Chapter 618

——【This mutton is the honor of the white-clad warriors, and the most heartwarming honor of all.】

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——【Does the mutton actually taste good?】

——【It is extremely delicious.】

——【The Empire of the Sun doesn't actually need to send us anything; they just need to return what belongs to us. I recently saw their museum holding our cultural relics, which was truly shocking and very impressive. Please return them quickly.】

——【I previously read that if the cultural relics in the Empire of the Sun's museum were divided among China's 1.4 billion people based on current value, each person would receive about two million.】

——【Visiting the Empire of the Sun's museum would absolutely make Chinese people cry.】

——【Some comments in the live stream defend the Island Nation. Let me ask you: a country that has studied traditional Chinese culture for hundreds of years, how could it not know what "giving a clock" means? Moreover, gift-giving between nations is always carefully considered. Claiming it was an accident or ignorance to whitewash the Island Nation is ridiculous; these Island people are already wolves and tigers at heart.】

——【But I remember the Island Nation also sent a clock to the Beautiful Country.】

——【That is because the Beautiful Country has no such taboo.】

——【It was the Pickle Country that sent the clock, and later the Beautiful Country returned a baseball bat.】

——【Has the Little Sun Country ever had mushrooms planted on it by the Big Beautiful? Of course, they just want to wipe away past humiliations one day.】

——【The Beautiful Country dropped nuclear bombs on the Island Nation; have you forgotten? There are no eternal friends in this world, and when a dog serves for too long, it will eventually develop ulterior motives.】

——【Some people really suffer from paranoia and think too much. Many meanings of Chinese characters in the Island Nation are actually different from those in our China. Don't always assume everyone wants to harm you.】

——【Do you know how many things the Island Nation sent out in total back then?】

——【I sent you a bunch of things, and then a specially packaged clock. Look, do you think you like it?】

——【Some people really think too much. In Chinese, "giving a clock" is a homophone for "seeing someone off in death," but in the Island Nation, it actually carries a meaning of celebration and good fortune. When nations exchange state gifts, they base them on their own cultures; they are symbols of their own national well-being and rarely conflict with other nations' cultures. Of course, the cigarette boxes from the Empire of the Sun are a different matter.】

——【30,000 sheep, or 300,000, or even 3 million; I haven't eaten a single bite of any of them.】

——【What is the meaning behind the cigarette boxes sent by the Empire of the Sun?】

——【It refers to the Destruction of Opium at Humen.】

——【Remember the Opium Wars; what they sold was opium.】

——【So this is mocking our country?】

——【Here is a piece of trivia for you: due to years of constant war, more than half of the antiques in the Xuya National Museum are still stored in our country, because only our country makes them feel safe.】

——【Our country is truly so heartwarming; I'm crying to death.】

——【Is this intelligence reliable? You didn't just make this up, did you?】

——【How could you make this up? Believe it or not, just search for yourself; it's no big deal.】

——【I love the gifts from our Middle Eastern brothers; they represent friendship harder than gems and affection purer than gold.】

——【I noticed that for nations like the Empire of the Sun, some countries send items based on personal hobbies, like children's drawings or jerseys.】

——【Now that I've seen the gifts other countries sent to our nation, I really want to know exactly what gifts our nation sent to other countries.】

——【Yes, I am also very curious, and I wonder if Fang Yang will talk about this.】

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Everyone in the live stream was very expectant, hoping Fang Yang would continue speaking.

However, regarding exactly which gifts our country sent out, Fang Yang truly found it hard to speak, as he had not seen the actual objects.

"We have slides here; we can take a careful look."

Just as Fang Yang decided to end it there, the mayor and even the people from the museum had long since made preparations.

Although Fang Yang had long known this was actually a premeditated scheme, he still couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

He did not show any sign of displeasure but continued speaking very naturally: "Since it has been said this way, let us next take a look at the state gifts our nation has sent out."

"Look at this white flower basket, filled with a profusion of flowers. This was a gift from the leaders of the BRICS nations in 2017, also a souvenir: Dehua white porcelain 'Flowers Blooming with Riches and Honor'."

"Dehua white porcelain is known internationally as 'China White'."

"Back then, among 16 state gifts, Dehua porcelain accounted for 15 of them."

"Carl, an American who donated the photo album of the Island Nation's crimes during the Second World War to our country without charge, once received a piece of Dehua porcelain as a state gift."

"Look at the chicken-fat yellow glazed bianzhong bells on the slide; these were the state gifts for the 2018 SCO Summit."

"Chicken-fat yellow has a saying that 'ten furnaces yield nine failures'; it was a tribute to the Qing imperial court."

"The state gifts for the SCO Summit also included this Zhucheng guqin."

"The Zhucheng guqin is also known as the Langya School guqin."

"Zhucheng is the birthplace of the Chinese guqin."

"The guqin symbolizes meeting a soulmate amidst high mountains and flowing water."

"It possesses a uniquely Chinese romance."

"This was the gift for the first China International Import Expo."

"A porcelain jar with underglaze five-color painting and an embroidered handbag with a shawl set."

"This features the white magnolia as its theme."

"White jade hangs from the branches, without green and without sorrow."

"A large proportion of state gifts are porcelain and silk textiles."

"This silk textile was the gift given to the wives of heads of state at the G20 Summit."

"Brocade, Yun brocade, Song brocade, and Shu brocade are equally famous."

"The title used in history was made from brocade."

"Generally, in our country, if a meeting begins in a certain location, the local specialty is chosen; therefore, our nation's state gifts are diverse."

"Do you know what the state gift for the Boao Forum was?"

"Yes, shell carving, coconut carving, and Li brocade."

"These are three very famous treasures of the local area."

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— 【In terms of gift-giving, I believe our nation has never lost.】

— 【You say that, so how do you define winning or losing?】

— 【I think we should send something cheaper instead. Seeing such exquisite national gifts makes my heart ache.】

— 【The things they sent aren't actually cheap; what Saudi Arabia sent us was pure gold.】

— 【Saudi Arabia just has a lot of gold.】

— 【The little devils actually sent us a clock. It's truly infuriating.】

— 【The country of the little days loves to act like a grandson and do grandson-like things.】

— 【The island nation sent a clock, the country that never sets sent a cigarette case, and the Beautiful Country sent a baseball uniform.】

— 【I think for these countries, we could just send back an umbrella.】

— 【These national gifts are already worth a fortune; if we wait a few hundred years, they will truly become rare treasures.】

— 【Yes, this level is basically equivalent to the Qing Dynasty's Imperial Workshop, which is an extremely high standard.】

— 【Just that silk alone is very valuable now, not to mention the porcelain.】

— 【These are excellent gifts, but the key is that those people simply don't understand.】

— 【Some who look exquisite actually do understand; seeing the beauty, feeling the refinement, they know the price must be astronomical.】

— 【Whether they understand or not, they will all preserve them well and show them off later, which would be very face-saving.】

— 【Like Saudi Arabia sending gold and jewelry, those who truly understand, understand.】

— 【Looking through the screen, you can't really tell anything. Next time I want to go see it in person. Does anyone want to tell me what it's like to see it on the spot?】

— 【Truly good things can be understood at a single glance.】

— 【True luxury goods should stop those ignorant, brainless, naive sweethearts from going abroad and embarrassing themselves. From ancient times to the present, the ancestors of luxury goods have always been here.】

— 【Send a little boy back to the country of the little days. Damn it, what does sending a clock mean?】

— 【If this were an online game, these national gifts would all be of legendary quality.】

— 【The culture of Huaxia is truly too profound.】

— 【Mainly because we have culture, depth, and a long history; casually sending any item comes with a story to tell.】

— 【I think these are fine, but I am particularly worried about gifting artifacts from the Forbidden City, such as blue-and-white porcelain, to foreign nationals.】

— 【You are thinking far too much about the previous point; this is simply an impossible occurrence.】

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From ancient times to the present, the mutual exchange of national gifts between countries seems to be an old tradition.