Chinese builds duivenmuseum

The wealthy Chinese Xing Wei, who already have millions spent on his duivencollectie, wants a duivenmuseum building in the Chinese city of Tangshan. He calls Flemish fanciers to pieces to send. At his own expense.

A Chinese in China, a museum of the Flemish pigeon sport wants to build. It sounds implausible. “But if that Chinese Xing Wei is called, it is not,” says Nikolaas Gyselbrecht of duivenveilingsite …

A Chinese in China, a museum of the Flemish pigeon sport wants to build. It sounds implausible. “But if that Chinese Xing Wei is called, it is not,” says Nikolaas Gyselbrecht of duivenveilingsite Pipa. The Chinese duivenverzamelaar, nicknamed ‘Kaier’, is crazy about the sport. Last year, he was still in Kessel to prijsbeest Nadine to buy for less than 400,000 euros – the most expensive auctioned pigeon ever.

It is that ‘Kaier’ that is now so a duivenmuseum wants to build. All he calls it is not itself a museum. He speaks of a culture park – the pigeon is, for him, culture, the Flemish culture. And that’s where he was but all too eager to Flanders.

Three million

Xing Wei is a young forty-something who made his fortune with real estate and distribution of wines. But already at a young age he became passionate about the sport. ‘The sport has also become international. And there is always more money to be made. So you better with the best pigeons at the start, and who still find you here, ” said Gyselbrecht.

And that is Xing Wei is not escaped. “He has in his hometown of Tangshan in the meantime, a pigeon loft with about 10,000 pigeons. His collection is three million dollars.’ And in that collection there are also a few Flemish top pigeons.

Even hat is welcome

But still, the nostalgia for Flanders, not lulled. Therefore, ‘Kaier’ that the material in his new ‘duivencultuurpark’ really from Flanders. “He is looking for historical and cultural interesting things that have to do with the sport past and present’, said Gyselbrecht. The list of stuff is endless. But it is something with the sport, will get a place in the museum: old pigeon-houses, old photos, specialist pigeon magazines, certificates, drinking bowls, food bowls or nest bowls. But also material to loft to clean and worn duivenkledij, such as a hat, are welcome.

Duivenveilingsite Pipa collects everything and sends it at the expense of Kaier to China. “The idea is that people get their stuff for free, but for valuable items there with Kaier to negotiate.’