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In the last issue, I told you that according to the Etiquette System of the Qing Dynasty, the "top wear" one product is ruby, the second product is coral, the third product is sapphire, the fourth product is lapis lazuli, the crystal, the sixth product is made of brick, the seventh product is plain gold, the eighth product is yin patterned flower gold, the nine products are Yang patterned skeletonized gold, and those without top beads have no official products. Under the top beads, there is a "plume pipe", many people do not know what it is, please see the picture above, single-eyed plume three pin winter hat.
Of course, I don't think there is anything to say about it, but the culture, the background of the times, and the stories behind this are more! Behind the jade culture is a history of the development of civilization.
Qing dynasty officials were divided into "nine pins and eighteen levels", which can be said to be the most representative and perfect in the feudal system compared with other dynasties. There are also many Qing Palace dramas, such as "Kangxi Dynasty", "Yongzheng Dynasty", "Step by Step", etc., whether it is based on history or alternate history, we can see from them the important distinguishing signs of the qing Dynasty's official rank - "official uniform complement" and "top wearing flower plume".
Officials in the Qing Opera, dressed in court clothes, wearing official hats, gemstones set in the top, and under the pipe behind the hat, there must be a feather fluttering slightly. High-ranking civilian officials can wear jade plumes, and military attaches with high grades can wear white jade plumes. The top, the plume pipe and the feather plume are the signs of this person's full identity status. The pipes are mostly cylindrical, the main end has a nose, hollow down, and the hollow part of the lower end is as large as a mouthpiece, and the plume is inserted.
Among them, "wearing a flower plume on the top" is the most characteristic official rank symbol of the Qing Dynasty, the rank distinction is quite strict, the corresponding official rank corresponds to the relative "top wearing a flower plume", if the official hat is wrong, it is necessary to lose the head.
"Plume pipe" is used to install plume branches, people are used to call it "flower plume", and its material is generally white jade or jadeite. The branches are divided into "Blue Plume" and "Flower Plume", "Blue Plume" has no eyes, is made of blue-dyed osprey feathers, and is used to give to guard officials under six pins and in the imperial palace and the royal palace, and of course, it is also generally rewarded to low-level officers who have made military merits.
The "flower plume" is made of peacock feathers, peacock feathers have eye-shaped circles, known as "eyes", divided into single, second and third eyes, with three eyes as precious.
Those who are eligible to wear a one-eyed flower plume must be the minister of the interior of the five pins or more, the commanders and staff of the forward battalion and the guard camp, and must be from the three banners of Manchurian yellow, yellow and white, and the foreign civil servant will not be given the flower plume.
The Two-Eyed Flower Plume was generally awarded to the Qing Dynasty clan and clan members who were enfeoffed as the Duke of Zhenguo or the Auxiliary Duke, and the Heshuo Forehead.
Those who wear the three-eyed plume are all relatives of the emperor, such as the royal family members who are lower in title than the prince, the king of the county, the shell of belle and the guren forehead, that is, the husband of the princess born to the queen.
Therefore, you will understand that what we are talking about today is really "plume pipe", that is, the "plume pipe" with flowers on the hat of the Qing official, and what you are doing now, even if it is the same, but it does not have that cultural background and history, and it cannot be called "plume pipe". In my eyes, the pipe must come from the hat of a high-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty, especially the emperor and nobles, we must not look at it as just a small two-inch pipe, but the materials used are all high-grade materials, all very good jade and jadeite, and the value is very high. Of course, there are also enamel, amber, lapis lazuli, and glazed, but very few.
On November 29, 2016, at Christie's Hong Kong's Autumn Auction, a 65.5mm natural green emerald pipe was auctioned for HK$2.94 million and is now made into a pendant. What it looks like is this green emerald in the picture above.
Regarding lingguan, there is also a story of Nian Tangyao "lying to the Yongzheng Emperor".
It is said that in the second year of Yongzheng, Nian Qianyao was deeply favored by the Yongzheng Emperor, and Yongzheng rewarded him with twelve enamel-textured plumes.
At that time, for the magnates, the jade and jade pipes were not rare objects, but rather exquisite enamel pipes that were burned out, which was a rare thing. The emperor's reward also gave the young general an "opportunity" to further "coddle" the emperor. Therefore, on the twelfth day of February of the second year of Yongzheng, the Nian Tang Yao Xie Emperor wrote in a compromise of the reward: "The courtiers are exquisitely made of enamel pipes, exquisitely made, delicate in color, and unenviable in envy, and sincerely thank God for their grace, and even more earnestly for their holy kindness, and if there are new enamel objects, reward one or two, in order to be greedy for the courtiers." ”
Absolutely not in this "covetousness of subjects." On the fold of Nian Tangyao, Yongzheng Yubi drew a red circle next to the word "greedy" of "greedy thoughts of Manchus", and Zhu Commented: "The things of enamel are not yet flawless and exquisite, and they will be considerable in the future." Now I will give you several things, but if you do not use this word of 'greed', and do not give you a single one, you will receive this number of things, and all the power of this word will also be given. ”
In the face of Nian Qianyao's "spoiling", Yongzheng broke a word and gave him everything he had, from which it can also be seen that Yongzheng's favor for Nian Qianyao has reached the point where there is no additional. Unfortunately, less than a year after the "sale of meng and the request for enamel pipes", the contradictions between the monarchs and courtiers had become public. In December of the third year of Yongzheng, Nian Qianyao received ninety-two major sins from Yongzheng, and in the first month of the fourth year, the nian general was ordered to be sentenced to himself in prison.
The above is the story about the plume pipe, which could have achieved a "good story of kings and princes", but unfortunately, people's desires are infinite, and once people are greedy and arrogant, they are bound to perish.
Confucius said, "The husband of the past, the gentleman is better than Yu Yu." "What other historical stories about jade you know, welcome to exchange in the comments section!"
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