The Spring Festival is approaching, and the exhibition of the Summer Palace Museum is "new"! From the Shang Dynasty to the early years of the Republic of China, more than 230 pieces of animal and plant-themed jade objects were intensively unveiled, bringing an oriental aesthetic feast to the general public and tourists. The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned that the "Jade See Vitality - Jade Exhibition on Ancient Chinese Animals and Plants" will last until April 10 (closed on Mondays). The reception volume of the Summer Palace Museum is controlled and limited, and 75% of the passenger flow is controlled, and when the number of tourists is close to the maximum saturation, the admission to the museum is suspended.
"China's love of jade can be traced back to the early Neolithic period, when there was a 'jade culture', which is also a significant feature of the mainland that distinguishes it from other countries." According to Qin Lei, curator, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Summer Palace and director of the Summer Palace Museum, jade is the materialized embodiment of the oriental spiritual world and the material foundation of traditional Chinese culture. The first exhibition of the Summer Palace Museum takes "Jade Sees Vitality" as the theme, borrowing the beautiful meaning of jade culture to send New Year blessings to visitors.
The Beiqing Daily reporter learned that the exhibition is divided into five units. The first unit, "Dragon Flying Phoenix Dance", exhibited 40 pieces of jade artifacts with dragon and phoenix images, showing the history of jade culture development and the evolution of dragon and phoenix images in different historical periods. Among them, the summer palace in the middle of the independent display cabinet in the first-class cultural relics Of the Qianlong Imperial Inscription Cloud Dragon Pattern Urn, the shape of the vessel is huge, made of a whole piece of jade, and the weng can almost accommodate a small baby. Weng's outer wall is embossed with a seawater cloud dragon, and the dragon rises with its claws and appears in the terrifying waves. Weng Neidi carved the Qianlong Imperial Poetry of the Book of Lishu: "Yun wanliu xilong sees the deeds, and the character is called the beauty system is particularly fine." The frivolous dagger will be clothed, and the movement will be like life. Originally an invisible thought, it suddenly became an image of a city. Liuqing Li Qi Xi Kan, Yuan and Yao Nian Bao Lu Sheng. Qianlong Ding Youchun, Imperial Title. "Yin carved square seal book "Qianlong Chenhan" seal.
The second unit, "Rui Beast Spirit Bird", exhibited 55 jade carved cultural relics modeled on Rui Beast and Spirit Bird. The star exhibit in the exhibition, Shang Dai Yuhu, is in this exhibition area. This jade tiger is more than 3,000 years old, small and simple, but the length of a pen, shaped by Crouching Tiger, the shape is concise, and the use of few simple lines expresses the inner spirit and overall effect of Tiggo. Its shape is very similar to a jade tiger excavated from the tomb of Yin Xu's women, which belongs to the typical Shang Dynasty jade style.
A jade carving artifact from the Song and Yuan dynasties surprised the audience. Jade carving is a combination of round carving, line carving and other techniques, the main body is a male lion, the male lion on the back of a flying eagle, the male lion and the flying eagle posture convey the gods, concise and vivid. The combination of flying eagles and male lions forms a "hero" harmonic sound, making the audience can't help but shout, and it turns out that the ancients also played harmonic terriers.
The third unit, "Jia Feng Tianyang", exhibits 62 pieces of jade objects with the themes of butterfly swallow fish worms, chicken dogs, geese and cats, reflecting the gradual secularization and realism of Chinese jade culture after the Tang and Song dynasties.
Among them, the white jade carving "Spring Water Diagram" of the Jin Dynasty adopts techniques such as through carving, skeleton carving, and circular carving, and the content depicted is that Hai Dongqing descends from the sky, hunting a swan that flees in a hurry, flipping its wings, realistic shape, and the tense atmosphere is about to come out. This kind of ornament is called "Spring Water Map", which mainly shows the life scene of the northern nomads fishing and hunting in the spring, usually with the domesticated Haidongqing hunting swans or geese as the theme ornament, so this kind of jade is also called "spring water jade". The "Spring Water Map" was deeply loved by the ruling class in the Liaojin and Jin Dynasties, and Haidongqing hunted swans, showing the fierce spirit of fighting big with small and winning with the weak.
The Summer Palace in the independent display cabinet contains a first-class cultural relic, the green jade lying cow, which is made of huge materials and shows the royal courage. The cultural relics are from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, using techniques such as circular carving and line carving, lying on the body of the cattle, lying prone, looking back, looking at each other, looking pleasant, as if taking a nap. The jade is warm and moist, cleverly designed, finely carved, refined lines and polished.
The fourth unit, "Jiamu Lianghui", exhibits 27 pieces of jade with flowers and trees as the theme, reflecting that since the Ming and Qing dynasties, the practicality and furnishings of jade have been further enhanced, and it is suitable for the development of literary ware, mountain zi, interstitial screens and so on for plant carving. Among them, the Summer Palace collection of first-class cultural relics lapis lazuli royal inscription Cuiyunyan mountain view, for the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, lapis lazuli, bright color, blue color. Craftsmen carved into a mountain shape according to the texture of the stone, the mountain view shape is realistic, and the relief of mountain stone and pine above the mountain view. The front is engraved with the Qianlong imperial inscription poem "Imperial Inscription Cuiyun Rock", the poem reads: Ye Zi branch lock layer peak, weaving green stream blue is thick. Learn to the wind blowing rocks and falling, and the world is troubled by the summer to find what to do.
The fifth unit, "Seasonal Vegetables and Fruits", exhibited 46 pieces of jade in the shape of vegetables and fruits represented by gourds, bergamots, and peaches. Such as the white jade mushroom-shaped pendant in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the jasper carved flower "Daji" gourd-shaped screen core in the Qianlong period, and the white jade carving "Fushou Wannian" in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Wang Bin
Photo / Beijing Youth Daily reporter Hao Yi
Editor/Li Xiaomeng