Erich Von Daniken - The Gold Of The Gods

3 - Traces Of The Gods In China, Too
Fig. 32. I had several productive and interesting conversations with
Mr. Chiang Fu-Tsung, the Director of the Palace Museum.
The chances of my getting on the track of the stone plates in the Palace
Museum seemed very good. The precious collection, with more than
250,000 cataloged items, had been moved from its original home in
Peking on several occasions during the last 60 years. In 1913, during
the uprising of the Kuomintang Party, in 1918, during the Civil War, in
1937, during the war with the Japanese, who occupied Peking, and in
1947, when Mao Tse Tung founded the People's Republic of China
with the People's Army of Liberation and made Peking the capital
again. Since 1947 the art treasures have been stored in Taipeh.
A decorative visiting card on which Mr. Chi had written greetings and
recommendations to his friend Chiang Fu Tsung with a fine brush
made smiling men in uniform silently open all doors till we reached the
Director's office. He greeted me in German-only when I apologized for
being late did he wave my excuses away with a long sentence in
Chinese. (Fig. 32.)