laitimes

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

Noble and luxurious

It is often used to describe extremely ornate objects, and it is also a status symbol.

Perhaps the most gorgeous scene that ordinary people can see now is when the stars walk the red carpet, they wear exquisite makeup and high-end custom clothing with top luxuries, and ordinary people seem out of place among these people.

Of course, this is not really noble luxury, because many of the more luxurious scenes we have not had the opportunity to see.

The scenes of the gathering of royal relatives depicted in ancient books, and the costumes and ornaments worn by those relatives of the emperor and the state, may be the true synonym for noble luxury. The most typical is the queen's phoenix crown, and the queen is noble

One

country

it

Mother, naturally, will pay special attention to the image.

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

The mainland has also unearthed exquisite ones

headdress

Phoenix crowns, these phoenix crowns have experienced the baptism of time, still show a noble atmosphere. They never seem to bow down to time, trying to maintain the infinite scenery of the year.

These royal-level luxuries

Many people were amazed, and these 3 phoenix crowns are the most eye-catching cultural relics

, the second of which requires 10,000 kingfishers.

One

Empress Xiao of Sui

The Sui Dynasty did not exist for a long time, but it left the imperial examination system to future generations, as well as the beloved Empress Xiao. Empress Xiao was gentle and knowledgeable, and she was also proficient in medical skills, and when Emperor Wen of Sui chose a concubine for her son, Empress Xiao was deeply pleased by Emperor Wen of Sui and his wife.

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

After Empress Xiao and the Sui Emperor married, they gave birth to a total of three princes and a princess. And to help her husband successfully take the concubine, the Sui Emperor also relied on his empress.

When the Sui Emperor succeeded to the throne, Empress Xiao was already over forty years old, and compared with the newly entered beauties in the harem, she naturally looked "old and yellow", but the Sui Emperor's love for Empress Xiao did not diminish at all.

Later, the Sui Emperor gradually became faint and incompetent, and Empress Xiao's many admonitions were fruitless. Later, when the Sui Emperor was killed, Empress Xiao escaped from the palace with her grandson and daughter- and returned to Chang'an during the Zhenguan period, where she was buried with her husband, Emperor Sui.

2013

In that year, Empress Xiao's mausoleum was discovered, and the phoenix crown she once wore reappeared, which did not have a phoenix pattern on it, but replaced it with a flower tree developed from a step rock.

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

There is a total of them on the crown

13

Flower trees, each flower tree is particularly delicate, the image is particularly vivid. There is also a position on the back of the head

12

Blocks resemble water droplet accessories, and the crown is made of copper, gold, pearls, cotton, and so on.

And this phoenix crown is not an object from the Sui Dynasty period, but after Empress Xiao's death, Tang Taizong Li Shimin ordered people to build it and become empress Xiao's funerary product.

This phoenix crown is quite gorgeous, judging from the number of flowers and trees, it can be seen that Tang Taizong respects Empress Xiao more, because the common phoenix crowns are only available

Flower tree, and Empress Xiao's phoenix crown has

A tree of flowers.

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

Two

Empress Xiaozhuang's phoenix crown

Empress Xiaozhuang was the wife of the Wanli Emperor and was buried with the Wanli Emperor in Dingling after her death. When Dingling was discovered, experts found it worn by Empress Xiaozhuang

Kowloon Nine Phoenix Crown

The value of this phoenix crown is immeasurable, and both the craftsmanship and the degree of exquisiteness are shocking. This crown is set with hundreds of gemstones, as many as pearls

5000

The rest.

There are large flowered trees on the top of the crown of the phoenix

tree, small flower tree

3

Nine dragons and four colored phoenixes hovered over it, flanked by tassels made of gemstones and pearls.

The most precious thing is the diancui technology on it, and the diancui area is very large and the shape is particularly complex. The dot kingfisher needs the fluff on the kingfisher, and only a small part of each kingfisher can be removed.

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

After research,

The dotted green area of this phoenix crown

Tens of thousands of kingfishers are required to complete, which shows how exquisitely made.

Zhen Huan's headdress used the Diancui technique, and this is a genuine product borrowed from a collector, and its value is as high as one million.

Presumably, when everyone watched Zhen Huan's biography, they were all attracted by Huafei's exquisite headdress, and the exquisiteness of this Nine Dragon Nine Phoenix Phoenix Crown was far more exquisite than Huafei's headdress.

Three

Mink inlaid with beads queen winter crown

This phoenix crown is the crown of the empress of the Qing Dynasty, and it is slightly different from other phoenix crowns because it combines Manchu nomadic culture and Han culture, making the phoenix crown look more "diverse".

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

The crown is round, the bottom is based on mink, and seven golden phoenixes are circling around, at the same time

Phoenix crown

There are also three golden phoenixes at the top, and there is also a large east bead embedded in the top, which is not a particularly precious thing.

Because Dongzhu is produced in the birthplace of the Manchus, it is particularly valuable in the eyes of the Manchus because the output is relatively small. The head, wings and tail of the phoenix are decorated with pearls, and the back of the phoenix is inlaid with opals, and when the light shines on the gem, the crown will appear more obvious light bands, which looks particularly dazzling.

The entire crown is inlaid with opal

Block, East Pearl

88

and pearls

516

Pieces. Combined with other precious materials and superb craftsmanship, this phoenix crown looks sparkling and makes people unable to take their eyes off it.

How luxurious were ancient headdresses? Look at the 3 phoenix crowns unearthed in China, the second one requires 10,000 kingfishers

epilogue

These phoenix crowns have their own unique charm, and the author still likes the phoenix crown of Empress Xiaozhuang the most, which not only looks particularly exquisite, but also looks particularly atmospheric. Can show the style of the mother of a country, I don't know what everyone thinks about this?

Read on