Is the collection value of old maps high?

China is one of the earliest countries in the world to draw maps. The oldest existing maps in China are three colorful topographic maps, garrison maps and city maps of southern Changsha in Han Dynasty unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, which has a history of more than 2 100 years. However, people are surprised by their accurate drawings. The best-selling novel Tomb Raiding Notes describes a very mysterious map "Ghost Map" in the legendary Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because ancient maps are military secrets, the ancients divided a map into two parts, one is mountains and the other is Sichuan. Only by merging the two maps can we see the terrain. The independent one looks like an irregular ghost symbol, so it becomes a "ghost map", also called a "male and female map". This undoubtedly adds a strong sense of mystery to ancient maps, and also makes more people begin to understand the collection value of ancient maps.

"Collecting maps is collecting history." This is the knowledge of almost all old map collectors. Because collecting maps requires certain professional knowledge and high historical and cultural literacy, it is still very rare to use maps as special collections in China at present. Moreover, many hand-drawn maps in ancient times are unique, so the collection value is high, and the fakes are much less than other collections.

At present, the domestic map collection institutions still belong to a blank area, with only a few folk collections in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Northeast China. In Europe hundreds of years ago, collecting maps has become a fashion in the upper class, especially the nautical charts of exploration and the treasure maps of pirates at that time, which became the objects of collection in the upper class in Europe.

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