introduction
The emperor was the master of feudal society and the supreme true dragon tianzi. The clothes worn are called dragon robes, the sons born are called dragons, and the sleeping beds are called dragon beds, and it is said in the Book of Immortals:
"Han Zhihe has a Taoist technique, when Xianzong is in power, he offers a dragon bed, and when he sits, the scales, hyena claws, and horns all move"
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It can be seen that even the place where you sleep is covered with dragon patterns, in short, in ancient times, the dragon was a symbol of the emperor, and if someone privately modified the dragon robe and other objects, it was a major crime of rebellion.
Ancient nobles paid attention to pomp and circumstance, and the use of high-quality materials for food. In particular, the furniture in the homes of the imperial relatives is carved with dense patterns.
The more complex and exquisite the pattern, the higher the status of the host's family, especially the utensils used in the palace, almost all of which are covered with dragon patterns. Many others are made of pure gold and can only be used by the emperor.
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However, with the development of the times, feudal society has long since perished, and those very exquisite and expensive utensils have also been left everywhere. Many wooden utensils have been damaged, and very little remains today. After all, furniture is not a small and exquisite thing such as jewelry and jade, and it is extremely difficult to preserve and difficult to pass on.
Who would have the heart to run around with huge furniture in times of war? There are many people who do not recognize the goods when the firewood is not impossible.
Large furniture with a history can only be found out from the exhibition, in 2007, a dragon bed exhibit appeared as soon as it detonated the attention of everyone,
A 3-ton "dragon bed" in the Qing Dynasty Imperial Palace appeared, the expert asked to hand it in, and the collector said: I want 500 million, what is the matter?
Speaking of the origin of this exhibit, its owner is named Lin Rengui, who runs a well-known sneaker manufacturing factory in the country and has accumulated a lot of wealth.
In addition to handling company affairs, Lin Rengui's favorite thing is to collect various cultural relics. Among the many collections, Lin Rengui is most proud of this centuries-old dragon bed.
Friends knew that Lin Rengui liked to collect, and found out that there was a dragon bed in a person's house in Shandong, which was where the emperor slept. Lin Rengui heard the interest, hurriedly ran to Shandong with people to find out, when he saw this dragon bed, Lin Rengui could not help but be a little disappointed, everywhere was full of ash, and he couldn't see it at all
Half a point
The nobility of royal artifacts.
However, after careful cleaning, it was found that the surrounding area of the bed was carved with dragon carvings, according to the seller's description that his ancestors were once members of the royal family, and after the fall of the Qing government, many things were shipped out of the palace, but most of them had been sold, leaving only this dragon bed weighing three tons.
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They didn't plan to sell this thing either, after all, after selling it all, there would be no more. Lin Rengui wanted it very much, said that he could exchange it for the same price, and finally exchanged more than ten porcelain for this dragon bed. When he was cleaned up after shipping home, he realized that something was wrong, and the dragon bed had a faint smell. When he had finished cleaning it all, he found that the wood used to make the dragon bed was agarwood.
Agarwood is very precious, is the preferred material for top crafts, and is also the superior raw material in the court. What kind of four treasures of the study room, incense and so on, many of which are made of agarwood. But those are all gadgets, and such a large agarwood dragon bed is rare.
As the saying goes, things are rare and expensive, and such a valuable material as agarwood is unattainable in the market. This dragon bed weighs three tons and is very finely crafted from a single piece of agarwood.
From the appearance, the dragon-shaped ornament is very majestic, with a strong sense of majesty, with a total of more than fifty green dragons.
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After the exhibition, experts estimated that the value could reach hundreds of millions of yuan, which was the first time that the dragon bed was found in China, not to mention that it was still beaten with agarwood. The three-ton agarwood alone is already worth a lot, not to mention a royal work of art, which has high historical research value.
Experts can't say how high the value of this thing is, and many people say that such a work of art should not sink in the private sector, but should be handed over to the state.
Lin Rengui was naturally reluctant about this, after all, he had spent a lot of effort to get it. So the direct price of five hundred million, of course, this is only Lin Rengui deliberately, in order to scare off those who want to buy the collection players.
Later, some people felt that this bed was the one of the Forbidden City, on which there may have been more than one emperor, and after the Qing government destroyed the princes and ministers who were driven out of the palace, someone took the opportunity to transport the dragon bed away. I thought it would have been ruined long ago, and who knows there will be a moment to see the light of day again.
epilogue
Many people have been persuading Lin Rengui to donate the dragon bed so that more people can see it. It's just that this thing is still Lin Rengui's personal belongings in the final analysis, and it should not be forced on others, then again
The reason why cultural relics are valuable lies in the historical baptism they have experienced, so that more people can see the value of cultural relics in order to awaken people's awareness of cultural relics protection, and at the same time, they can feel China's profound material culture.
Resources:
"Immortal Miscellaneous"