In order to protect cultural relics, since the beginning of 2002, the state has formulated a total of three batches of cultural relics prohibited from being exhibited abroad, all of which are orphans and fragile products in some top cultural relics, with a wide span of times, from the Neolithic era to the Ming Dynasty. Among the nearly two hundred cultural relics, of course, it is not based on the level of appearance, but there are indeed many high-value cultural relics, which can be seen by us with a simple appreciation.
Phoenix crown
Among the Ming Tombs, the only one excavated is the Dingling Tomb of the Wanli Emperor and his two empresses, this legendary mausoleum, which suffered great losses in the past 50 or 60 years, is regarded as a major tragedy in the history of archaeology, and also a wake-up call in the history of Chinese archaeology.
In the Dingling Underground Palace, not only the crown of the Wanli Emperor, the Golden Silk Wing Shanguan, but also his two empresses, also excavated brilliant and gorgeous phoenix crowns, a total of four pieces, namely Empress Xiaoduan's Nine Dragon Nine Phoenix Crown, Six Dragons and Three Phoenix Crowns, and Empress Xiaojing's Twelve Dragons, Nine Phoenix Crowns, Three Dragons and Two Phoenix Crowns.
Listed as a cultural relic forbidden to go abroad for exhibition are Empress Xiaoduan's Kowloon Nine Phoenix Crowns (the first batch), which are stored in the National Museum of China.
The crown is a kind of headdress in ancient times, which was not exclusive to the queen concubines at the beginning, and there were also palace women in the Tang Dynasty who wore "phoenix crowns", until the Song Dynasty, the phoenix crown was officially set as a dress and incorporated into the queen concubine crown system. The Ming Dynasty inherited the Song system, so it also wore a phoenix crown, but the shape system was somewhat different.
Empress Xiaoduan's Nine Dragons and Nine Phoenix Crowns are undoubtedly very luxurious and luxurious, it takes kingfisher blue as the background color, the color is as bright as ever, and it is matched with countless gemstones - there are pearls, various gemstones, etc. A total of nearly 5,000 pieces, decorated in front of nine golden dragons, with nine golden phoenixes. The end is luxurious, magnificent, beautiful and expensive, worthy of the queen's jewelry, and atmospheric and exquisite.
Of course, this is not something to wear on weekdays, after all, a 4-pound roof weighs heavily, and normal people can bear it every day, it is used as a crown, that is, a crown that is needed on big occasions such as the book and the gurudwara.
Gold-encrusted beast-headed agate cup
This is a rare Tang Dynasty beautiful jade carving, extremely exquisite workmanship, carved on an antelope shaped animal head, facial expressions are exquisitely depicted, especially the pair of spiral curved antelope horns, smooth lines, delicate texture, beautiful shape and ingenuity.
Unearthed in 1970 in Hejia Village, Xi'an, this jade carving is not a form native to the Central Plains, but a product of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries at that time.
Its cup shape comes from a sacrificial vessel called the "Laitong Cup" in Asia Minor. During the Tang Dynasty, the Han and Hu customs were integrated, and the Hu merchants traded frequently, which introduced many foreign cultures and utensils, and laitong cup was one of them, and after it was introduced to China, it became a novel wine vessel for the tang dynasty nobles.
Of course, under the transformation of the Tang Dynasty, its materials, production methods and style shapes are different from the original, showing a more unique and exquisitely crafted artistic charm.
Lotus crane copper square pot
The bronze is really exquisite, and the thick and dignified texture and the dense and delicate texture are really fascinating.
The Spring and Autumn Lotus Crane Square Pot excavated in 1923 at the Zhenggong Cemetery in Henan Province is too magnificent and unique in shape and decoration. There are a pair of lotus crane square pots, one is collected in the Forbidden City, and one is used as the treasure of the town hall of the Henan Museum, and then the name is still taken by Guo Moruo.
The lotus crane square pot is about 1.2 meters high, the weight is amazing, there are more than sixty kilograms, the shape design of the middle and lower parts of the pot body is very chic and exquisite, there are two capuchin beasts at the bottom to drive up the pot body, the pot body is decorated with dragons and beasts, among which there are animal shoulders and wings, they are all in an upward climbing posture, and at the very top, there is a crane standing in the center of the petals.
The overall layout of the pot is very vivid and has a unique sense of art, the crane that tramples other sacred beasts under its feet, it seems to represent the spiritual qi of an era, it is flapping its wings and looking at everything, trying to spread its wings and fly high, such a pattern spirit is also praised by Guo Moruo as "the symbol of the spirit of the times".
The Yue King hooked the sword
As the only sword in the cultural relics prohibited from leaving the country, the Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword is also a rare sword product, known as "the first sword in the world".
However, in fact, it is not the most famous in the legend, but only a self-used sword of the Yue King, before it was dug out, people did not even know that there was such a sword, but its production skills were already so superb, which really could not help but make people think of how exquisite and powerful those legendary famous swords were!
Unearthed in the 1960s, the Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword is 55.7 cm long and very well preserved, and its body is covered with a black diamond-shaped geometric dark checkered pattern, and decorated with green glass and turquoise, and the texture is very delicate. The most amazing thing is that this sword is rustless and sharp as ever.
For more than two thousand years, the general sword has long been rusted, but the Gou Jian sword is as bright as ever as it was unearthed, and it is indeed magical. Its secret is that the copper content of the metal is very high, which is a relatively stable metal, so it is not easy to rust.
In general, all the states of this sword are worth exchanging for the title of the world's first sword, and the artistic beauty is extraordinary, which is the peak of bronze smelting technology in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Copper floating
A Tang Dynasty Buddhist artifact, the shape is solemn and realistic, full of golden light, exquisite and extraordinary.
The place where the copper floating tu appeared is in the magical Baoji Famen Temple, which was originally the royal temple of the Tang Dynasty, and in the 1980s, archaeological excavations were carried out in the underground palace of famen temple, and the cultural relics that came up were called one more exquisite and rare and advanced than the other.
Copper floating tu, also known as gilded floating tu, the shape is very beautiful, just like a miniature version of the treasure cabinet, it is 53.5 cm high, by the treasure brake, floating tu, platform, base, which is embellished with jewels, ruyi cloud head and other decorations, exquisite and exquisite, very unique and exquisite.
What's more, it also contains a gilded silver coffin with a bird pattern, and inside the silver coffin is a real spirit bone, which is extremely valuable.
Meta blue glazed white dragon pattern plum bottle
The plum bottle itself is a very elegant and beautiful instrument, it wins with the shape, and the degree of beauty is recognized. Plum bottles were very popular in ancient times, and all kiln factories had them, so what is the peculiarity of this plum bottle that can be included in the list of cultural relics that are prohibited from being exhibited abroad?
In fact, the answer can be obtained from its name. The porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty was innovated in the past production, in which there was a beautiful sapphire-like high-temperature cobalt blue glaze, because the kiln factories in Jingdezhen at that time were all for the royal family and nobles, like this kind of high-quality blue glazed plum bottle with a perfect dragon pattern, which was obviously only allowed to be used in the palace, and the history of the Yuan Dynasty was not long, leaving a very small number of such fine products.
On the whole, it is the perfect combination of the Yuan Dynasty + blue glaze + dragon pattern + plum bottle, which gives this artifact extremely precious value. It is reported that there are only three Yuan Dynasty Blue Glazed White Dragon Pattern Plum Bottles at home and abroad, one of which is still abroad.
In terms of appearance, this porcelain is really worthy of its rare name, the uniform and colorful blue is dignified and beautiful, the white dragon pattern is slender and flexible, the color collision between white and blue is both strong and harmonious, the sense of beauty is full, plus the shape of the instrument is large and well preserved and intact, and it is indeed worthy of the fine art.