Is it true that Stanley Ho bought all the lost relics of the Yuanmingyuan in his lifetime for 70 million and donated them to the country?

His life is extremely legendary,? Macau King of Gamblers? Reigning decades, worth tens of billions of dollars; 4 wives and 17 children, although the controversy but also unlimited flow; in addition, he is actually a patriotic person.

The twelve zodiac animal head bronze statue was originally part of the fountain outside the Haiyan Hall of the Yuanmingyuan, which was looted overseas in 1860 when the British and French allied forces burned down the Yuanmingyuan. And the looting party every auction, poking the heart of the nation.

In 2003, the Yuanmingyuan pig head bronze statue appeared, Stanley Ho spent more than 6 million dollars to buy from a collector in the United States, and gratuitous gift to the country.

In 2007, an auction house in Hong Kong spread the news of auctioning a bronze statue of a horse's head, and even though the State Administration of Cultural Heritage said it was not in favor of a public auction, the auction house argued that the auction was legal and that it could not do business only with Chinese buyers.

When Stanley Ho was informed, he personally contacted the collector through the auction house and bought the horse head bronze statue at a high price of 69.1 million dollars a month before the auction, and gave it to the country again.

The deal also set a new record for the highest price ever paid for a statue in China's Qing Dynasty, but the gambling king said that ? It was all worth it as long as we can bring the national treasure home?

In fact, donating precious relics to the country is something that Stanley Ho has long done.In 1987, he donated 147 Chinese relics to the country.

The 10th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong, Stanley Ho deliberately photographed five pieces of precious artwork, presented to the National Museum. In addition, Stanley Ho has also contributed 3 million US dollars to support the construction of the China Millennium Forum, and donated 10 million Hong Kong dollars during the Wenchuan earthquake.

He has made great contributions to the country and society, and also donated funds to build the National Aquatics Center for the 2008 Olympics.

A reporter from Nandu interviewed Stanley Ho at the 2009 National People's Congress, where the then 88-year-old CPPCC member was helped out of the elevator to draw attention. At that time, he was called ? The oldest member? He was in high spirits in a suit.

What are the views on the animal head incident? Will you still buy it? Before the reporters' questions fell, Stanley Ho answered as he walked: ? (Auction of the beast head does not pay) this is a good thing, can tease them a little good. How can you say that after 100 years, they (Europe) are not robbed from China.

Now that the man has passed away, we wish the old man a good journey and thank him for his contribution to the country.

Cultural relics are relics and relics left behind by mankind in the process of historical development. Various types of cultural relics from different sides reflect the social activities of mankind in various historical periods, social relations, ideology and the use of nature, transformation of nature and the ecological environment at the time of the situation, is a valuable historical and cultural heritage of mankind.