The Fontainebleau Palace in France is a bit like a Chinese summer resort, surrounded by a large area of forest, and used to be an enclosure for royal hunting. The royal hunting doesn't care about the prey, but the picture is happiness, so the palaces of the hunting ground are all built luxuriously. Fontainebleau Palace has a long history, but it really flourished after the Renaissance. Especially in the 18th century, Chinese culture was admired by Europeans. The Chinese wind blew to Fontainebleau, France, and then the Chinese Pavilion was built in this French palace.

            Of course, there are all Chinese cultural relics in the Chinese Museum. These cultural relics were basically collected in 1863. They are "trophies" brought back from China by the French commander in chief. Judging from time, the treasures in this room are relics of the Old Summer Palace, which has been here for 150 years.

            However, the Chinese Pavilion was recently visited by thieves, who stole 15 cultural relics in just seven minutes. The thieves were skillful in taking advantage of the defects of the most modern alarm devices and the lack of experience of the personnel on duty. They succeeded and went away. So far, they have not solved the case.

            Cultural relic thieves at all times and in all over the world can be divided into two categories: local thieves and elegant thieves. The local thief has a clear purpose. He goes straight to the money and sells the stolen goods as soon as he gets them. If he fails to catch the current situation at that time, he is usually caught when selling the stolen goods. Shi Baikui (sentenced) who stole from the Forbidden City two years ago is a typical local thief. The other is the elegant thief. He has a clear goal of going to the east and west, and there will be no selling stolen goods. If he fails to catch it on the spot, the possibility of catching it later is very small. In European history, there are many cases of this kind. Some people steal in person, and more people steal by hiring people. He offers a higher price than the market to lure experts out of the mountain. Once successful, both sides will benefit.

            The pleasure of an elegant thief is to own. He puts public things in his basement and enjoys the excitement alone. This kind of case was discovered by accident a hundred years later in the history of European theft, and this scandal seems to have become a tradition in the history of European theft. Nine out of ten people in Fontainebleau are such elegant thieves.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2015/3/5   Guanfu Museum

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