On ancient Chinese artifacts, patterns and ornaments with auspicious meanings are often made to express people's hopes and love for a better life and the real world. In these auspicious patterns and ornaments, some auspicious characters, such as Fu, Shou, Wan, Xi, Daji and other words, are often added as auspicious meanings to express people's inner wishes and blessings. With the theme of auspicious characters, this exhibition selects the exquisite cultural relics of the Qing Palace with Fu and Shou characters in the collection of the Imperial Palace in Shenyang, showing the ancients' prayers for auspicious and fu shou.
good fortune
Fu is the most auspicious word in traditional culture, and Qianshun Baiji is classified as a blessing. The word Fu contains almost all prayers and is one of the most common auspicious symbols. In the "Explanation of Words and Characters", it is written: "Fu, Youye." "It shows the happy life and unique blessing auspicious culture that people pursue."
Clear red satin flat gold lock line bat life plan
Work is a general term for small accessories of embroidery, and work can have a variety of sets and collocation forms. Such small objects were collectively referred to as "living meters" in the imperial palaces of the Qing Dynasty. This set of jobs has a total of 8 pieces, including: purse, watch cover, fan cover, mirror sleeve, etc. The surface is made of red satin floor, embroidered with the word "Fu" with flat gold lock thread, and embroidered with bats and shou peaches on both sides, bats represent "Fu", "Shou peach" means longevity, and the combination together means Fu Shou Shuangquan.
Clear red edges and black lacquer inlaid with copper shou character hanging screen
This hanging screen is red inlaid with stained tooth furniture. The hanging screen is a red border, and the frame is carved with dragon pattern and curly grass pattern. The inner side of the frame is slotted with black lacquer plate screen heart, the screen heart is embedded with the Qianlong imperial poem of dyed teeth, and the middle copper "Fu" word groove is decorated with dyeing tooth mountain stones, trees and Luohan figures, because Luohan can help people get rid of all the troubles in life, can accept the heavens and the earth, can help people no longer suffer from reincarnation, this hanging screen has the meaning of blessing, happiness, blessing and so on.
longevity
Shou zi, written in the Shuowen Jiezi: "Jiuye"; the ancients Yun: "Shouju five blessings first"; in auspicious culture, it is taken from the meaning of longevity. People believe that shou is an auspicious symbol of longevity and good luck, just like blessings. For thousands of years, shou has been used side by side with blessing, lu and joy, becoming a symbol of happiness and auspiciousness.
Silver gilded shou character fire bowl
This set of four bowls consists of a lid, bowl, base and small bowl of alcohol. The fire bowl is round in shape, its upper part is the Sumire seat, the lid is decorated with gilded jewels, and the lid and bowl are plated with the golden word "Shou". The bottom of the bowl is a three-legged three-dimensional bracket, each with a ruyi head leg guard, and the center of the bottom of the rack is a small bowl for alcohol, which can be kept warm by lighting the fire bowl. This fire bowl should be used for the emperor's birthday feast and is one of the typical imperial dining utensils of the Qing Palace.
Qingluo tungsten through carved Shou character interstitial screen
The interstitial screen is carved into a screen center with pearlescent shells, and the screen seat is made of wood carving. The upper part of the screen is flattened, the carved two dragons play bead pattern, dragon scales, dragon whiskers delicately convey the spirit, in the sea of clouds, the two dragons relative to the play beads, there is a large group of "shou" characters in the middle, in order to wish for longevity and peace. The bottom of the screen is made of shells to make a curved insert, and the base is a skeletonized plum, with plum blossoms, interlaced branches, and supporting the shell carving. This device is cleverly designed, well-carved and full of charm.
Qing Yongzheng doucai shou character flower small dish
Shou characters often borrow animal and plant forms to express their font forms in decorative applications. The whole of this dish is a peach tree wrapped around the plate, the tree is full of fresh peaches, the branches of the peach tree are twisted and bent into the "shou" character pattern, and the branches are cleverly borrowed to hide the glyphs in it, and the use of peaches to wish for life and blessing is the meaning of its longevity and ward off evil spirits. The shou peach tree diagram, taking the shape of the shou character and the meaning of the peach, not only contains the meaning of blessing life but also has a decorative effect.
Qingqianlong yellow glaze three-color lotus bat shou character pattern plate
The whole body of the large plate is based on yellow glaze, depicting various ornaments with purple and green glazes, the center of the plate is painted with 5 bats with dark and light purple glaze, interspersed with lotus flowers, around the center of the plate a group of "Shou" characters, alluding to the meaning of "Five Blessings Holding Shou"; the inner wall of the plate is passionflower and the Buddhist "Eight Auspicious" (also known as "Eight Treasures", that is: wheels, snails, umbrellas, covers, flowers, pots, fish, intestines) pattern, flowers and leaves and decorative ornaments are decorated with green glaze; the edge of the plate is 8 small clusters of "Shou" characters and green dragon patterns; the outer wall of the plate is three groups of purple, green double peach, bat pattern, meaning" Fushou Shuangqing"; at the bottom there is a blue and white seal book "Qianlong Year of the Great Qing Dynasty" 6 characters and 3 lines square paragraph. This is a typical Qianlong official kiln imitation Kangxi Huangdi sancai ware, whether it is a vessel type or ornamentation, it has significant Qianlong porcelain characteristics, the shape of the vessel is regular, the ornamentation is complex and rich, and it is the yellow glaze tricolored vessel originally collected by the Qing Palace.
Qinghuang partridge wood inlaid with silver wire Baishou character Ruyi
Made of yellow eel wood. Ruyi's head is begonia-shaped, and its relief is decorated with double peach, bamboo, daffodils and other ornaments. The wooden handle is embedded in the Baishou character by the process of inlaid silver wire, which means "long life is as it wishes". The stem end is carved with ganoderma lucidum and curly grass, with double spikes woven of yellow, green and red silk. This ruyi should be a blessing from the perspective of the ornamental theme.
Filigree enamel brocade shou character elephant first three-legged charcoal basin
Practical appliances for heating in the palace in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The mouth of this basin is folded outward along a wide plate, with a petal-shaped outer mouth, a rounded inner mouth, a deep drum belly at the lower part, and an elephant head-shaped triped at the bottom. The whole vessel is made of filigree enamel, all of which are bright yellow, and there is a gilded copper hoop in the middle of the basin abdomen, which divides the body into two parts, and is decorated with Tuanshou characters and seal body shou characters, which mean long life. The charcoal basin is attached to an inner basin for the purpose of holding charcoal, and there is a living ring along the mouth. The charcoal basin has a deep abdomen and is a tool for burning charcoal in the womb during the cold season.
Fushou combination
Qing Kangxi blue and white yunlong Fushou bowl
This bowl is diagonal, skimmed, and has a circle foot at the bottom. The inner and outer mouths are all blue and white double circle patterns, the inner wall is a white glazed plain surface, the inner center is a cloud dragon pattern; the outer wall is painted with two dragons and flames and flowing clouds, between the two dragons are two decorative passionflower patterns, the core of the two flowers is begonia style, and the words "Fu" and "Shou" are written in italics, which means that Fu Shou is complete. The lower part of the outer wall has a double-layer chrysanthemum petal pattern, the bottom of the bowl is decorated with blue and white double circles on the outside of the foot, and the bottom is a large blue and white double circle, and there are 6 characters and 2 lines of the letter "Great Qing Kangxi Year System". The bowl is bright and clean, the pattern is rich, and it is a Kangxi blue and white vessel originally collected by the Qing Palace.
Qing rosewood border embedded with dyed tooth immortal Fushou character hanging screen
The hanging screen is a pair of rosewood inlaid tooth furniture. The hanging screens are all rosewood with rosewood borders, and the frames are inlaid with a rope pattern carved with teeth and a circular jade ring embedded inside. The inner side of the frame is slotted with a black lacquer board screen center, and the screen center is inlaid with the poem "LuoHan Zan" made by the Qianlong Imperial Family, and the middle copper "Fu" and "Shou" character grooves are decorated with dyeing tooth mountain stones, trees and nine Luohan figures, and there is a lack of an Arhat in the current Shou character.
This pair of hanging screens is a combined display. Each has nine arhats, which are combined into eighteen arhats. It is one of the birthday gifts of the Qianlong Emperor during the Longevity Festival.