Liang's brother and grandfather accompanied some of the treasures to Taiwan while Mr. Liang's father stayed behind in China, following another part of the collection back to Beijing.
“This trip made me realize how much my parents’ generation did, ” said Mr. Liang, who catalogs artifacts at the Beijing museum and is a fifth-generation staff member there.
"We both recognize that enhancing and maintaining dialogue and communication at all levels is of great significance in the development of military-to-military relations," Liang said.