Recently, a "museum" without signboards and ticket offices cooperated with travel agencies to bring foreign tourists to Beijing into several closed rooms for "education" in batches, and used feudal superstitious means such as fortune telling and jade viewing to sell expensive jade to tourists. Many foreign tourists shout after shopping. A few days ago, our reporter made an unannounced visit to this "museum" hidden on the northwest side of the base of CCTV building.
■ The Feng Shui Museum is hidden under the CCTV Tower.
At 1 1 in the early morning of April 20th, the reporter saw at the main entrance of CCTV Tower that every few minutes, a tourist bus full of tourists drove into the alley on the northwest side of the tower. After parking, the tour guide will take the tourists in line. The reporter sneaked into one of the teams, and a tourist wearing a tourist hat with the words "XXX Travel" said that all 30 of their tourists came from Guangxi, which was the last attraction of the three-day tour in Beijing.
"Attention, everyone, the place we are going to visit now is the national-level Yongyu Museum, and the curator who will introduce us is the doctoral supervisor of China Fengshui Culture University." Subsequently, the tour guide carefully explained the precautions for the visit to the tourists. "Please don't take photos, record or talk after entering the door. Everything must be done according to the requirements of the curator. " The reporter then found that five tourist buses were parked on the roadside less than 30 meters apart.
This place, called "Yongyong Jade National Museum" by tour guides, is located on the first floor of the northwest side of CCTV building. Compared with the Ocean Museum in the west, the location is a little off. Except that there is a tourist bus every few minutes, the path in front of the museum is almost empty of other pedestrians.
There is no plaque in front of the "Museum" and there is no ticket office. The large French window with a height of about 2 meters on the outer wall is tightly covered by thick white curtains, and the words "No admittance for idle people" and "Please don't approach during decoration" are affixed. At the gate stood two men who looked like security guards, observing the surrounding situation warily, and contacting others from time to time through walkie-talkies.
The front desk staff of Capital Information Development Co., Ltd., which is separated from the museum by a wall, said that "I have never heard of such a museum". "I have been working here for half a year. I only found that there were many tourists going out in the export corridor of the company, but I didn't know that there was a museum next door! " She said.
■ Visitors to the museum are taken into the darkroom to "brainwash"
At the gate, the tour guide handed the tourists over to a female staff member wearing a black uniform and a "Museum 0038" badge on her chest. After emphasizing once again that you can't take photos, record or speak, the female staff leads the tourists into the glass door of the "museum", and a male staff issues a "visit card" to each visitor who enters the door. On this "visiting card", the reporter saw the full name of the "museum" for the first time and only time-the Museum of Architectural Culture and Feng Shui.
After entering the door, a middle-aged woman with the words "curator of the museum" written on her badge took the tourists into a room of more than 20 square meters, and the "curator" immediately closed the door. The walls of the room are covered with photos of various buildings and sculptures. There is a sculpture covered with yellow cloth in one corner of the room, which is about 1 meter high. Because there is no window, the light in the room is very dark, only the light box behind the photo gives off a little light.
"Do you know the importance of feng shui? If you are not rich or unlucky, you must look at Feng Shui! " After all the tourists calmed down, the female "curator" who claimed to be surnamed Xu began to "explain" the photos on the wall. After introducing a lot of "theories" such as orientation and geomantic omen, the female "curator" pointed to a photo of a stone carving spirit beast and said that this is the spirit beast suitable for being invited into the home. Later, she repeatedly emphasized the "function" of the brave beast in combination with the design of buildings such as China People's Bank and Macau Casino. Because of her speed of speech,
"Now, please touch this animal. After touching this animal, if you have a relationship with it, you can ask it to go home. " After more than ten minutes of "explanation", the woman walked up to a big animal covered with yellow cloth.
At the same time, several groups of tourists were taken to the house next door to listen to the "explanation". When the reporter tried to check it, he was stopped by the staff.
■ Female "curator" fortune-telling "bluffing" to buy tricks
Later, the "curator" took everyone into another closed small room in the name of "seeing if there is fate between tourists and brave people". This room is filled with jade carvings of various sizes. Prices range from 100 to several thousand, with the most expensive being 600,000. The female "curator" took the hand of a middle-aged male tourist and said that it depends on whether he is "predestined". The female "curator" looked at the man's palm and face, shook her head and said, "What is your health, family and career?
Everything is fine, and I have made a lot of money, but if I spend too much, I can't keep the money. However, you have a relationship with the brave. I suggest you invite one home to take care of your family wealth. Seeing this person's interest, the curator picked up a white jade sculpture with the price of 1880 yuan, saying that it would bring good luck to this person. Because the man didn't have enough cash, the curator recommended a pendant with a price of 880 yuan, and the man bought it immediately. Later, the "curator" visited every visitor for fortune telling and recommended Yong Yu to tourists for various reasons such as "career, love and health".
Finally, the "curator" took the tourists into a hall with an area of about 100 square meters. "This is our exhibition hall. Please feel free to visit or invite one home. " The reporter found that in this so-called exhibition hall, except for seven counters filled with jade carvings and a cashier, there is no other decoration. All jade carvings, regardless of size, are labeled. About half an hour later, the tourists went out through the side door.
■ Tourists buy when they are confused.
"In fact, I don't believe that you can get rich and avoid disaster by going home with a warrior at all, but after listening to the director's words, I unconsciously believed her story in the closed environment of the museum, and finally paid the price for it." Finally, the male tourist who spent more than 800 yuan to buy a pendant appeared to have some regrets after coming out.
"This is a feudal superstition," said a Hainan tourist who came out of the "museum" in advance. "I don't think this place looks like a museum, but more like a liar company. I don't know why the tour guide brought us here. "
■ Clue provision/Ms. Cai
administration department
The museum is not registered.
Ms. Li, a staff member of the Museum Department of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture, said that the "Architectural Culture Feng Shui Museum" was not registered with the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture. According to Ms. Li, regular museums in Beijing, whether state-owned or private, should be registered here, otherwise they can't publicize or organize activities in the name of "museums". "To become a museum recognized by the Cultural Relics Bureau, you must first apply to the Cultural Relics Bureau, and the Cultural Relics Bureau will organize experts to conduct field visits. Only by meeting the requirements and regulations of the Beijing Museum Regulations and the Museum Management Measures can it pass the examination and approval. " She said.
"Now there are many jade gold shops that attract tourists with the signboard of' Museum'. In fact, they use the name of the museum to sell jade, gold and silver and other products to tourists at high prices through fortune telling and fortune telling. This self-proclaimed "Museum of Architectural Culture and Feng Shui" is not listed, has no ticket office and is not open to the public. Except for the jade with the price tag, there are no exhibits, and most of them are fooled by the name of the museum. " Ms. Li said, "The list of regular museums is publicized on the website of the Municipal Cultural Relics Bureau. Visitors from other places to Beijing must carefully distinguish between true and false museums in case they are cheated by illegal traders. " That thing is deceptive. Try to stay away from it. What do you want the hospital to do in the future? Have natural disasters decreased in recent years? They have no budget. Oh, it's all in hindsight. Alas, it's wicked of the tour guide to get some commission. It's wicked to bring it to such a black-hearted place.