After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, the Qing emperor officially abdicated. Although the last emperor Puyi was not driven out of the palace, his living conditions dropped a lot. Only some loyal guards stayed, others left the palace. Later, Emperor Puyi was driven out of the palace by the big warlords, and took away a lot of treasures before he left. In folk life, Puyi often sells her treasures in order to continue her luxurious life. During this period, a large number of palace treasures were lost to the people. There are many things in the cultural relics market now, which are all claimed to be treasures taken out by Emperor Puyi in those days, but most of them are fakes that fish in troubled waters.
In order to find out the authenticity of the cultural relics in their hands, many people specially participated in the treasure-seeking plan of cultural relics experts and conducted on-site appraisal. A rural aunt once did such a thing. She wore a rockhopper to look for treasure. As soon as she entered, the expert said in a hurry, take it off for me. Aunt was shocked by the attitude of cultural relics experts and quickly took off the phoenix crown. Experts may feel that their attitude is too tough, so they should explain that cultural relics are treasures left over from history and must be given enough respect. It is not easy to preserve these things from ancient times to the present, and it is easy to be damaged without protection.
After listening to the expert's explanation, my aunt's face suddenly improved a lot. She gave the crested rockhopper to a cultural relic expert, saying that it was a gift from Empress Dowager Cixi. After the expert got the rockhopper, he looked at it carefully and shook his head helplessly. Aunt's rockhopper, whose production technology and style are very different from those of Qing Dynasty, should be an industrial product made by modern people. After hearing this conclusion, the aunt left the scene of Jianbao with great disappointment.