called a golden melon, and it is also a weapon, which later evolved into a famous weapon - sledgehammer.

However, this thing is not made of gold, it is generally made of bronze, of course, there are also iron ones, but the pair of golden melons placed in the bronze exhibition hall. That's definitely a real bronze gourd.

It seems that this thing has a history, and I don't know if it's true. Anyway, according to Wang Zhengjun, he had done everything possible to inquire about some information about this thing. In the end, it was concluded that this thing should have been used by the king of Shang in the first place.

Zhang Tianyuan checked it with the word appreciation trick, and it was indeed something from the Shang Dynasty, but it was unknown whether it was used by the King of Shang Dynasty.

Because the collection of bronzes is different from others, there is no special private museum of bronzes in China, so although the things in the bronze exhibition hall are not as many as the ceramic exhibition hall, the attention received is not worse than that of the ceramic exhibition hall.

Many well-known collectors and private museum owners in China have booked hotels in the imperial capital in advance this time. Or they moved to their residence in the imperial capital, and planned to come and visit Zhang Tianyuan's museum as soon as it opened.

Some people even contacted Zhang Tianyuan privately, hoping to study these bronzes more deeply, after all, they can't touch the things in the Palace Museum, but the things here are different, in their opinion, private museums are always a little more relaxed than the national museum management.

In addition to the ceramics exhibition hall and the bronze exhibition hall, this time it attracted the most attention. In fact, it is still an exhibition hall of archives and ancient books.

At present, the HRE Museum has more than 200,000 ancient books and ancient architectural collections, including about 80,000 rare books and more than 100,000 book plates.

There are many types of special collections in the HRE Museum, such as manuscripts produced during the compilation process of the Inner Prefecture Shushu Library, and finalized copies of books submitted to the emperor for inspection and to be engraved. The Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese classics of the Qing Dynasty that have never been engraved, all kinds of books that have been recopied for the emperor to read or carry, and various playful books specially made for the display of palaces inside and outside the palace.

In addition, there are unpublished books written by Hanlin scholars and scholars. Books submitted by bibliophiles from all over the world; a large number of palace scripts and archives; Samples of emperor's costumes and utensils, style Lei architectural patterns, maps, Qing palace photos, etc.; There are also more than 20 million pieces of exquisite Wuying Palace's original engraved book version.

In addition, the Department of Ancient Construction of the Forbidden City has preserved a large number of ancient architectural relics.

The Kangyur of the Tibetan Tripitaka: a Tibetan manuscript of the Inner Palace. Emperor Qianlong made it to celebrate his biological mother's birthday, and collected more than 1,000 Buddhist scriptures. A total of 120 letters, written in gold script, decorated with gold and more than 10,000 pearls, coral beads, turquoise and other jewels, extremely magnificent.

Originally, it was supposed to be a collection of the Forbidden City on both sides of the strait, with 96 letters from the emperor and 12 letters from Taipei, but Zhang Tianyuan also got 12 letters from Europe this time, and now it can be regarded as a three-place collection.

Zhang Tianyuan's HRE Museum is the only private museum.

Manchu Tripitaka: The full name is "Qing Translation of the Whole Canon", which contains 699 Buddhist classics, including a large number of exquisite prints and illustrations, representing the highest level of book engraving printing and decoration in the Qing Dynasty. There are 12 sets of original prints, and another set is divided into the Forbidden City on both sides of the strait, 76 letters from the imperial capital, and 32 letters from Taipei. More than 40,000 character plates and more than 160 Buddha plates were originally engraved in the Qing Dynasty, and they were well stored in the imperial capital.

Originally, private museums couldn't get to touch this kind of thing, but Zhang Tianyuan directly obtained a complete set of "Qing Translation of the Complete Canon" with his own efforts, and this thing came from the collection of the Brotherhood.

In addition to these, in fact, the most eye-catching thing about Zhang Tianyuan's HRE Museum is the oracle bone inscriptions, Dunhuang scriptures, and the only books that even the Palace Museum on both sides of the strait does not have.

Regarding this matter, Zhang Tianyuan means that there is no need to talk about it, you can come over to study, but don't mention the donation, if I really want to donate one day, I don't need you to say, I will also take the initiative to donate.

Of course, the collection in the HRE Museum is far more than that, and another one that shocks the world is probably the calligraphy and painting exhibition hall.

"Bamboo and Stone Mandarin Duck Picture", "Dream Fairy Thatched Cottage Picture", Qiu Ying's "Floating Mountains and Warm Green Picture", Zheng Banqiao's Blue Stone Magpie Picture, these are the best paintings that Zhang Tianyuan collected before, and this time in Europe, the collection he got is even more exciting, not only including the works of the Ming Dynasty, but also the "Luo Shen Futu" Tang Dynasty facsimile such as the Palace Museum can not ask for good things.

In addition, Zhang Tianyuan still has Picasso's oil paintings in his hand, although he is not interested in these oil paintings, and he does not plan to put them in the museum for exhibition, but if he really needs to take them out to attract guests, he will not hesitate, anyway, this kind of thing is not unseemly, it is a big deal to put it directly in the foreign exhibition hall, at this stage his core task is Chinese antique cultural toys, but he does not reject foreign antiques and artworks, and will collect a large number of them in the future.

His ambition is to build the largest museum in the world, not just the largest museum in China, or the museum with the largest collection in China.

In fact, like Zhang Tianyuan's HRE Museum, there is no need to spend money to do any publicity, just the most of these many museums, it is enough to make his museum go viral on the Internet, now whether it is an insider or an outsider, everyone knows that the emperor has a HRE Museum, and there is a Zhang Tianyuan in China who brought back a large number of antique cultural relics from abroad.

Anyway, those who understand it and those who don't understand it want to come to the imperial capital to see what it is.

Zhang Tianyuan has instructed Xu Xu to ask professionals in the company to make an official website for the museum, which is very beautifully designed and easy to read, including the opening time of the museum, as well as the release of some information, as well as some antique cultural materials, all published on this website.

If you want others to know that you are an iceberg here, then at least you should show the tip of the iceberg, otherwise no one will be interested.

This is the same as a woman who exposes her thighs and exposes her fair skin. Seducing men is a truth, but this example is a bit vulgar.

In fact, Zhang Tianyuan doesn't have to worry about the museum, just hand it over to his subordinates to do, and he can wait for the opening day at home with peace of mind.

But he couldn't.

For a responsible person, he can't be on the scene at such a critical time, no matter what.

What's more, there are many things that can only be brought forward by him, and he must come forward. For example, some high-ranking officials came to cheer for you, but it's always not okay for you, the curator, not to give some face.

Of course, compared to most people, Zhang Tianyuan is much more relaxed, after all, he just coordinates from the overall situation, and then just meets some leaders, unlike the people under him, almost everything has to be done carefully, otherwise I am sorry for Zhang Tianyuan's salary, and I am even more sorry for Zhang Tianyuan's trust.

"Elder Wang, it's good if you're satisfied, in fact, if you really talk about it, compared with the Imperial Capital Palace Museum, there is still a big gap, not to mention the largest comprehensive museum in the world in my mind, this is a very difficult task, do you think I'm a little whimsical?" Zhang Tianyuan retracted his thoughts, looked at Wang Zhengjun, who had gradually recovered his normal face, and said.

"I said, Boss Zhang, you are too modest, your museum, now has a total collection of hundreds of thousands of pieces. Although compared with the collection of nearly two million pieces in the Imperial Palace Museum, it is still far behind. But it is estimated that in addition to the Imperial Palace Museum, there is really no stronger museum than yours in China, so why bother to despise yourself? If you want to talk about your ideals, I think it may be a joke for others to say it, but if you say it, you can really achieve it. "Because Wang Zhengjun has seen a lot, he knows what Zhang Tianyuan's museum means in China and in the world.

No history?

Museums don't talk about history, as long as you have connotation and enough good things, even if you are a brand new museum, you can still win the audience and win countless people to watch.

"Hearing Wang Lao say this, I seem to be full of strength all of a sudden, hahaha." Zhang Tianyuan laughed.

"You, you, if you are arrogant, I guess other private museums should close their doors directly. You have to know that your museum, purely in terms of area, is much larger than those museums with the prefix of the country, this is your best foundation, with the area, the development of your museum can be hopeful, otherwise even if you have more things, there is no place to put it is a trouble. (To be continued......)