After visiting and learning about some of the attractions of the West Sixth Palace and Chonghua Palace of the Forbidden City, we will walk into the Treasure Hall again.
The area of the Forbidden City Treasure Hall
The previous article "Into the Forbidden City (6) Visiting the Imperial Palace and the Treasure Hall" briefly introduced the history of some treasure halls, and today we will walk into the treasure hall again to appreciate the treasures of the Palace Museum that are luxurious and luxurious.
Entrance to the Hall of Treasures
Walk into the Treasure Hall; The Treasure Hall is located in the Nourishing Hall (Room 1), Le Shou Hall (Room 2), and Summer Palace (Room 3).
The Treasure Hall is an exhibition hall set up by selecting all kinds of fine works from the collection of millions of pieces of the Palace Museum (except paintings, bronzes and ceramics), mainly displaying the treasures of the Qing Dynasty court relics, and is the permanent exhibition area with the longest exhibition time in the history of the Palace Museum.
The Palace Museum in Beijing opened in 1958. It is one of the important perennial exhibition halls of the Palace Museum. Together with the Clock and Watch Museum, it mainly displays the treasures of the Qing Dynasty court cultural relics, and forms the Forbidden City display system together with the calligraphy and painting, ceramics, bronze, handicrafts and other museums, which complements each other with the display of the original state of the ancient buildings.
The Treasure Hall is a treasure trove, with all kinds of gemstones, glittering gold and silver vessels, pearls and jade, as well as gold silk phoenix crowns, ivory jade carvings, all kinds of treasures are unparalleled in the world; The most prominent is the unique Pickaxe Tower.
Room 1 Main Displays: (1) Golden Chimes. (2) Jasper chime. (3) Gold seal. (4) Golden Book. (5) Ruyi. (6) Blonde Tower. (7) Gold furnace and gold pot. (8) Tableware and tea set.
The second room mainly exhibits: (1) dragon robe. (2) Armor. (3) Phoenix crown. (4) Shwedagon Pagoda. (5) Seven treasures and eight treasures. (6) Chaozhu. (7) Ivory mats. (8) Dayushan.
The third room displays palace furnishings such as jade Sendai and celestial globes.
Introduction to the Treasure House
Most of the collections in the treasure hall are the emperors and queens of the Ming and Qing dynasties and some princes and nobles harem concubines and concubines, the design is exquisite, the craftsmanship is exquisite, the materials are luxurious, it is staggering, they can fully reflect the superb cultural and artistic level at that time, and can also reflect the luxurious life of the ruling class from another side.
How many treasures are there in the Palace Museum in Beijing?
The Palace Museum displays many national treasures, and almost all of China's rare treasures are properly collected and safeguarded in it.
The national treasure-level cultural relics in the Palace Museum are not only priceless, but also unique and fine.
It is said that the biggest feature of the cultural relics in the Palace Museum's collection is the "inverted pyramid" structure, "precious cultural relics account for 93.2%, general cultural relics account for 6.4%, and materials account for only 0.4%, and almost all of them are precious cultural relics classified by the state."
The Palace Museum currently has a collection of more than 1.8 million cultural relics, most of which belong to the Qing Dynasty court relics, which are now known as the "Qing Palace Collection". Some of the old collections of the Qing Dynasty originated from the collections of the previous imperial family, and some were made by the palace construction system - the Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Suzhou, Nanjing, and Hangzhou Three Weaving Industries, as well as the tributes of local officials during the New Year's Festival, and even gifts from ethnic minority regimes or exchanges with Western countries.
Among them, there are more than 350,000 pieces of ceramics, nearly 150,000 pieces of jadeware, porcelain, enamelware, glassware, stationery and carvings, and 130,000 pieces of weaving and embroidery. There are nearly 100,000 pieces of court utensils such as treasures, accessories, weapons, musical instruments, clocks and instruments, and household utensils, and nearly 100,000 pieces of calligraphy and paintings. There are more than 60,000 inscriptions, more than 30,000 pieces of metalware, and nearly 20,000 sculptures.
These cultural relics have been washed over the years and have become the material evidence of the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation. Some of them are made of gold, silver, jade, emerald, pearls, etc., which are not only precious materials, but also designed and manufactured by famous craftsmen, which can be described as exquisite and ingenious, representing the highest level of craftsmanship and technology at that time, showing the supreme bearing and dignity of the imperial power, and the royal rich and exquisite taste and fashion.
The "Treasure Hall" selects about 400 pieces (sets) of cultural relics from the collection of the Palace Museum, and combines the characteristics of the building to display jewelry, gold and silver, jade, and bonsai cultural relics in the four exhibition halls on both sides of the Imperial Palace.
The treasure hall, the clock hall, the stone drum hall, the four treasures of the study, the playthings hall, etc., there are many treasures in these halls.
Let's browse and appreciate those exquisite and priceless national treasures as the author browses!
One of the most prominent treasures of the Hodota Treasure Hall
Golden filament-encrusted pearl gemstone covered bowl tower
This tower has three major characteristics: one is the precious material, and the whole body of the tower is gold.
Second, the decoration is gorgeous, with pearls, turquoise, lapis lazuli, etc. inlaid all over the body, with an obvious Tibetan style decorative flavor.
The third is the unique shape, the center is the central tower, surrounded by eight small towers, which represent the four directions and eight directions, which is the embodiment of the spatial concept of Tibetan Buddhism. This tower is a typical form of Katsuraku Vajra.
Standing statue of Maitreya with gold inlaid pearls
Maitreya is a transliteration of the Sanskrit Maitreya, which translates as Cishi, succeeding Shakyamuni as the Buddha. This like the Bodhisattva costume, cast in gold, brilliant and dazzling, exquisite workmanship, elegant shape, the whole body is inlaid with more than 180 pieces of the royal family's royal pearls, showing the beauty of richness and solemnity, it is one of the golden Buddha boutiques cast during the Qianlong period.
A gold-encrusted jeweled statue of Shakyamuni Buddha
This statue has a serious face, a high nose bridge, and has the characteristics of a Central Asian, wearing a robe, the folds of the clothes are regular ridge-like undulations, and the hands are turning the wheel of Dharma, and the whole knees sit on the lotus flower.
Among the imperial and queen costumes on display in the Treasure Hall, this phoenix crown is the only phoenix crown of the empress of the Ming Dynasty.
Among the imperial and queen costumes on display in the Treasure Hall, this phoenix crown is the only phoenix crown of the empress of the Ming Dynasty.
Empress Xiaoduan Wang is an unfortunate woman who married Emperor Wanli and became an empress, enjoying all the honors of a woman, but not getting the happiness that a wife deserves. Emperor Wanli had no interest in her, the emperor loved Concubine Zheng Guifei deeply, and for the sake of this woman, he had been passive in government for decades. Concubine Zheng Guifei dreamed that her son would ascend to the throne and have the queen's phoenix crown, so the harem of the Wanli Dynasty was in constant trouble.
Concubine Zheng Guifei ended up empty, and Empress Xiaoduan died in deep pain after 42 years of reign, and her queen phoenix crown was buried underground with her. A queen's phoenix crown reflects the pain of two women's lives.
Mink beaded queen winter crown
The crown, as the name suggests, is the official hat worn by the ancient monarchs and ministers when they went to court, and this exquisite mink beaded queen winter dynasty crown is a typical representative. The crown is stacked with three golden silk phoenixes, surrounded by seven golden silk phoenixes, decorated with a gold Zhai behind the crown, and the whole crown is decorated with a lot of opal, east pearls, pearls, and is extremely luxurious.
The shape of the Winter Dynasty crown of the Qing Dynasty Empress Dowager and Empress is basically the same as that of the Emperor's Winter Dynasty crown, but more jewelry is used for decoration. The shape and decoration of the Xia Dynasty crown are basically the same as those of the Winter Dynasty crown, except that the golden silk phoenix is turned into a gold inlaid birch bark phoenix.
Dongzhu Chaozhu
The pearls matched with the crown are also a kind of ornaments that the monarchs and ministers of the Qing Dynasty need to wear when they go to the court, and the officials of the fifth rank of civil officials and the fourth rank of military attachés must wear the pearls when wearing court clothes. There are 108 beads in each plate, a plate of beads is divided into four parts, and a large bead of different textures is added between the parts, which is called "Buddha's head".
Dot emerald pearl wax necklace. clear
Portrait of Emperor Qianlong's court clothes
The texture of the pearl is generally the east pearl, coral, beeswax, lapis lazuli, the east pearl is the most noble, only the emperor and the queen mother can wear it when the ceremony is held in the palace.
The so-called eastern pearl is a pearl produced in the northeast region to distinguish it from the southern pearl produced in the south. Because the northeast was the land of Longxing of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty regarded the East Pearl as a treasure.
The Qing Dynasty royal family attached great importance to Dongzhu, a freshwater pearl produced in the lower reaches of the Songhua River and its tributaries in Northeast China, and once made a rule that only the palace could use it, and the princes and ministers were not allowed to use it at will.
The pearl is made of 108 eastern pearls, divided into four coral beads (also known as inlays), and the two sides of the beads are pierced with lapis lazuli beads, a total of 8 grains. One of them is connected with a coral bead to connect the turquoise Buddha head, connected with the back cloud with yellow silk, the back cloud is inlaid with gold inlaid with an opal, and the coral is carved into the shape of a bat to make a knot, there are four beads of the east pearl, the falling corner is supported by gold tire, and a ruby is fallen. There are three commemorative strings of pearls, each string wears 10 turquoise, the pendant angle is ruby, and the upper system is a pearl of the east pearl.
Gold hollow inlaid bead stone flat square
Bian Fang is a headdress used by Manchu women in the Qing Dynasty to insert hair, which is equivalent to the flat hairpin on the hair bun of Han women, which not only has a decorative effect, but also controls the hair bun and prevents it from falling apart.
This gold hollow inlaid bead stone flat square in the treasure hall is very exquisite, hollowed out with flower and leaf patterns, both ends are filled with emerald, tourmaline and pearls in the hollow place to inlay branches, leaves, petals and stamens, surrounded by pearls, the whole vessel is inlaid with 100 pearls, and the broken joints are wrapped with silver hoops. The flat square body is light and transparent, and the color matching is harmonious, which expresses the popular aesthetic taste of the Qing court.
Golden chisel flower wishes
As a piece of gold, the shape of the gold chisel flower Ruyi is modeled after the style of the three-inlaid Ruyi that was popular in the court in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The whole body is engraved with carved patterns, the patterns are complex, exquisite. Ruyi's interior is hollow and can be used to place spices, and the design is extremely ingenious. Ruyi's three covers, with tourmaline as petals, pearls as cores, jadeite as leaves, and more than 100 gemstones of different colors are inlaid with decorative bands, which are very beautiful.
Gold inlaid phoenix basin. clear
Gold inlaid pearl celestial globe
The celestial sphere, also known as the armillary sphere and celestial sphere, is an instrument used to observe the movement of celestial bodies in ancient times. This gold-inlaid pearl celestial globe can be called the most luxurious "globe" in China, made of pure gold, inlaid with more than 3,000 pearls, extremely luxurious, is the only celestial globe model made of gold that has been handed down to this day. The sphere of the celestial sphere is inlaid with pearls with 28 constellations, 300 constellations and more than 2,200 stars, and is equipped with equatorial rings and horizon rings around the sphere.
The appearance of the globe shows that the Qing government at that time had a relatively deep understanding of the world and a general understanding of its own position in the world, but despite this, the Qing government still did not make great efforts to catch up, nor did it really want to attach the same importance to industrialization as the foreign powers at that time.
Gold chisel Daji gourd-style ornaments
Golden silk inlaid turquoise shrine
Golden silk inlaid turquoise mandala
Gold fetal coral peach box
This gold fetus coral peach box, is the Qing Dynasty concubines to hold the treasures of the jewelry box, the shape is very vivid, the coral outside the golden fetus is made of a plurality of coral bonding, tightly seamless, no flaws, coral color is good.
The box is divided into two parts, the inner is a gold tire, and the outer is a red coral surface, full of carved ornamentation. The middle of the top is carved with the word "longevity" in the seal book, and the word is convex carved with a bat with wings, which means longevity. The upper half of the box is carved with cloud patterns, and there are 9 dragons leaping in the clouds; The lower half of the carved sea water supports the cloud air pattern, and the sea water is turbulent.
Emerald Lying Cow
Lying cow emerald, slightly transparent, head, horns and one side of the body left with dark yellow jade skin, yellow and green contrast, the color is extremely beautiful. The cow is in a recumbent position, with all limbs bent under the abdomen and the tail resting on one foot. It is equipped with a seawater pattern rosewood mahogany seat.
Although this work is plain and not decorated, the body texture of the cow is obvious, and the demeanor is vividly depicted. Emerald is a mineral, mostly opaque, some translucent, with a vitreous luster. Bright green is the most valuable. Because of its hard texture, it is not decorated. Cui became popular in the mid-to-late Qing Dynasty.
扳指,古时候叫韘(shè)
The wrench, called 韘 (shè) in ancient times, was originally a tool for buckling the bowstring, put on the thumb to prevent strangulation of the hand when drawing the bow and shooting arrows, at first it was mostly made of bone or ivory, and then gradually became a kind of ornament, and the raw materials used were more and more diverse.
This emerald wrench in the old collection of the Qing Palace is made of jade and emerald with a hard and smooth texture as raw materials, and is shaped into a cylinder with flat ends and smooth periphery. In addition, there are gold and silver wrenches, which are ornaments on the hands of dignitaries, and some are also decorated with ornaments or engraved verses.
Emerald fish box
This jade fish box is a jewelry box of the Qing Dynasty, carved from a whole piece of jadeite, the two halves are interlocked into a box, the fish body has fine scales, and the fins, tail, and gills are inlaid with rubies. The trap is located in the fish's eyes, and the inside of the fish's belly can be opened to hold jewelry. The body of the fish has fine scale patterns, the fins, tail, and gills are inlaid with rubies, and the box is also engraved with the Qianlong imperial poem "Yongji Dustan Jade Fish".
Jasper jade mining figure Shanzi
Yushanzi represents the highest level of jade carving art in the Ming and Qing dynasties, getting rid of the traditional single plane carving, with a strong sense of three-dimensionality, and using Xinjiang Hetian jade. In the treasure hall, this jasper jade mining picture mountain, relief carved mountain stones, big trees, during which two people wear pointed felt hats, waist tie cloth belt, high boots, both hands holding jade together, quite vivid. The back of Yushanzi is engraved with Qianlong's imperial poem "Picking Jade in Khotan".
Xinjiang has always been an important source of high-quality jade. In the twenty-fourth year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1759), the imperial court pacified Xinjiang and controlled the mining and use of jade. Xinjiang jade, as a tribute, was continuously filled into the inner court in spring and autumn, which promoted the prosperity of jade carving technology in the Qianlong period. On the other hand, jade from Xinjiang has also become an important material embodiment of Emperor Qianlong's defense of the great cause of the country.
Crystal Seeker
兕觥 (sì gōng) is a type of wine vessel in ancient times. Speaking of the Shang Dynasty, many people may think of the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and many later dynasties have also been using various types of wine vessels.
The crystal of the Forbidden City is imitated in ancient bronzes in terms of shape and decoration, but the victory lies in its very special crystal material, which is colorless and transparent, smooth and pure, and beautifully carved. In the Qing Dynasty, there were many crystal products, and the crystal ball was very precious, and this crystal of the Qianlong period was even more unique in shape.
Gold green enamel inlaid with rubies and high-footed bowls
Gold cloisonné enamel ornaments
【Qing Jin Ou Permanent Cup】
The cup is 12.5 centimeters high, the diameter is 8 centimeters, the foot height is 5 centimeters, and it is made of eighty percent gold.
The edge of the cup is cast with "Golden Ou Yonggu" and "Qianlong Year" seal book; The entire body is engraved with entwined flowers, which are encrusted with dozens of large pearls, red, sapphire and pink tourmaline.
The two sides of the cup are double ears, and the dragon head is inlaid with a pearl; The bottom is the head of the three elephants for the foot, the shape is tripod type, "Golden Ou Yonggu Cup" is a rare emperor's special drinking vessel in the Qing Palace.
"Golden Ou Eternal Cup" means that the territory and regime of the Qing Dynasty are eternal. The "Golden Ou Yonggu Cup" is dedicated to the opening ceremony held by the emperor of the Qing Dynasty on New Year's Day every year.
Whenever the New Year's Day (Spring Festival) is in the early morning, the Qing Emperor puts the "Golden Ou Yonggu Cup" on the red sandalwood long case in the bright window of the Yangxin Palace, injects Tusu wine into the cup, burns the candle himself, lifts the brush, and writes the auspicious words of praying for the peace and stability of the Jiangshan Sheji, so the "Golden Ou Yonggu Cup" is regarded as a precious ancestral artifact by the Qing Dynasty emperor. The Golden Ou Yonggu Cup is now displayed in the Yangxing Hall and is talked about by tourists.
This piece of gold ou permanent cup was made by the Qing Palace Office in the 62nd year of Qianlong. According to historical records, the Qianlong Emperor was extremely concerned about the production of this cup, and he not only personally reviewed the drawings, but also proposed revisions several times until he was satisfied.
Ivory mats
ivory mats; This ivory mat has a finely woven ivory mat on the front and a bright yellow satin on the back, wrapped in dark blue satin around the edges. It is said that the ivory is soaked in a potion to soften and then woven into a mat. Weaving such a mat is not only extremely difficult for craftsmen, but also extremely cruel. An elephant only has two thin tusks, so how many elephants have to be sacrificed to weave such a mat
【Qianlong Emperor Tian Huang Triptych Seal】
This seal is engraved by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty when he was the emperor, and it is carved from a rather large piece of Tianhuang stone, and the three seals are linked together. The carving method of these three seals and the layout of the seals are different. "Qianlong Chenhan" is engraved in Yang, "Lotte" is also in Yang, and "only the essence" is engraved in Yin.
【Qianlong Emperor Tian Huang Triptych Seal】
This triptych seal was favored among the thousands of small seals of Emperor Qianlong, and was also very cherished by the emperors in the future. Puyi, the last Xuantong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was expelled from the palace when he carried this seal, and he did not leave it until 1950, and handed it over to the Palace Museum in Beijing through relevant institutions.
【Golden "Treasure of Fengtian" Seal】
This is a gold "Fengtian Treasure" seal, with a height of 17.5cm and a side length of 12cm. This seal is the seal of the emperor in the early Qing Dynasty and is molded. Square, double dragon button, and attached "Fengtian Treasure" round tooth plate.
"Fengtian" comes from the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang's "Ancestral Training" "Fengtian Law Ancestor" canon, Qing Dynasty before the customs made this seal, there is a desire to compete with the Ming Dynasty for the world. "Treasure of Fengtian" is one of the ten treasures stored in the Shengjing Imperial Palace, ranking fifth.
【Gold inlaid jewel crown】
Clothing is an important symbol of the difference in the hierarchy of Chinese feudal society. The Qing Dynasty formulated the crown dress system based on the Manchu costume, and at the same time borrowed the form of the Han crown costume. For example, the queen wears the crown of the winter dynasty when wearing the court dress is made of lavender mink, decorated with beads and wefts, through the winter pearls, and there are golden phoenixes, golden Zhai, cat's eye stones, lapis lazuli, corals, etc.
Gold crown. The three parts are made of filament. The upper end is a flower-shaped top set inlaid with a large ruby, the middle of the east pearl is under the silk four dragons playing with the pearl, and then the lower end of the east pearl under the circular base is also the four dragons playing with the pearl, and the bottom has a spiral round support.
【Gold Inlaid Pearl Gem Tower】
It is a gold-encrusted pearl and gemstone tower with a height of 129 cm and a base length of 62 cm. The tower base is wooden, square, and is the seat of gold lacquer lotus petal Sumeru. The tower shares 85,000 grams of gold, 293 large pearls, and more than 500 pieces of various gems and jades such as turquoise, red coral, and lapis lazuli.
This pagoda was originally enshrined in the Buddha Hall of Chonghua Palace, which was the residence of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty when he was the prince. The whole pagoda uses a variety of crafts such as engraving, hammering, inlay, etc., delicate and exquisite, all kinds of precious stones are embellished in the meantime, it is more noble, gorgeous, it is the fine product in the large pagoda built by the Qing Palace.
【Gold inlaid jewel round flower】
This is a Qing Dynasty gold inlaid jewelry round flower, for the ancient women's head ornament. Jewels set on a gold base. In the center is a large emerald gemstone, surrounded by two circles of small emeralds and rubies, each circle of 15 pieces, all of which are shaped. There is a circle of pearls embedded in the outermost part, a total of 16 pearls, and there are rings that can be tied around the periphery.
The emerald gemstone selected in the center of the round flower and the outer ring gemstone is known as the "king of emeralds", it is crystal clear, as clear as the new willow, the naked eye can see the natural inclusions inside the emerald gemstones, these are commonly known as "cicada wings" and other natural impurities are rare in other gemstones, but also artefacts can not, does not affect its own value, but also provides an important basis for identifying its authenticity.
【Gold inlaid with gemstone dragonfly hairpin】
The hairpin is made of silver. The hairpin handle is made of gold silk in the shape of a dragonfly. The end of the dragonfly's whiskers is inlaid with pearls, the abdomen and wings are inlaid with rubies, a total of 5 rubies, and the tail and decorative streamers are dotted with emeralds.
This hairpin tired silk process is delicate and seire. The decorative theme dragonfly takes its homonym, which means "stability in the Qing Dynasty".
【Jin Lei Si Jiu Feng Tian Mouth】
The mouth is elongated and slightly curved. Nine phoenixes of golden silk, one big pearl on the top of the crest, tassel at the mouth, the composition of the tassel has 7 pearls, and the middle is decorated with tourmaline, coral, lapis lazuli and other colored stones and falling corners.
The mouth of the mouth is a crown hat worn by the concubines of the Qing Dynasty - the decoration on the edge of the mouth of the mouth, and its ornamentation is diverse. The concubine mostly uses phoenix pattern mouth, there are nine phoenixes, seven phoenixes, five phoenixes, etc. Jiufengdiankou is worn by the queen mother and queen.
【Golden silk inlaid with jewels five phoenixes】
In the Qing Dynasty, the top hats and daily hats of the concubines were very different from those of the Ming Dynasty. This exhibit is a hat usually worn by concubines in the Qing Dynasty, called a Tian or Tian Zi. It is generally wound with rattan silk, cardboard or thin iron wire with black silk thread, woven into a hat rack, and then embedded with various gems and pearls on the hat rack to form a variety of auspicious patterns.
This piece of dotted emerald inlaid jewelry is made of iron wire and cardboard, and is wound with a net-like pattern woven with black silk threads, and the surface is all dotted with emerald. The front part of the dan is decorated with 5 golden phoenixes, the phoenix mouth holds pearls, gemstone tassels, and the phoenix body is inlaid with pearls, gems and other things. This piece shares about 50 large pearls, hundreds of second- and third-class pearls, and more than 200 gemstones.
The whole piece is jeweled, graceful and luxurious. We see that in many portraits of the Empress Dowager Cixi, this kind of Tian is worn on her head.
【Gold inlaid jewelry double dragon pattern gate】
This mouth is long and slightly curved. The main body is two dragons with golden silk and 4 inlaid with east pearls, and the middle of the two dragons is decorated with ruby as fire beads. The two dragons are bordered by dotted emerald clouds. There are 11 strings of pearls under the mouth, each hanging is 7 pieces, and the red sapphire is used as the pendant angle. The mouth of the tin is decorated with ornaments on the crown and hat of the tin son, and in addition to the mouth of the tin there are also decorations such as the flower and the tail of the tin on the tin mouth.
【Gold cloisonné enamel inlay enamel holding pot】
This is a Qing Dynasty gold cloisonné enamel inlay enamel holding pot, for the wine container. The whole body of the pot is made of cloisonné enamel passion fruit pattern, and there are symmetrical arrangements of the lid, neck, shoulder, abdomen, feet, etc., but the size and shape of the painting enamel are opened, and the interior is lit with patterns such as figures, landscapes, flowers, and courtyards.
Cloisonné enamel and painted enamel are both techniques introduced from the West
Cloisonné enamel and painted enamel are both techniques introduced from the West. The shape of this pot follows the style of the Ming Dynasty golden holding pot, and although the pattern inside the opening light is a Chinese figure and landscape, it is mixed with the expression techniques of European painting, and is a royal art treasure combining Chinese and Western.
Red Coral Lion
【Gold inlaid gemstone hollow flower octagon box】
This box with gold fineness is higher, the box is carved with three kinds of carving, tired silk and inlaid with different ornaments, a total of 318 fine gems of various colors such as emerald, sapphire, ruby and tourmaline.
The Qing Dynasty gold ware inherited the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty's gold ware and developed it, the level of craftsmanship was improved, and the decoration was more complicated than that of the Ming Dynasty. According to records, on December 5, 1928, the Beiping Special Municipal Government Inventory Committee of the Summer Palace counted two gold boxes identical to this one in the Renshou Palace.
See more of the Treasure Hall collection.
Jade bowl
Jade bowl
Jade Saucer
Onyx brand
Copper tire method furnace
Gold inlays
Gold inlays
Prayer beads
Emerald bracelet
Gold inlays
Gold inlay
Pots of goldwork
Gold inlays
ornament
Head ornaments
Gold inlay ornaments
snuff bottle
Pearl ornaments
Goldwork
Ornaments
ornament
朝珠
Gold and jade ornaments
Gold inlaid box
Jadeite carvings
ornament
Gold bracelets
snuff bottle
Gold-headed ornaments
Jade ornaments
Come down and admire some of the other treasures of the Treasure Hall;
Rosewood coral gold inlay
The emperor traveled to eight pieces of gold
Golden chisel cloud crane pattern bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Jinting style aromatherapy, 13 years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty.
Silver green enamel inlaid ruby right-handed snail box, Qing Qianlong.
Gold hollow Daji gourd type aromatherapy, Qing Dynasty.
Golden chisel cloud dragon pattern holding pot, Qing Dynasty.
The golden end is incense
Copper gold-plated Buddha supplies. clear
Silver loofah prismatic bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Cuidiao Lying Cow Qing Dynasty (1644~1911)
Topaz statue carrying a treasure vase, Qing Dynasty.
Sapphire blue ornaments
Gold and beaded emerald ruby ring, Qing Xuantong.
Emerald ring with gold and diamonds, Qing dynasty.
Cui carved peach bat pattern sachet, Qing Dynasty.
Gold and ruby sapphire ring, Qing dynasty.
sapphire
Gold chisel floral pattern inlaid gem box, Qing Dynasty.
Bronze gilded Buddha statue
Next, enjoy a set of light-hearted and interesting illustrations - "Hongli is one and two picture axes".
"Hongli is one is two picture axes"
"Hongli is one is two picture axes"; Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing. It is also known as "Emperor Qianlong is one is two picture shafts" and "Hongli Jiangu Map", which shows the scene of Emperor Qianlong's appreciation of antiquities.
"Hongli is one is two picture axes"
The painting adopts the perspective method of Western painting, and the characters and scenery in the painting are very three-dimensional.
The characters and scenery in the painting are very three-dimensional.
In April 2013, the Palace Museum in Beijing agreed to lend 42 sets of its collection to the National Palace Museum in Taipei, including "Qing Painting Hongli is One and Two Picture Scrolls (Na Luoyan Cave Edition)". The collection on loan from the Forbidden City in Beijing that expresses Qianlong's taste makes up for the lack of the Taipei Palace Museum, "for example, the 'one is one two' picture axis, which is very interesting to sit in front of one's own portrait and be painted."
The National Palace Museum in Taipei has been curating this exhibition for more than two years, and wants to interpret Qianlong's strange artistic taste——— his pursuit of skillful craftsmanship and art, and sometimes deviate from Confucianism. However, there are some deficiencies in the collection of the Taipei National Palace, such as Qianlong likes to paint himself, and likes to paint in front of self-portraits, that is, "one is one and two picture axes", and there is no one in the Taipei National Palace.
Below, enjoy a group of treasures like raw bonsai treasures in the Treasure Hall.
Like raw bonsai, also known as gem bonsai and craft bonsai, it is a special kind of craft products in the remains of the Qing Dynasty court.
Bonsai uses precious materials such as gold and silver, jewelry, jade, coral, ivory and other precious materials to make the scenery, vividly imitating the natural bonsai form, and at the same time accumulating auspicious elements, so that the beauty of the treasure is further highlighted and the meaning of health and well-being is conveyed.
Bonsai cultural relics, as an indispensable furnishing in the celebration of the Qing Dynasty court, are also an important type of tribute, reflecting the unique aesthetic taste and cultural psychology of the Qing Dynasty royal family.
For example, this is located at the entrance, a copper-plated chisel longevity basin ruby plum blossom bonsai.
Copper gilded chisel longevity pot, ruby plum blossom bonsai
As a widely used flower in bonsai in the Qing Dynasty, plum blossoms mean "plum longevity and longevity" or "plum longevity". Carefully observe its petals, all of them are made of rubies (a total of 284 grains), and the jade branches and leaves set off each other, and the golden basin under it, it should be specially made for the birthday of the emperor and queen in the palace.
Cloisonné enamel peony flower bonsai
Western clocks and Chinese bonsai coexist in the same room
Bonsai made of red coral
At present, the Palace Museum has the largest collection of coral products. The whole coral tree is more than 60 centimeters tall and made of a single branch of red coral, with thick branches and natural shapes, which makes the real thing look even more spectacular.
Green jade with coral bonsai
The coral tree was called the "beacon tree" in ancient times, and it was an extremely precious spiritual tree in the sea, and the Qing Dynasty court used the precious attributes of coral to the extreme: planted in a pot! The coral bonsai in the Qing Palace has a variety of styles, including miniature landscapes, like plants, myths and legends, all of which are rich and colorful, and exquisite. I have to say that green jade with coral is really a good match.
Pine crane bonsai
Enamel begonia style pot jade peony bonsai
【Wooden tire begonia style bonsai】
The pot of the wooden tire begonia type pot and green bamboo bonsai is a wooden tire, with gold paint along the mouth, and the flowers are edged with red outline, and the color is bright and pleasant. In the pot, the crushed material is the pot soil, dotted with blue metal leaves, three poles of green bamboo are erected, the green is bright, the texture is pure, the branches bent by wrapping green silk threads with metal wire are embedded in the bamboo poles, and the top is tied with green leaves, which are scattered. Next to the bamboo pole, three green jade lake stones are placed, and a green bamboo shoot is placed. The bamboo poles stand in each other's arms, the lake stones, and bamboo shoots are slightly farther away, and the complexity and simplicity contrast with each other.
This wooden tire begonia style pot cui bamboo bonsai is made of precious material, delicate production, elegant style, and is the best product in the desk for sale.
Gold rectangular bonsai, jade enamel, peach deer bonsai
Bell ornament bonsai
Red coral bonsai
Gold inlaid enamel rectangular pot with beads plum blossom bonsai
【Golden Vase Pearl Flower Tree Scene】
Bottle gold, ninety percent gold. Flat square, decorated with lion earring rings on both sides, with engraved rhombic pattern as the main pattern. Silver liner. The bottle is inserted with a golden tree, with jasper as the leaves, pearls as flowers, and gold silk as stamens. This combination of gold, beads, and jade may have an intrinsic cultural inheritance relationship with the goldsmithing of ethnic minorities in the north.
Imitation official glazed porcelain flower sac jade chrysanthemum flower pot
At this point, the West South Exhibition Hall has come to an end temporarily, not that the exhibits have been exhausted, but that they are all fine, and they can only be admired.
Let's walk into the North Exhibition Hall and enjoy the precious collection of jade and colored stones.
In addition to Hetian jade and jadeite, a considerable number of agate, crystal, lapis lazuli, turquoise, malachite, hibiscus stone, Shoushan stone and other materials are also exhibited here.
Filled with treasures, I think of the emperor's delicate realm.
Cloud dragon pattern topaz fish tank. clear
Jadeite ornaments
Traditional Chinese jade culture has a long history, and the Qing Dynasty was the peak of the development of ancient Chinese jade craft, because it attaches great importance to the choice of materials, Xinjiang Hetian jade has always occupied the mainstream, and jadeite has become the new favorite of the royal family in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
White jade carved Tongyin lady
The famous white jade carving Tongyin lady Tushanzi can be used as a representative of jade exhibits.
The clever use of the remaining materials after making the jade bowl and the circular hollow left in the center of the jade are designed as a moon gate, reflecting the outstanding creativity of the jade carving craftsmen.
Emerald eagle crane deer with spring picture
Against the backdrop of the local background of "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", this emerald carved crane and deer are particularly eye-catching with the spring picture of Shanzi.
Tang Dynasty poet Wang Jian's poem "Gossip": "Crane longevity for a thousand years is not a god", and because "deer" is homophonic to "Lu", the ancients often included "crane and deer in the same spring" into the birthday speech. On the emerald stone, the old forest and ancient pine, towering to the sky and covering the sun, the artistic conception is tranquil and quiet. The layered patterns are staggered, showing the craftsmanship of the craftsmen.
Jade jar. clear
Jade cover bowl
Enamel basket. clear
Jasper basket with lid.
Jade pen holder. clear
Yellow floor cover red glass dragon pattern tank. clear
Green jade inlaid ruby furnace, bottle. clear
Emerald carved cabbage-style flower arrangement. clear
Emerald cabbage-style flower arrangement
Handle pot
Styling ornaments
crystal ball
In addition to the common Shanzi, pan bottles, and inter-screen cultural relics, handle pots, stone furnaces, modeling ornaments, various jade, colored stones, and even crystal balls can be seen in the exhibition.
Down the Treasure Hall there are more treasures;
Silver silk flower basket, Qing Dynasty.
Gold fetal painting enamel Kaiguang Western figure figure holding pot, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Gold fetal cloisonné enamel inlay enamel figure gourd type holding pot, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Jin Gaito white jade cup, Qing Dynasty.
Jin Chi Double Happiness Tuan Shou Tea Bowl, Qing Tongzhi 11 years.
Gold-inlaid gemstone octagonal covered bowl tower, Qing Dynasty.
Golden filament inlaid with pearls and gemstones, Qing Dynasty.
Gold-inlaid gemstone statue of Sakyamuni, 13 years of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty.
Golden silk inlaid turquoise Buddha shrine, Qing Dynasty.
Standing statue of Maitreya with gold inlaid pearls, Qing Dynasty.
Gold-inlaid pearl turquoise floor Buddhist shrine, Qing Dynasty.
Jin Gai to white jade bowl, Qing Qianlong.
Golden cover to agate sunflower petal bowl, Qing Qianlong.
Gold inlaid turquoise Buddha vase, Qing Dynasty.
Golden silk inlaid turquoise regimental city, Qing Dynasty.
Gold chisel flower inlaid turquoise pemba pot, Qing Dynasty.
Golden double phoenix pattern basin, Qing Dynasty.
Jinjiao dragon button "Fengtian treasure" seal, Qing Chongde.
Gold chisel floral pattern inlaid jewelry such as Italian fragrance, Qing Dynasty.
Golden fetal coral carving cloud dragon Fushou pattern peach box, Qing Yongzheng.
Gold chisel cloud dragon pattern inlaid beaded cup plate, Qing Dynasty.
Gold fetal painting enamel cups and plates, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Golden filament inlaid turquoise plate, Qing Dynasty.
Silver silk burnt blue inlay stone sunflower petal box, Qing Dynasty.
Gold-inlaid turquoise Buddha shrine, Qing Dynasty.
Buddha nest with gold inlaid pearls and gemstones, Qing Dynasty.
Green jade carving Huichang nine old picture Shanzi, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Green jade carving autumn mountain travel map mountain, Qing Qianlong.
Rosewood side lacquered ground inlaid jade gourd hanging screen, Qing Dynasty.
Rosewood edge lacquered ground inlaid jade three-fruit picture hanging screen, Qing Dynasty.
Mahogany edge inlaid with jade tooth lacquer Bogu picture hanging screen, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carving skimming bowl, Qing Yongzheng.
Emerald carved cabbage-style flower arrangement, Qing Dynasty.
Topaz carved bergamot-style flower arrangement, Qing Dynasty.
Topaz carved bouquet lotus flower arrangement, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carving Ganoderma lucidum pine Tsubaki flower arrangement, Qing Dynasty.
Emerald carved flower and bird pattern flower arrangement, Qing Dynasty.
Red and white agate fish-shaped flower arrangement, Qing Dynasty.
Topaz carved fish dragon flower arrangement, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Emerald carved begonia style flower goose, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved ear square bottle, Qing Qianlong.
Agate carved cicada pattern, Qing Qianlong.
Crystal flower basket with chain, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carving Liang 卣, Qing Dynasty.
Lapis lazuli stone carving Songquan figure Shanzi, Qing Dynasty.
Agate bowl, Qing Qianlong.
The emerald carved balance has an elephant chime, Qing Dynasty.
Jasper carving Si Kou Qian, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved phoenix head, Qing Dynasty.
Beeswax carved pine peach Ganoderma lucidum elephant ear bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved bird illustration, Qing Dynasty.
Malachite carved landscape figure interstitial, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Shoushan stone pan button square chapter material, Qing Dynasty.
Shoushan stone carving horse button chapter material, Qing Dynasty.
Crystal carved amphora ten corner, Qing Qianlong.
Crystal carving, Qing Dynasty.
Crystal carved rooster honor, Qing Dynasty.
Crystal carved beast ear octagonal cup, Qing Qianlong.
Tian Huang three consecutive seals, Qing Qianlong.
Rosewood edge inlaid jade tooth Bogutu hanging screen, Qing Dynasty.
White jade carving three sheep pattern holding pot, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved sunflower bowl, Qing Qianlong.
Agate carved ear cup, Qing Qianlong.
Malachite plate, Qing Dynasty.
Jasper inlaid white jade wearing flower dragon pattern round box, Qing Dynasty.
White jade carving Tongyin lady figure Shanzi, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Cui carved crane deer figure Shanzi, Qing Dynasty.
Lapis lazuli carved landscape map Shanzi, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Jasper carved cloud dragon pattern urn, Qing Dynasty.
Jasper carving jade mining picture Shanzi, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Lacquered side inlaid jade flower picture hanging screen, Qing Dynasty.
Green jade inlaid ruby furnace, bottle, box, Qing Dynasty.
Hibiscus stone furnace, Qing Dynasty.
Coral lion, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Cui carving lying cow, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved lying lotus mandarin duck, Qing Dynasty.
Lapis lazuli stone carving boy lying cow, Qing Dynasty.
Lapis lazuli stone carving reclining lion, Qing Dynasty.
Topaz carved camel, Qing Dynasty.
Tianhuang stone carving tiger Arhat, Qing Dynasty.
Shoushan stone carving tiger Arhat, Qing Dynasty.
Tianhuang stone carved lion button square chapter material, Qing Dynasty.
Agate skillfully carved lotus leaf wash, Qing Qianlong.
Agate carved melon leaf type water sheng, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved paperweight, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carving Fushou Linghe-patterned pen holder, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carving Ganoderma lucidum Ruyi, Qing Dynasty.
Furong stone carving pen mountain, Qing Dynasty.
Cui carved snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Crystal ball, Qing dynasty.
Amethyst carved melon-style snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Hair crystal snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Beeswax snuff bottle, Qing dynasty.
Amber engraved Qianlong imperial poem snuff bottle, Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.
Turquoise carved floral snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Lapis lazuli melon-style snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Malachite snuff bottle, Qing dynasty.
Coral carved turquoise cloud bat pattern snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved three-legged toad pattern snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty.
Copper gilded enamel begonia style pot red coral bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Colorful porcelain pot white coral bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Wooden tire begonia style bonsai of green bamboo, Qing Dynasty.
Rosewood inlaid with jade seat beeswax coral fairy phoenix bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Cloisonné enamel peach bat pattern red coral bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Green jade chrysanthemum petal basin narcissus bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Copper gilded rectangular basin ruby plum blossom bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid turquoise square vase jade flower bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Gold rectangular basin jade enamel peach deer bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Gold rectangular basin jade enamel pine crane bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid enamel rectangular pot red coral bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Embedded stone basin beeswax bangs play golden toad bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Pastel bucket pot gemstone flower bonsai, Qing dynasty.
Silver hexagonal pot golden peach tree bonsai. Qing Dynasty.
Silver hexagonal pot gold iron tree bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Copper gilded pot coral malachite three-star Xianrui bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Painting enamel pot beeswax bergamot bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Painting enamel pot tourmaline peach tree bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved bergamot pot jade flower bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Agate carved bergamot pot jade flower bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Lacquer Eight Immortals cylindrical basin jasper evergreen bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Painting enamel rhombic fancy pot jade peach tree bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Red begonia bottle jade pomegranate bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Red begonia style pot jade apricot blossom bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Tick red begonia style pot jade plum blossom bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Painting enamel rhombic fancy pot jade lychee bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid enamel rectangular basin with beads plum blossom bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid enamel rectangular basin with beads plum blossom bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Painting enamel pot beeswax begonia camellia bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Natural wooden boat ivory carved fairy bonsai, Qing Dynasty.
Point emerald inlaid pearl gemstone gold dragon and phoenix crown, Ming Wanli.
Gold inlaid pearl queen winter dynasty crown, Qing Dynasty.
Jin Lei silk inlaid with pearl gems Wu Fengdian, Qing Dynasty.
Golden silk dragon motif inlaid with pearls and gemstones, Qing Dynasty.
Gold dot emerald inlaid jewel bat hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid with pearls and gemstones peach bat hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Gold-inlaid pearl gemstone dragonfly hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Silver dot emerald sapphire hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Gold-inlaid emerald collar needle, Qing Dynasty.
Gold and ruby collar pin, Qing Dynasty.
Tourmaline bracelet, Qing Dynasty.
Golden dot emerald inlaid pearl gemstone double dragon pick, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid pearl gemstone hat flower, Qing Dynasty.
Gold-inlaid pearl gemstone round flower, Qing Dynasty.
Silver gold-plated dotted emerald inlaid pearl gemstone Fushou hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Silver-gilded dotted emerald inlaid pearl gemstone pot hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Silver-gilded dotted emerald inlaid gemstone flower and fruit pattern hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Silver-gilt dotted emerald inlaid pearl gemstone knot, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid pearl gemstone pine bamboo Lingshou hairpin, Qing Dynasty.
Silver gilt dotted emerald beaded tassel, Qing Dynasty.
Gold hollow inlaid pearl gemstone flat square, Qing Dynasty.
Gold hollow inlaid gems rich auspicious flat square, Qing Dynasty.
Inlaid lapis lazuli gold about, Qing Dynasty.
Gold and pearl earrings, Qing dynasty.
Gold and pearl earrings, Qing dynasty.
Gold beaded bat pattern emerald earrings, Qing Dynasty.
Dongzhu Chaozhu, Qing Dynasty.
Gold wire inlaid pearl gemstone spider web pin, Qing Dynasty.
Golden silk dragon play bead pattern bracelet, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid flail nan fragrant wood inlaid longevity word bracelet, Qing Dynasty.
Emerald bracelets, Qing Dynasty.
Gold and pearl ring, Qing dynasty.
Emerald inlaid gold wrench, Qing Dynasty.
White jade inlaid with gold in the word wrench, clear Daoguang.
Gold inlaid jewelry with ribbons, Qing Dynasty.
Copper-plated pearl-encrusted ruby band, Qing dynasty.
Gold and pearl-encrusted ruby buckle, Qing dynasty.
Copper gold-plated gem-encrusted clasp, Qing Dynasty.
Tourmaline carved squirrel grape pattern Pei, Qing Dynasty.
Cui carved gourd pattern Pei, Qing Dynasty.
Golden silk dotted emerald inlaid pearl sachet, Qing Dynasty.
Gold inlaid coral turquoise fasting card, Qing Dynasty.
Tourmaline carved melon-shaped Pei, Qing Dynasty.
Ring set with diamonds in white gold.
Ruby ring in white gold.
Ring with ruby in gold.
Gold sapphire ring.
White gold ring with pearls and diamonds.
Come down and admire one of the treasures of Ningshou Palace;
Yu in the Forbidden City Le Shou Hall in the water control jade mountain
Today, Ningshou Palace has become the treasure hall of the Palace Museum, open to the public, and has become a must-visit place for Chinese and foreign tourists to visit the Forbidden City. Many of these treasures are unforgettable.
In the apse of the Le Shou Hall of the Treasure Hall, there is a display of Yu Yu's water control map.
Dayu water control jade mountain is 224 centimeters high, 96 centimeters wide, 60 centimeters high, weighing 5000 kilograms. It is the world's largest jade carving work and the national treasure of the mainland, made of green jade from Hotan, Xinjiang.
The jade is carved with mountains, waterfalls, and ancient trees and pines. On the cliffs, groups of laborers are opening mountains and controlling waters.
In the middle of the front of the jade mountain, the mountain stone is engraved with the seal of Emperor Qianlong's Yinwen "Five Blessings and Five Generations Hall Ancient Rare Son of Heaven Treasure" cross seal; The upper part of the back is engraved with the imperial poem of Emperor Qianlong's "Title Miller Tashan Jade Dayu Water Control Map", and the lower part is engraved with the seal book "The Treasure of the Eight Signs" 6 characters square seal.
The back of Dayu's water control map
In the middle of Yushan, there are carved mountains and mountains, cliffs, caves all over the mountain, flowers and trees and ancient pines, flying waterfalls, and clouds and mist rise to the top of the mountain. On the mountainside in front, the commander Dayu is personally working, he and his entourage with hammering, pickaxes, levers and other methods, chiseling stones to open the mountain to make the water remain.
On the Jade Mountain, groups of laborers work on the cliffs, forming a total of more than a dozen scenes, fully demonstrating the ancient excavation technology. Some of them held hoes to dig the mountain wall, some pulled the cart to carry the mountain rocks, and some held levers to pry the boulders, the scene was tense and enthusiastic, showing the confidence of the ancestors to open the mountain and control the water.
The situation at the top of the Jade Mountain is full of romance, not only running and jumping elk and apes, but also old men and servants who are about to reach the peak, and there are several fairies and ghosts in the shape of Lei Gong at the floating clouds on the top of the mountain.
The bottom of the jade mountain is equipped with a mountain-shaped blue-brown copper cast base inlaid with copper inlaid gold wire, which matches the crystal luster of green and white jade, which is more graceful and luxurious, and reflects each other.
No matter which angle you look at the entire surrounding Yushan scene, you can see the mountain walls, flowers and trees, laborers, and tools, without any cumbersomeness. The jade craftsman uses the realistic carving process of "cutting the ground and protruding", using relief carving, embossing, deep carving and other techniques, skillfully combining the subject matter with the original shape of the jade, and using the method of vertical carving to express a variety of postures and movements of the figures, reflecting the extremely high carving skills.
Dayu water control map Yushan part
Dayu water control map partial
Dayu water control map Yushan part
This jade mountain was carved and chiseled by Yangzhou craftsmen under the jurisdiction of the two Huai salt administrations at that time. After a large piece of jade material was transported to Beijing from Xinjiang Hotan Milletta Mountain, the Qianlong Emperor ordered to use the scroll of the Song Dynasty people in the Inner Mansion to draw the scroll of the Song Dynasty as the manuscript, and the Qing Palace Office drew the paper pattern of Dayu's water control, and the painter Jia Quan painted on the jade, and then made a wooden sample and sent to Yangzhou for carving.
The big jade was sent to Yangzhou in the 46th year of Qianlong (1781), and it took 6 years to carve it in Yushan in the 52nd year of Qianlong (1787). In the 53rd year of Qianlong, Emperor Qianlong ordered Zhu Tai, a jade carver in the Ruyi Pavilion of the palace office, to engrave Qianlong's imperial poems and the seals of the two treasures on the jade mountain.
After the engraving was completed, Yushan drew up five places to be placed, and drew five pieces of paper for the emperor's approval. In the end, Emperor Qianlong chose to install Yushan in the Forbidden City, and replaced the original furnishings of the place, "Western Water Law Unification of Ten Thousand Years of Youth". Since then, "Yu Yu Water Control Map Jade Mountain" has been displayed in Le Shou Tang, and has not been moved.
Emperor Qianlong cherished the "Yushan Water Control Map" very much, and he praised the achievements of Dayu in the Yushan Bawen, saying that it "has been admired for the fish who is proud of the ancient virtues". In addition, Emperor Qianlong also elaborated on the beginning and end of Yushan manufacturing, mentioning that "it is a tool that causes thousands of miles, and it takes ten years to tell the story, and it is broad and long-standing." At the end of the text, Emperor Qianlong named the purpose of making Yushan: "Obtain this huge treasure to pass on the holy relics of the ancient king." It is comparable to the hustle and bustle of the game...... Because it is exempted from the jade of spring tribute every year, it is a decree to show compassion. The people of later generations think hard and easy, take care of the way, ask for nothing, and carefully abide by the training of the mastiff, so as to condense the great treasure, and live up to the deep heart of the system", so as to warn future generations not to carve similar jade mountains again.
To sum up, Emperor Qianlong ordered people to carve "Yu water control map jade mountain" has obvious personal intentions, but even so, the jade mountain is still a great innovation in the history of Chinese arts and crafts. This world's largest jade carving condenses the wisdom and sweat of countless laborers, and its carving skills have reached the pinnacle of jade making. On the Jade Mountain, the pioneers of water control represented by Dayu were indomitable and bravely fought against floods, and this magnificent work of art has thus become an immortal monument for the Chinese to fight the heavens and the earth.
Next, browse and enjoy the Stone Drum Pavilion;
Stone Drum Hall
The Stone Drum Hall of the Forbidden City is located in Ningshou Palace, in addition to exhibiting ten stone drums, it also exhibits text display panels of stone drum hymns of past dynasties, including Han Yu's stone drum songs; Su Shi's Stone Drum Song; Zhou Bowen's stone drum fu in the Yuan Dynasty; Zhu Guozuo's stone drum song in the Ming Dynasty; There is also Emperor Qianlong's re-inscription stone drum. In addition, there is also an engraved stone of Pan Dee's "Stone Drum Text", which is a documentary work for examining the content of the stone drum text.
The stone drum is also known as the Chencang stone drum, which is praised by Kang Youwei as "the first antiquity in China". In the 2017 "National Treasure" program, it was rated as the first of the nine national treasures. There are ten stone drums, which are granite, about 90 centimeters high and 60 centimeters in diameter, and each weighs about one ton. In the introduction of the exhibition in the Forbidden City, the stone drum is dated to the 11th year of Qin Xiangong (374 BC).
The discovery of the stone drum has three losses and three appearances, which must be lost in every war and must be reproduced in every prosperous era.
The stone drum was discovered in 627 A.D. in the Sanqi Plain of Tianxing (now Fengxiang, Shaanxi). After the stone drum was discovered, no one paid attention to it for a while, and it was driven by the calligraphers Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun, Chu Suiliang, etc., and attracted the attention of the world and even the government. When it came to the "Anshi Rebellion", the stone drum was buried in a panic by the officials who were about to flee. Until the first year of Yuanhe (806 AD), the local officials found out the place where the stone drum was buried, and at that time, under the advice of Han Yu, a doctor of Guozi Studies, the stone drum was placed in the Fengxiang Confucian Temple, but at this time, the "Chayuan" stone drum has disappeared, and only the remaining nine stone drums remain.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there were constant wars, and after the turbulent five dynasties and ten kingdoms, the stone drum once again disappeared from the people. It was not until the Song Dynasty that Sima Guang's father, Sima Chi, at the initiative of Song Renzong, found nine of them, which is a piece of history described in the "National Treasure". It was not until the time of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty that the last stone drum "Chayuan" stone drum was also found, and the ten stone drums were collected again. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty cherished it very much, and ordered people to fill the stone drum inscription with gold, hoping to slow down the erosion of the stone drum by weathering.
But later, the Jin invaded the Song Dynasty and plundered a large number of cultural relics, including the stone drum, because the stone drum was heavy and difficult to transport, so the gold on it was scraped off and the stone drum was abandoned in the wilderness. So far, the stone drum has been lost for the third time due to the scourge of war.
In the fourth year of Yuan Dade (1300), Professor Guozi Yu Ji found a stone drum in a piece of silt, and sent the stone drum to the Dacheng Gate of the Confucian Temple for preservation. After these tribulations, there are only 386 characters left on the stone drum in the Yuan Dynasty.
Since then, Shigu has safely passed the three generations of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. During the Qianlong period, the stone drum was valued by the Qianlong Emperor. Qianlong once ordered people to imitate these ten big drums and placed them on the east and west sides of the Dacheng Gate of the Confucius Temple in Beijing, replacing the Qin stone drum and effectively protecting the Qin stone drum.
During the Anti-Japanese War, the stone drum was escorted by the people of the Forbidden City at that time, and migrated all the way to refuge, so that the ten-sided stone drum was well protected and was not damaged or lost.
After the outbreak of the Liberation War, the Chencang stone drum, which had been sent back to the Forbidden City in Beijing for safekeeping, was to be transported to Taiwan by the Kuomintang, and it arrived at the airport in a hurry.
However, when it was about to take off, the pilot reported that the plane was severely overloaded and could not guarantee flight safety. After repeated discussions with the group, these 10 stone drums had to be left behind and finally preserved.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, these ten stone drums have been stored in the Palace Museum.
Stone Drum Hall
"Luanche Stone" stone drum
"Luan Che Stone": It is described that the Qin Gong safari passed through the city, the Luan car hung Tong bows and arrows, and the people gathered to offer the prey, at this time the crowd was like a barrier, very lively.
Re-inscribed stone drum Qing Hongli
The three-thousand-year-old female corpse of Loulan
At this point, the browsing of the Palace Museum Treasure Hall has come to an end for the time being.
After visiting and appreciating all the way, I deeply felt that those exhibits not only showed the supremacy and dignity of the imperial power, but also showed the royal rich and exquisite taste and fashion. At the same time, it also fully reflects the 5,000-year-old civilization of China.
Immerse yourself in the beautiful halls and the dazzling exhibits of the Treasure Hall, savor the beauty presented by these rare treasures, so that people can fully feel the wisdom and emotions of the ancestors.
After the visit, it makes people linger and feel a lot of emotion!
The Palace Museum has a collection of more than 1.8 million cultural relics, each of which reflects the ingenuity of the ancients and their exquisite and perfect skills. Each piece of the collection has left traces of the hard work of ancient craftsmen.
The ancient people were indomitable, courageous in struggle, fearless of hardships, meticulously designed and meticulously made, leaving the Chinese people such a magnificent and magnificent treasure of the Forbidden City.
There are also innumerable, priceless, and unique precious cultural relics in the Forbidden City.
These cultural relics have been washed over the years and have become the material evidence of the long history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation. It has also become a concrete manifestation of the 5,000-year-old civilization of the Chinese nation.