China News Service, Beijing, June 10 (Reporter Ying Ni) The Shanghai Museum and the National Museum of China jointly announced in Beijing on the 10th that Da Yu Ding and Da Ke Ding will have special exhibitions at Shanghai Expo and China National Museum.

This is Shuangding's reunion exhibition after 62 years.

Photo courtesy of Da Keding Shanghai Museum

　　Da Yu Ding and Da Ke Ding were donated to the country free of charge by Pan's descendants, Panda in 1951.

In 1959, the Great Ding Ding was recruited to go north, and was in the collection of the Chinese History Museum (now the National Museum of China).

　　According to reports, "The Prosperity-The Special Exhibition of Bronze Ding Donated by the Shanghai Museum" will open on June 18, with an expected exhibition period of one month.

21 bronze tripods with inscriptions from the late Yin and Shang Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period will be exhibited.

The bronze tripods in the exhibition are all generous donations from people from all walks of life since the establishment of the Shanghai Museum in 1952.

Among them, Da Yu Ding and Da Ke Ding donated by the Pan family will be reunited on the blog.

　　The Great Ding Ding is a heavy vessel in the early Western Zhou Dynasty bronze ceremonial vessels, with an inscription of 291 characters, which records Zhou Kangwang's narration of Zhou Wenwang and Zhou Wuwang's experience in establishing the country.

After being unearthed in Shaanxi in 1849, it was sold to the cultural relics market. After several rounds, it was finally collected by Pan Zuyin.

　　Da Ke Ding is a heavy weapon of the late Western Zhou Dynasty. There is an inscription of 290 characters on the inner wall, which records the praise and remembrance of "Ke" to his grandfather.

Unearthed in Famen Temple, Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province in 1890, he was purchased by Pan Zuyin for a lot of money. Since then, he has also owned a world-wide double master, a special collection of "Pangulou", and engraved the seal saying "Treasure No. 1".

　　Since then, many visitors came in admiringly, and there were many coveted ones, but Pan Zuyin remained unmoved by any threats and temptations, claiming that "my treasured tripod will only be passed on to the offspring."

　　After Pan Zuyin died of illness, his brother Pan Zunian transported Liangding by boat from Beijing to his hometown of Suzhou, as a family heirloom.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Duan Fang served as the governor of Liangjiang, and tried every means to achieve the two tripods.

Soon, the Xinhai Revolution broke out and Duanfang was killed, and the Pan family was relieved.

　　In the early years of the Republic of China, some Americans made a special trip to China to discuss with Pan and ask for a big trip. The bid amounted to hundreds of taels of gold, but the Pan family refused.

In the middle of the 1930s, the Kuomintang authorities built a building in Suzhou. The party congressman suddenly thought that after the building was completed, he wanted to hold an exhibition in the name of commemoration, and invited the Pan family to participate in the exhibition in order to occupy it indefinitely. Dading.

However, Pan's poor trick was seen through, and he politely refused to participate in the exhibition.

　　After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Pan Zuyin's grandson-in-law Pandayu and others packed Keding, Yuding and a batch of bronze wares and hid them under the house overnight.

After the fall of the city, her home broke into seven groups of Japanese robbers and searched over and over again, resulting in all property losses, but in the end no trace was found.

　　After the liberation, the Pan family realized that only the people's government could ensure the long-term and proper preservation of Liangding, so Panda took the initiative to write to the Shanghai Cultural Relics Management Committee in 1951.

The letter stated that the cultural relics of the country should not be collected anymore, but should be made public to the people. Since Shanghai is about to build a museum, we are willing to dedicate the two tripods that have been collected for 60 years to the country for the appreciation and research of the people.

　　In 1952, the Shanghai Museum opened and Er Ding entered the museum as expected. For the first time, the public enjoyed the "Heavy Instrument of the Country" that was famous for more than half a century.

In 1959, the Chinese History Museum opened, 125 precious cultural relics including the Great Ding Ding were applied for northward.

Since then, the two giant tripods have been in each town.

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