If you mention the quantity and quality of treasures, it is estimated that there is no way to compare with the Forbidden City anywhere, in the 276 years of feudal rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Ai xin Jueluo family has collected too many rare treasures, and the treasure we are going to talk about today was found in the Qing Dynasty Palace, and it still has three unsolved mysteries, and even experts cannot answer. If you want to know the truth behind the "baby", then let the editor reveal the secret for you.
In November 1924, Puyi was expelled from the Forbidden City, marking the complete collapse of the Qing Dynasty. Subsequently, various experts began to study and archive the cultural relics in the treasure house of the Forbidden City, identify and clean up, and in the process of cleaning up the treasure house, the experts accidentally found a "special" jade pendant.
This is a jade pendant carved with eagle and human head motifs, the jade pendant is 9.1 cm long, 5.2 cm wide, 0.9 cm thick, the jade is bluish yellow, due to its age, or has been buried in the soil for a long time, so there is a local brown jade Qin.
The eagle carved on the jade pendant is full of form, the hooked mouth, round eyes, and expression are very fierce, the eagle's head is crooked to one side, and it is flying with its wings spread, and the most terrifying thing is that it also grabs a human head on each of its two claws. In view of the unique shape of the artifact, experts have given it the name of the shape, calling it "Jade Eagle Grabbing People's First Pendant".
Experts in the discovery of the jade pendant, but also very surprised, in order to better understand the secret behind the jade pendant, they also specially organized an appraisal, more than a dozen domestic jade industry authorities gathered together, they have reached a consensus on the texture and shape of the jade pendant, but this jade pendant also has a lot of expert controversy.
What exactly are the experts arguing about? Let's talk about the unsolved mysteries on this piece of "Jade Eagle Grabbing People's First Pendant", there are three main mysteries.
1. The age of the jade pendant
Experts determine the age of jade in two ways, the first method is to analyze the shape and pattern of the artifact, etc., to analyze which era its style belongs to. The second method is to determine the exact time of carving according to the carbon element on the artifact.
However, the conclusions reached by the two methods are diametrically opposed, experts deduce that this may be a relic of the Shang Zhou era according to the modeling style of the artifact, while the measurement of the instrument shows that the age of jade carving is much earlier than that of the Shang Zhou period, and even back to the ancient times.
2. The place of origin of the jade pendant
Judging from the color of the jade pendant, it should have been buried in the soil for many years, so this cultural relic should have been excavated from the tomb.
However, the experts went through the Qing Palace Archives and did not find any records of the origin of this jade pendant. Some experts believe that the style of this jade is very similar to some jade objects excavated from the Shijiahe culture, so it is more likely to be excavated at the Shijiahe site.
However, there are also many experts who hold opposing opinions, and they also cite a lot of counter-evidence, proving that this jade has nothing to do with Shijiahe. This made the study of the birthplace of the jade pendant once again fall into a puzzle.
3. Meaning of jade pendant pattern
In the traditional culture of the mainland, jade carving has always paid attention to elegance and beauty, symbolizing auspiciousness and good wishes, and never carving discordant scenes on jade. After the jade pendant was discovered, the experts were surprised, because this tragic and bloody scene was really contrary to the meaning of jade.
For the pattern on the jade pendant, many experts believe that this is related to the ancient sacrifice activities; some experts believe that this eagle grabbing the head pendant may be a totem advocating the tribe of force.
As the discussion and research deepened, there were more and more mysteries about Yu Pei's body, such as who discovered it? Why is it in the Royal Palace? Which emperor of the Qing Dynasty is it related to? This series of mysteries still haunts the jade pendant, making it difficult to solve them all.
Nowadays, this jade pendant has been collected in the Palace Museum, although there are too many mysteries on its body to be solved, but these fogs can not hide its "precious" value, it is a masterpiece at a certain stage in the development of human society, and it is also the most valuable cultural relics left to us by the ancients.
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm