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"In nine days, the palace was opened, and all the nations were crowned with crowns." The Tang Dynasty, which was peaceful and prosperous and the coming of all nations, can be regarded as one of the proudest historical periods in the hearts of Chinese, and without the worries of dressing and hunger, people turned to the pursuit of spiritual abundance, and made a lot of efforts in clothing and jewelry...
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Today, Jewel Jun would like to introduce a Tang Dynasty princess phoenix crown exhibited in the Shaanxi Archaeological Museum, which is a treasure made of a variety of craftsmanship and all the precious jewelry of the Tang Dynasty! So what exactly is its value? What are some of the world's most stunning gem crowns? Read on and you'll know!
First, the phoenix crown Xia Shuai, ten miles of red makeup
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The Phoenix Crown of the Princess of the Tang Dynasty is now exhibited in the Shaanxi Archaeological Museum, and the Phoenix Crown restored by experts uses more than ten kinds of materials including gold, silver, pearls, turquoise, etc., and adopts the process of casting, pounding, gilding and so on, showing the grand situation of the Tang Dynasty and the super high level of craftsmen.
It is inlaid with turquoise, amber, pearls, rubies, shells, agate and other rare treasures, and the number of gemstones alone is more than 370! This couldn't help but make Gem Jun admire, she was wearing the entire Prosperous Tang Dynasty on her head!
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Marvel at the grace and magnificence of the phoenix crown and marvel at the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. This made Bao Yujun can't help but think, "Under the flower candle, the black silk robe, the phoenix crown Xia Shuai, it is not weathery." This sentence.
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This princess of the Tang Dynasty, Li Qian, may have also been excited, dressed in the most gorgeous and rich wedding dress of the Tang Dynasty, wearing a phoenix crown that combines the jewelry and craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty, married someone and married a woman, and opened the prelude to her future life... When wearing the phoenix crown, what kind of mood will Princess Li Wei have?
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A phoenix crown pulls us into the vast river of time and space, and we can also touch the residual temperature of historical figures from cultural relics. The people of the two eras are as small as ephemerals, clinging to their respective wooden boards, greeting each other with the help of a cultural relic that has been wandering for thousands of years... How can this not make people's hearts flutter and tears?
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Second, the phoenix crown of the past dynasties shows grace
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Like clothing, the evolution and development of the phoenix crown is also very dynastic, and let the jewel jun take you to appreciate the phoenix crown of the Song and Ming dynasties and appreciate their dynastic legends.
Empress Cao's crown
I believe that everyone is no stranger to the TV series "Qing Ping Le", the crew has a rigorous and respectful attitude towards history, and has also studied the costumes of the Song Dynasty, and the Empress Cao's crown in the stills is restored according to the portrait.
("Song Renzong's Rear Seated Portrait Axis"
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During the Northern Song Dynasty, the social economy prospered, and women's crowns also formed the style of their own times, and the phoenix crown can be divided into ceremonial crowns and poop crowns from the occasions worn. The crown worn by Empress Cao was a ceremonial crown.
(Excerpt from "Gong Le Tu"
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According to the records of historical materials, it can be seen that the flowers, sideburns, phoenixes, kingfishers, dragons and pearls are the main decorations on the crown of the queen concubines, friends who have watched the TV series probably have a deep understanding, the phoenix crowns worn by the queen concubines seem to be one by one "swaggering", and the luxurious grace of the Tang Dynasty jewelry seems to have been inherited and developed by the Song Dynasty.
(Excerpt from "Flower Stone Lady Figure")
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Although film and television creation has elements of imagination and fiction, Gem Jun had to be impressed by the imagination and creativity of the ancients!
Empress Ming Xiaoduan Kowloon Nine Phoenix Crown
The owner of the phoenix crown was Empress Xiaojing of the Ming Dynasty. Empress Xiaojing was an imperial concubine during her lifetime, and was posthumously honored as an empress, and the phoenix crown is now in the Palace Museum.
According to the "Ming HuiJiao", at that time, it was stipulated that the queen's phoenix crown was "nine dragons and four phoenix crowns, lacquered bamboo wire as a round frame, with jade, decorated with cuilong nine gold phoenix four, in the middle of a dragon title large bead one, on the top of the cui cover, drooping beads, Yu are all mouth bead drops." Forty pieces of pearl clouds, twelve trees of large pearl flowers, and three small pearl flowers like large pearl flowers."
(Source: The official website of the Palace Museum)
The crown is woven with fine bamboo wire with lacquer, decorated with kingfisher feathers and dotted with ruyi clouds, surrounded by 18 plum blossoms made of pearls and gemstones. The front of the crown is decorated with a symmetrical pair of emerald blue flying phoenixes.
At the top of the crown, there are 3 golden dragons woven with gold wire, of which the left and right two mouth jewelry tassels. The back of the crown is decorated with six pearls and gemstones made of "Bo sideburns", which are fanned out to the left and right. The crown mouth is along the flowers made of inlaid rubies for a week. The color has been gorgeous for a hundred years, the style is generous, and it has the style of a great power dynasty.
Third, the crown of an exotic land, appreciate the sameness
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After admiring the traditional Chinese crown, Gem Jun will take you to appreciate the exotic beauty and take a look at the world-famous gem crowns!
Crown of the Grand Duchess of Vladimir
The Crown of grand duchess Vladimir was a gift from Grand Duchess Vladimir Aleksandrovich of Russia when she married her wife, Maria Pavlovna.
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Soon after, a revolution broke out in Russia, the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna went into exile, and the crown was smuggled out of Russia and exiled to Britain in 1917. Finally, in 1921, Queen Mary purchased it from the daughter of the Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna.
At that time, the crown was already somewhat damaged. Queen Mary asked the jewelers of the royal family to repair the crown. Three years later, 15 large emerald gemstones were set in this crown to give rise to the crown that it is today.
Pearl Tears
"Pearl Tears", real name "Cambridge Lover's Knot Crown", was created in the 20th century during the queen Mary period. After Queen Mary's death, the crown passed to her granddaughter Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth II was very fond of this crown, and when Diana and Charles got married, she gave the crown to Princess Dai as a wedding gift.
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Princess Diana loved the crown and wore it many times to major occasions. Against the backdrop of white pearls, Princess Diana shines like a holy angel.
Dutch Sapphire Crown
Jewelry styles vary from country to country, and the Netherlands focuses more on highlighting large gemstones and increasing royal style than the British crown, which likes to display a wide variety of gemstones.
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This sapphire crown, which includes 655 South African diamonds and 33 cashmere sapphires, is beautifully cut, with a large central square sapphire in the middle, a smaller sapphire on top and bottom and five diamonds of left and right equality, and the center of the crown with sapphire can be removed to wear as a brooch, with great flexibility and applicability.
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Whether it is a phoenix crown or a crown, they are the most faithful witnesses of a period of history, and they are also the most powerful postcards of a national culture. What the? Don't know where to go to learn jewelry styles and jewelry stories from different countries? Go pay attention to the gem Jun, the wonderful push does not get lost!
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