A portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang was found in a small village in Henan Province, which is said to have been circulated for 600 years. What happened afterwards?

China has a history of 1000 years, which lasts for a long time. During this period, dynasties changed and experienced prosperity and destruction. The new ruler took over the world, and the remnants of the former dynasty were naturally regarded as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, so "weeding out the roots" was very important. Therefore, many people in the past dynasties lived in anonymity. Under the scouring of the long river of time, those surviving princes and nobles do not need to worry about whether their blood is getting weaker and weaker.

During the feudal period, the emperor had the greatest power and enjoyed many "privileges". In order to have many children, it is common to have three thousand beautiful women. This led to an increase in the number of princes and grandchildren. When the new ruler ascended the throne, there must be a saying of exterminating weeds, but it does not rule out that there are so many descendants of some emperors that they cannot be exterminated. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the number of Zhu royal family had grown to more than 65438+ 10,000, which can be said to be a very large clan. There are many survivors in his descendants. Although the survivors lost their previous aristocratic status, they somehow saved their lives and lived incognito among the people.

In a village in Henan Province, descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang survived. They declared themselves descendants of the royal family. In order to prove that what they said was not a bluff, they also took out many items that were originally used by the royal nobility and put them out as "evidence". It is inevitable that others will find it incredible or funny to say that he is a nobleman, so the old man took out a jar that is usually used to put salt. What is unusual about this jar lies in the way it is made. The jar that the old man took out was an official kiln object that only nobles could own at that time. Later, I also learned that the reason why these individuals are not surnamed Zhu now is to avoid the pursuit at that time. Because "Wang" can represent the fact that they used to be royalty, they used it as their name during their anonymity. It was not until the Qing government completely perished that they dared to tell their true identity.

According to reports, this family claiming to be a descendant of Zhu Yuanzhang has a particularly important genealogy. Because they used to be royalty, their names are very particular. After careful investigation, it is found that the ranking order of descendants written in the genealogy is in line with the ranking order of Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants. The old man at home said that their ancestor was Zhu Changshi, the ninth generation grandson of Zhu Yuanzhang.

History never lies, nor do cultural relics, because it carries history. If an ordinary small bowl can't explain anything, the old man took out another cultural relic that can prove his family identity-the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang. After expert appraisal, it was found that this is an object left over from the Ming Dynasty, which has a history of more than 600 years. Although it has been a long time, the characters in the portrait can still be seen clearly. As we all know, in the Ming Dynasty, ordinary people would not pay artists to paint portraits. It is usually the emperor who lets the painter draw his own appearance.

Because of too long time and no good care, the characters in the portrait have faded quite seriously. If you carefully observe the characters in the portrait, you will find that Zhu Yuanzhang painted on it is not the ugly face with five big and three thick in people's inherent impression. On the contrary, it is a little handsome and tall. Historians have found that Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance recorded in Ming History is really ok. Moreover, when the painter paints the emperor, in order to save his own life, he naturally won't paint too ugly. Therefore, if we distinguish the authenticity of this painting from this angle, the authenticity of this painting is also very high.

Since this painting has been proved to be an original of the Ming Dynasty, how to properly preserve this portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang has become a problem. It stands to reason that this painting can be passed on to future generations as a family heirloom, but the protection of this painting by ordinary people is limited after all. If there is no more scientific preservation method, this painting will be completely consumed by time sooner or later. Therefore, in order to better preserve this painting, experts suggested to the elderly at home that this painting should be kept by the state, and now more and more attention is paid to the protection of cultural relics, so it is the best choice to give this painting to the state.

This is a difficult choice, one is inheritance and the other is protection. After much consideration, the old man finally made up his mind. He can't let this painting disappear from this world. He wants to protect it. He voluntarily gave it to the country. Maybe we can't understand the inner struggle of the old people and their families at that time, and we can't understand how important this painting is to their families. But since they voluntarily gave the painting to the state for protection, it shows that they have raised their little love to selflessness. With this painting, more people will know different Zhu Yuanzhang, and it may also stimulate more people's interest in history.

If they still keep the painting in their own hands, then people who know that they are descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang will be distributed around them. If they donate this painting voluntarily, more and more people will pay attention to them and want to know them. Every cultural relic has its own story behind it. More and more people can see this well-protected painting, which means that more and more people can understand the story behind this painting. In this way, this painting has played its greatest significance.

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As an ancient civilization with a long history, China has many cultural relics handed down. Some of them may live abroad, and some may be as popular as this portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang. But no matter where the cultural relics are, our heart of protecting cultural relics cannot be changed. As China people, only by protecting cultural relics can we protect history and inherit the beautiful treasures of Chinese excellent traditional culture. Everyone should consciously shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting cultural relics and dare to condemn those who destroy cultural relics. Everyone can take care of cultural relics, and everyone can have self-knowledge, so that our society will develop more stably and harmoniously.