Tian Huangshi is a treasure in the Shoushan stone system, and has the reputation of "the king of ten thousand stones" and "the king of the sealed stones". Located in Shoushan Township in the northern mountains of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, there is a mountain stream more than 1,000 meters long and more than 200 meters wide, which is the origin of TianHuangshi. It is separated from the stone vein and independent into blocks, buried in the sand for a long time, is "rootless and pu, no vein to find" stone. There is a saying: "Gold is easy to get, tian huang is difficult to find", which shows its status.
Tian Huangshi color is warm and lovely, the texture is fine, as early as a thousand years ago, China has begun to collect it, and it is deeply loved by the literati and scholars, many people deliberately collect and collect. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Tian Huangshi was even more famous in the world. Legend has it that when the emperor sacrificed to the heavens in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the divine case was indispensable to the side of the Tian Huangshi, which means "Fu (Fujian), Shou (Shoushan), Huang (Tian Huang)", therefore, Tian Huangshi has been prosperous for a long time, and there is an old saying called "one inch of Tian Huang and one inch of gold", which also shows that Tian Huangshi is expensive.
Compared with his thrifty and simple grandfather and father, Qianlong had a lot of luxury. When he was emperor, he made himself a valuable "Tian Huangshi Triple Seal". The seal is carved from a large piece of field yellowstone, two square pieces, one oval, connected by a yellow carved chain. The square chapter is one yin and one yang, and the yang chapter is located on the far left, 1 cm high and 2.6 cm long on the sides. It is engraved with the Yang character "Qianlong Chenhan", and the layout is in the traditional standard format.
Oval stamp in the middle, 1 cm high, 3 cm long and 2.3 cm short. Engraved with the Yang script "Lotte", the two characters are located in the middle of the seal, and the left and right sides are engraved with mantis patterns, making the seal surface full of movement, and this combination of calligraphy and painting is the legacy of the Han seal. The yin seal is located on the far right, 1 cm high and 2.6 cm long. Engraved on it is the yin text "only the essence of the only one", the text is in the form of private printing in the Han Dynasty, using palindrome arrangement, staggering the same two "only" characters and extending the upper end of the two characters are to achieve the effect of the whole printing surface being full and symmetrical, harmonious and beautiful.
Among them, "only the essence of the only one" comes from the Confucian classic "Shangshu Dayu Mo" to show the idea of Qianlong's administration; "Lotte" comes from the "Zhou Yi Zhi Ci", which means "Shuntian Shihua is happy in the heavens, and knowing things is always self-knowledge of life, the constant of Shuntian Dao, the constant of knowing life, the reason of nature, so there is no worry."
Among the nearly thousands of small seals, Qianlong's favorite is the "Tian Huangshi Triple Seal", and the subsequent emperors are also very cherished and passed down from generation to generation. On the night of October 22, 1924, Feng Yuxiang suddenly defected and returned to Beijing, placing President Cao Kun under house arrest, leading to the downfall of Wu Peifu. Soon, Feng Yuxiang found himself surrounded by old forces, and the "revolution" was struggling. Therefore, on November 5 of the same year, Feng Yuxiang ignored the preferential conditions and sent Lu Zhonglin to lead troops into the Forbidden City, forcing the last Puyi to leave the palace and obtain a large amount of palace property, known in history as the "Beijing Coup". Puyi had no choice but to move to Zaifeng's residence, and when he left the palace, he hid the "Tian Huangshi Triple Seal" in his cotton clothes and quietly took it away. Later, this seal has been following Puyi and has never left it. Until 26 years later, Puyi donated the "Tian Huangshi Triple Seal" and was transferred to the Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing by relevant institutions.