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Red is the favorite color of the Chinese nation, and has even become a cultural totem and spiritual conversion of the Chinese, representing festivity, liveliness and peace. Chinese the history of modern times is a red history, carrying too many red memories of the Chinese people.
China's red waters are filled with the atmosphere of the ancient Qin and Han Dynasties; the legacy of the Tang and Song dynasties that continues the grand style; the splendid Wei and Jin veins are inherited; and the unique charm of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties flows. With its rich cultural connotations, it is coiled into an intricate Chinese knot, which highly summarizes the endless history of the dragon's inheritance.
Hurry up and follow the editor to see the touch of Chinese red in the ancient cultural relics!
Nanjing Museum carved lacquer landscape character pattern box
Height 25 cm, abdominal diameter 42 cm, thick wooden tire, very heavy to start. The sunflower petals are shaped, divided into two parts, the lid and the body, and the upper and lower parts are the same size. The cover is carved with landscape figures, more than 100 pavilions and pavilions, and the long corridor is connected. There are more than a hundred other characters walking through it. The four walls are choppy, and the dragons and dragons are nine each, ready to come out. Above the cover is a "Great Qing Dynasty Qianlong Year" print. This lacquer box has an extremely thick lacquer layer, fine carving, and a strong sense of three-dimensionality, which is one of the representative works of carving lacquer in the lacquerware process.
The production method is to layer the lacquer on the tire, and each layer is put into a special cellar to make the paint condense, and the paint is carved to a certain thickness before the pattern is begun.
Lotus leaf amber ornament of Liaoning Provincial Museum
Lotus leaf amber ornament, Liao Dynasty cultural relics, length 8.6 cm, width 6.8 cm, thickness 2.4 cm, excavated from Batu Yingzi, Xinmin City, Liaoning Province. The lotus leaf amber decoration is dark red, transparent, very lustrous, and the whole is lotus-shaped, with a hole running through the side. Amber is the product of the petrification of resins in geological history and is called "resin fossils". Lotus leaf amber is carved with blood persper, which is of excellent quality and workmanship, which is very precious.
National Museum of colorful embroidered butterfly red satin women's jacket
Qing Dynasty cultural relics, body length 176.5 cm, sleeve length 158 cm, jacket standing collar, right side, copper buckle, hem left and right slit; collar, placket, pendulum are all edged; red satin floor, color embroidered blue flower butterfly pattern.
The National Museum of Red Paint depicts a golden cloud dragon pattern
Qing, Qianlong, height 34 cm, maximum width 37 cm, court wind instrument. Red lacquer throughout. Sixteen blow pipes are arranged in the upper part, straight to the end, each pipe represents a tone, marked with the name of the rhythm, from left to right, "Bei Yi Ze, Bei Wu Shoot, Huang Zhong, Tai Tu, Gu Wash, Bin, Yi Ze, Wu Shoot, Ying Zhong, Nan Lu, Lin Zhong, Zhong Lu, Jia Zhong, Da Lu, Bei Ying Zhong, Bei Nan Lu". The lower part is painted with two relative cloud dragon patterns on one side, and there is a four-character calligraphy of "Qianlong Year System" in the middle, and a two-dragon play bead pattern on the other side. The ornamentation and text are depicted in gold powder.
National Museum carmine glazed cup
Clear, height 5 cm, caliber 8.7 cm, foot diameter 3.6 cm, cup skimmer, curved wall, deep abdomen, circle foot. The inner wall is glazed with white glaze, the outer wall is glazed with carmine, and the blue and white double circle on the outer bottom is written in six characters and two lines of the book. Carmine glaze is a precious color glaze of the Qing Dynasty, created and fired in the late Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, with Yongzheng and Qianlong products being the most refined. Its production process on the fired porcelain, applied to the glaze containing one or two parts of gold, baked at low temperature in the furnace, the glaze is carmine red after firing, the color is fresh and soft, so it is called "carmine glaze", also known as "golden red".
Yongzheng carmine glaze ware are all official kiln products, mostly small pieces, including cups, bowls, plates, plates, water cups and so on. There are many books at the bottom of the instrument with blue and white Yongzheng models. It is very rare to have bowls and cups with multicolored, pastel or enamel colors, painted flowers and fruits, etc. This cup is exquisite and exquisite, the carcass is light and transparent, the enamel is uniform and bright, the color is delicate and dripping, and it is a treasure in the Yongzheng carmine glaze, which is rarely passed down from generation to generation.
Liaoning Provincial Museum cowpea red glaze tuan reticulated taibai zun
Cowpea red glaze is a famous color glaze created in the Kangxi period, mostly based on small pieces of stationery utensils, see willow leaf bottles, chrysanthemum bottles, pen washing, Taibai Zun, printing mud boxes and other varieties. This variety is very difficult to burn, so there are very few heirlooms, and it is regarded as a rare treasure!
The National Museum of Hongshan Water Pavilion character pattern double suitcase
Qing, Qianlong, length 34.5 cm, width 18.8 cm, height 32 cm, the carrying box refers to a layered and beamed box. The box is in a double style with two drawers on the upper part, connected by a copper handle and carved grooves. The carrying box opens two doors facing the front, and the façade is equipped with a bronze tag. This box is decorated with echoes as the decorative shading, open light on all sides, and the whole body is embossed with figures, landscapes, and pavilion patterns, with a wide range of contents and rich layers. This box is richly decorated, exquisitely carved and the whole is well preserved.
From the red wall of the vermilion gate to the mahogany cabinet; from the child's intimate belly pocket to the wedding with the theme of Chinese red; from the belt of the main life year and the tassel of peiyu to the birthday peach of the birthday star; from the lanterns hanging during the New Year's Festival to the Spring Festival, pouring blessings and window flowers posted by every household, from the red envelope of pressing the old to the firecrackers that remove the old and welcome the new...
Relying on the farming culture and taking the family consciousness as the core, China Red has been deeply embedded in the soul of the Chinese through subtle edification, becoming a well-deserved talisman for settling down and establishing a life, and guarding the ideal territory of the unity of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
Chinese red is everywhere and everywhere.