The Dream of the Red Chamber is just a few times, and a few inconspicuous objects have revealed a family with a prominent status. After the Rongguo Mansion reached a heyday, it was still necessary to count Jia Yuanchun to choose the Fengzao Palace, and the Emperor granted permission to go back to the province, and the Jia Mansion spent a huge amount of money to build the Grand View Garden, and at this moment, it was no better than what was spent "like water." ”
"Qing Sun Wen Painted the Whole Book of dream of the Red Chamber" Yuan Fei Province Pro-Map (Partial)
Lushun Museum Collection
Yuan Concubines were provincial and rewarded according to the custom, and the "treasures" given by these noble concubines made Jia Fu have another layer of dazzling light.
Let's start with the original text:
When he was young, the eunuch knelt down and said, "If you have all the gifts, please check the examples." "It is a slight section. Concubine Jia looked at it from the beginning, and she was very compromised, and she was ordered to do so. The eunuch listened and came down to distribute them one by one. It turned out that Jia Mu's was a handle of gold and jade ruyi, a pillar of agarwood, a string of ganan rosary beads, four satin horses of the "Rich and Noble Changchun" palace, four horses of the "Fushou Long" palace, ten purple ingots of "pen ingots of ruyi", and ten ingots of silver and ten ingots of silver and jade. Lady Xing and Lady Wang were divided into two points, and only ruyi, abduction, and pearl were subtracted. Jia Jing, Jia Shu, Jia Zheng, etc., each point of the new imperial system of the two parts, Bao Mo two boxes, gold, silver lords each two, the table ceremony according to the front. Baochao, Daiyu sisters, etc., each with a new book, a treasure yan side, a new format of gold and silver hammer two pairs. You Shi, Li Feng, Feng Jie, etc., are all gold and silver hammer four ingots, and the four ends of the table ceremony. Twenty-four outward gifts and a hundred strings of money were given to Jia Mu, Madame Wang, and the grandmothers in the sisters' rooms. Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, Jia Huan, Jia Rong, etc., are all a point of gift, a pair of gold hammers. The rest of the colorful satin hundreds of ends, gold and silver thousand two, and the imperial wine feast were given to the people in the garden of the east and west provinces to manage the project, the furnishings, the promise, the drama, and the palm lamp. There are five hundred strings of money outside, which are given to the cooks, the good men, the hundred plays, and the miscellaneous people.
We see that Jia Mu has the highest status in the whole Jia Province, and the gifts received are also the most representative. One of the most weighty is "one for each of the golden jade ruyi." ”
Qingqianlong Rosewood handle hundred treasures inlaid with white jade ruyi
Guanfu Museum Collection
Ruyi, traditional Chinese craft ornaments, its shape such as Ganoderma lucidum, mostly made of expensive materials such as gold or jade, mostly used by people with status and status, representing the smooth heart.
Here Jia Mu has a handle of Gold and Jade Ruyi, and the two wives of Xing and Wang are subtracted, which is actually a default of the identity status of Jin Ruyi and Yu Ruyi.
Qing Agarwood carved eight immortal patterns as desired
Collection of the Palace Museum
Agarwood pillar, agarwood is a precious spice wood, "Materia Medica" recorded: agarwood has a strong antibacterial effect, aroma into the spleen, clear the spirit of the effect.
With agarwood as a crutch, the first agarwood is precious and can highlight royal etiquette, and the medicinal value of the second agarwood can be used for a long time to volatilize, which can be described as complementary.
Qing Canaan Xiang Fu Shou Eighteen Sons Bracelet
Canaanite rosary, Canaanite incense is also agarwood, is a fragrance that can both emit aroma, but also medicinal spices, the material is precious, and the ornaments made of Canaanite incense are mostly made by the court and are deeply loved by the aristocratic class.
Northern Song Dynasty Tanzhou "Chongning Fifty-Two" Silver Collar
The most frequent of these rewards is the "gold and silver hammer".
Technetium is a small ingot made of metal. Its shape is different, there are horseshoe shape, yuanbao shape, steamed bun shape and so on. Most of the spindles in the shape of "pen ingots are ruyi" and "auspicious and fishy" are made to appreciate and play, in order to seek a festive. Most of the ordinary shapes are used for circulation. Here, the sisters of Baochao and Daiyu also got two pairs of fresh style gold and silver hammers.
Ming Dynasty Huiwen Jinjue Cup
There is also a reward that only men of Jia Jing's generation have, "two gold and silver lords each."
Jue is an ancient wine vessel, which was given to the princes when the Son of Heaven was divided into princes.
Here there are gold and silver lords to reward the father's generation, which is also a sign that the political status of Jia Zheng and others has improved.