In the National Palace Museum in Taipei, there is such a cultural relic, many people come thousands of miles to admire it, just to be able to see it at a close distance through the glass, even if there is no complaint in line for several hours, this is the famous jade carving treasure - jade cabbage. So, why is emerald cabbage so famous and fascinating?
Who is the owner of the emerald cabbage?
The most widely circulated theory is that this jade cabbage jade carving, which was the dowry of the Concubine Jin of the Guangxu Emperor, was once placed in the Yonghe Palace where Concubine Jin lived. Princess Jin was the daughter of the Qing Dynasty's Right Attendant Changxu of hubu and the sister of another concubine of the Guangxu Emperor, Concubine Zhen.
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Although the two sisters entered the palace together to marry the Guangxu Emperor, their personalities and fates were very different. Princess Zhen was clever and beautiful, clever and eccentric, and was very favored by the Guangxu Emperor, but she was hated by Cixi, and unfortunately had a red face and a short life, and she died at a young age.
Concubine Jin
Princess Jin has a calm personality, a wide heart and a fat body, and was not favored when she first entered the palace, but she did not argue or grab, and her free time was not to complain about the world, but to study food and calligraphy, and she was able to die well in her later years.
Princess Jin, who loves food and cooking, in the Yonghe Palace where she lives, places such a wonderful emerald cabbage, verdant, not only noble and elegant but also means beautiful, but also echoes her interests and hobbies, and has the fun of finishing touches.
Why is emerald cabbage so precious?
This jade cabbage, its material is extremely fine jadeite jade, warm and flawless, crystal clear, jade rough is naturally half white, half emerald green, like the color of Chinese cabbage. Therefore, the skillful jade smith brought into full play the natural beauty of this jade.
Jadeite uses beautiful colors, carving the emerald green part of the jade into the green leaves of chinese cabbage, green and tender, and two insects are vividly lying on the leaves, and if you look closely, it is a grasshopper and a grasshopper, which is amazing! The white rough in the lower part of the jade is cleverly used, carved into a cabbage gang of cabbage, and the whole jade carving is really natural and ingenious!
What does emerald cabbage mean?
Emerald cabbage, as the name suggests, what is the harmonic sound of cabbage? It is "hundreds of wealth", so the emerald cabbage also means to recruit wealth into the treasure, auspicious and pure. The grasshoppers and grasshoppers on the cabbage also mean that many children are blessed and their children are prosperous.
Gentlemen are as gentle as jade, and jade has been deeply loved by literati and scholars from ancient times to the present, as the saying goes: Gentlemen do not leave the body for no reason. Jade itself is a symbol of nobility and elegance, and jade, after being exquisitely carved, has transformed into a jade carving treasure with beautiful symbolic significance, becoming a pleasing work of art for generations.
It's no wonder that people come from all over the world and line up for hours just to see it. In your impression, what other jade objects that have amazed the world and have been handed down through the ages are worth recommending? Comment area message exchange.
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