It was exposed to wind and sun in the Taoist Temple, but was redeemed by Qianlong for thousands of dollars, expert: Zhenguo Baoyu
When it comes to antiques, I believe that the first thing that comes to mind is the exquisite and valuable objects, and most of these objects in our minds are small and delicate, such as a jade pendant, or a vase, which are loved by us because of their respective values.
Although these things mentioned before are small, they are exquisitely crafted, so they are valuable, because we can see the exquisite craftsmanship of ancient times through these things, as well as the shadows of some ancestors.
And today Xiaobian wants to talk about such a thing is a big object, this thing is compared with the antiques we usually see, it is very huge, although it is huge, but the process is still very exquisite, this thing is the Great Jade Sea.
If you talk about the big objects in the activity, I believe that many people will think of a bronze-colored big ding, but this big jade sea is a jade product, why is this thing a big object? Because it is 60 to 70 centimeters tall and has a caliber of about 150 centimeters, yes, you did not mistakenly hear that this object that can lie horizontally into a person is made of a whole piece of jade.
This piece of Jade Sea is a huge wine tank made by Kublai Khan in the Yuan Dynasty in order to show his national strength, this wine vessel weighs 3500 kilograms, and the material made is made by Dushan Jade, one of the four famous jades in China, and indeed as Kublai Khan wished, after Marco Polo came to China, he saw this wine vessel and expressed his surprise
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He said that the king of the kingdom of Sri Lanka once had a large ruby, but the value of that one gem was worth a city, and the jade stone seen here today may be worth more than four cities.
This whole piece of jade carved from the Great Jade Sea of Dushan Mountain, the color is blue-green, the pattern carved on the flag is very exquisite, the whole piece of Ninety-Seven from the inside to the outside has more than ten kinds of animal patterns, with dragons and mantis symbolizing the national strength of the Mongol Great Khan at this time, followed by sheep, carp, rhinoceros, horses, toads, mussels and many other animals, the bottom of which uses convoluted ripples to represent the waves, the overall device is magnificent.
Although this object is very extraordinary, his experience is very bumpy, and after the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Jade Sea of the Dushan Mountains naturally fell into the folk, and the last pile was in the Zhenwu Temple outside the Xihua Gate
The most ridiculous thing is that when the temple was rebuilt during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty,
The courtier Gao Shiqi discovered that this national treasure was actually used by people
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However, it was not brought back to the palace at that time, but placed in this temple.
Until the later Qianlong period, the emperor sent thousands of gold,
Only then did he redeem the Great Jade Sea of Dushan Mountain, and specially built a pavilion for it, called the Jade Urn Pavilion, for which Qianlong also wrote a poem carved on the inner wall of the Great Jade Sea of The Dushan Mountain.
At that time, when Qianlong redeemed the Great Jade Sea of Dushan Mountain, it did not take away the stone seat under it, so later someone specially carved it into a stone urn, placed it on the stone seat, and changed the Zhenwu Temple into a stone bowl nunnery to express the memorial, and by the way, to earn incense, until modern times, in the 1960s, it was the Zhenwu Temple that was converted into a residential house because of damage, and the actual Dushan Dahehai and the stone seat were moved to the Fayuan Temple outside Xuanwu Gate.
Until now, the value of The Great Mountain and the Sea has been gradually discovered by people, and experts also believe that this jade represents the peak of production power in the Yuan Dynasty.
After careful consideration by many experts, this jade is listed as the first jade in the town.
As for why it is listed as the first of the jade?
One of the most important reasons is that as an antique, the real value lies in being able to record the changes of history, and this jade from the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty has been recorded in all the history that needs to be known for us, and it is a national instrument that truly records the fortunes of the country.
Even with so many halos, we still can't forget its history as a pickle jar, and when we mention this history, we still can't help but laugh at it, which may be "the heavens will descend on the Slovaks, and they must first suffer their hearts".