Speaking of bead curtains, our first impression is the beaded curtain hanging in the female boudoir of the TV series. It is elegant and beautiful, and it is full of light, like a shining star hanging. The evening breeze blows, blowing beads, colliding and clanging, converging into a piece of music, which is a heartwarming ornament.
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There is also a place where beaded curtains are seen, and that is the emperor's crown. If the bead curtain of the fragrant bride is to decorate the room, then the bead curtain of the imperial crown is not just a modification, the bead curtain of the imperial crown has an extraordinary meaning.
Crown, one of the ancient Han chinese crowns. According to legend, the crown system began with the Yellow Emperor and was completed during the Zhou Dynasty. In ancient times, emperors, princes, and qing masters participated in grand sacrifices, and the crown was the most valuable person in the crown.
The emperor's crown is generally composed of "綖", "旒", "缨", "紞", "紙", "紘" and so on. 綖, that is, the rectangular plate on the top of the head, the front circle and the rear circle, which means the round place of heaven; 旒, that is, the beaded jade curtain hanging in front of the square plate, is generally made of multicolored silk threads through the multicolored beads and jade strings; Tassels, red silk ropes hanging from the left and right of the tiara; 紞, has a special purpose, is also made of silk rope, the lower end of the rope has a yellow cotton pill, the special term is called 黈纩; 纩, in fact, is the jade hanging on the head of the zhen, called 瑱, because the two pieces of 瑱 are located right next to the left and right ears, so it is also known as ear filling and ear plug; How is the crown fixed to the head? Using something called a jade fence is actually a hairpin commonly known as a hairpin; The two ends of the jade fence are tied with vermilion ribbons around the chin, so that the entire crown can be fixed, called a ribbon.
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旒 is the beaded curtain that stands in front of Tianzi's eyes, and the standard scientific title is jade algae. The number of roots of the beaded curtain is exquisite, the crown of the Son of Heaven is twelve (if it is said that there are twelve before and after, then there are a total of twenty-four). Princes nine (eighteen), upper doctor seven (fourteen), lower doctor five (ten). From a visual point of view, the bead curtain hanging in front of the eyes will obviously affect the line of sight, so why hang it?
The Eastern Shuo of the Western Han Dynasty gave us an explanation: the beaded curtain fell on the front of the emperor's hat, which was used to properly block the line of sight, and the jade block next to the ears was blocked, precisely in order to properly reduce the sense of hearing, so that it could ignore and forgive people's small faults, and we must not demand that everyone be perfect, and when we should turn a blind eye, we should also turn a blind eye, which is rare and confused!
However, there is also such an explanation: the curtain in front of the emperor can see the expressions of others, while others cannot accurately see the expressions of the emperor, representing the unpredictability of the emperor's heart and maintaining the majesty of the emperor.
Therefore, the bead curtain of the imperial crown is really indispensable, and its role is really not small.
Buddha statue on the hat of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty
The imperial crown of the Qing Emperor is divided into winter and summer, and it is the top hat worn by the emperor during the imperial meeting and sacrifice. The crown of the Winter Dynasty is smoked mink and black fox, and the crown of the Summer Dynasty is jade grass. Regardless of the winter and summer, the crown is crowned up, covered with beads, decorated with three layers of gold in the middle, each layer is decorated with a first-class big east bead, around the golden top, decorated with four golden dragons, the dragon's head and back are each inlaid with a first-class big east pearl, the four dragons each have a big east bead, the back of the hat is decorated with seven first-class east beads, and the emperor's crown is decorated with a total of twenty-two big east beads. The Jurchens believed in Buddhism, and the emperor believed that since the Buddha could purify all sentient beings, it was also necessary to be a good emperor. That golden Buddha should be the Amitabha Buddha of the Three Buddhas, also known as the Immeasurable Pure Buddha, the Immeasurable Light Buddha, the Immeasurable Life Buddha, and so on; Tibetan Buddhism is called Moon Padmasambhava, and in Mahayana Buddhism, he is considered to be a Buddha elsewhere in the Western paradise world. All schools of Mahayana Buddhism generally accept Amitabha, but pure land buddhism has a preoccupation with amitabha as its main feature. The Japanese Master of The Eastern Tantric Sect believes that Amitabha Buddha is the incarnation of Vishnu Buddha (Vilujana Buddha, that is, the Great Sun Rulai, is the Dharma body of Shakyamuni), and the Lotus Pond Master of the Pure Land Sect of the Ming Dynasty has the same view.
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In Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama is considered to be the embodiment of Amitabha Buddha. The Qing Dynasty costume system also stipulated that different costumes should be worn and corresponding crowns and hats should be worn on the head. The emperor's crown and hat are the crown of the imperial dress, the crown of the jifu, the crown of the regular dress, and the crown of the walking dress. The crown of the Winter Dynasty is smoked mink and black fox, and the crown of the Summer Dynasty is jade grass. The emperor's crowns were the Imperial Crown, the Jifu Crown, the Regular Costume Crown, and the Walking Crown. The crown is divided into winter and summer. The winter crown is rolled-eaves, made of sea dragon, smoked mink or black fox skin, covered with red velvet thread on the outside, decorated with a cylindrical three-tier golden roof in the middle, and a first-class Large Eastern bead in the middle of each layer. It surrounds the golden dome and is decorated with four golden dragons. The golden dragon's head and back are each inlaid with a first-class large eastern pearl, and the four golden dragons each have a eastern pearl in their mouths. The Xia Dynasty crown is bowl-shaped and woven with jade grass, vines and bamboo bridges. Its top is also cylindrical, with three layers, each layer is a four-gold dragon hugging, each decorated with a dongzhu in the mouth, and a large eastern bead on the top end. On the crown eaves, the former Golden Buddha, embedded with fifteen eastern beads, and the latter "Shelin", decorated with seven eastern beads in the front. Crowned with a golden seat with a flowered gold seat at the top and a large pearl at the top. Often wear a crown, black velvet full of red wisps, red velvet knot top.