Man Donates Ancient Bronze Swords and Fragments to Museum After Confirming Authenticity

A man in Yunnan, mainland China, had previously spent 5,600 yuan (about NT$24,502) to buy ancient bronze swords and bronze fragments from a 60-year-old man on the side of the road. After confirming that they were genuine, he decided to donate To Baoshan City Museum, the museum also held a donation ceremony for him.

comprehensiveLu MediaAccording to reports, Wang Wei, a man in Baoshan, Yunnan Province, was driving at the end of 2021. He encountered an old man in his 60s waving at the side of the road to stop the car. He stopped the car. The other party said he wanted to sell him something and took out a canvas The pocket contained ancient bronze swords and bronze fragments; the old man said that these things were dug in the ground at home, Wang Wei said, “I took it out and looked at it carefully, combined with the bronze swords and nets I saw before. The picture I saw on the Internet. I think this sword should be real.” So he bid RMB 5,600 (about NT$24,502) to buy the sword.

Then Wang Wei told a netizen who specializes in antiques, and the other party replied that it was genuine after reading it, but later he learned on the Internet that selling cultural relics should be sentenced to less than 5 years in prison, and if the circumstances are more serious than 5 years, he decided to Contact the cultural relics department to donate the ancient bronze sword. In January this year, the Baoshan City Museum confirmed that the items donated by Wang Wei were: a bronze sword (remnant) and 29 fragments of bronze bracelets from the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty.

The Baoshan City Museum also held a donation ceremony on the 15th. Wang Wei said, “The moment I completed the donation, I was relieved. This matter has troubled me for more than a year, and now I have finally let go.” He also said that a friend once asked He spent 5,600 yuan to buy something, wouldn’t it be a loss if he donated it? “I told him, don’t say that the museum gave me a subsidy of 2,000 yuan, even if I don’t have a penny, I would be willing.”