Relics of the Imperial Palace
There are many cultural relics in the Imperial Palace. The Treasure Hall of the Forbidden City was located in the west wing of the Huangji Hall. There were all kinds of precious stones, gold and silver utensils, pearl jade, ivory jade carvings and other treasures in the Treasure Hall, such as gold chimes, jasper chimes and so on. In addition, there was also a silver medal given by the Retired Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. On the front, it was engraved with the words "Retired Emperor Granted to the Elderly", and on the back, it was engraved with the words "Bingchen Year, Imperial Palace Banquet for the Elderly, weighing 10 taels". Such silver medals were rare in the world, and were collected by the British Museum, the Capital Museum, and the Guanfu Museum. Read more exciting novels for free
Imperial Seal Relics
In ancient China, the imperial seal was the emperor's seal and a symbol of imperial power. It was usually made of metal and engraved with the emperor's name and coat of arms. The right to use it was usually exclusive to the emperor. In Japan, the emperor's imperial seal was used to seal relevant documents when the emperor carried out state affairs. In China history, imperial seals such as the imperial jade seal of Qianlong were symbols of supreme power. However, there was no more information on the specific situation of the imperial seal cultural relics, such as the number of existing imperial seal cultural relics, the state of preservation, the location of collection, and so on. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Ancient palace relics
The following are some of the ancient palace relics: - ** Flower-smoked Crown **: Enamel porcelain used in the imperial palace during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It is a fine ornamental product of the palace and a national treasure-level cultural relic. - ** Qianlong Gold Ou Yonggu Cup **: A representative work of the palace relics of the Forbidden City. It is 12.5 cm high, 8 cm in diameter, and 5 cm in height. There are inscriptions on the mouth. Emperor Qianlong attached great importance to its production and used a variety of precious materials to make it meticulously. He modified it many times until he was satisfied. It was a special wine cup used by the Qing Dynasty emperor during the New Year's Day opening ceremony."Golden Ou" symbolized the state's political power and expressed the desire to consolidate the regime forever. - ** Zhang Cheng's Carved Lacquer Plate with Cloud Patterns **: This is a masterpiece of Zhang Cheng, a master of lacquer carving in the Yuan Dynasty. It is the representative work of the lacquer ware in the Forbidden City. It is 3.3cm high and 19.2cm in diameter. The wood is black and the cloud patterns are carved inside and outside. The lacquer is thick and crystal clear. The carving is round and smooth. It is an exquisite example of the rhinoceros picking technique in the Yuan Dynasty. - ** Sapphire Cloud-Dragon Pattern Furnace **: A representative piece of jade produced in the Forbidden City during the Song Dynasty. It is 7.9cm high and 12.8cm in diameter. It is made of sapphire and is decorated with the word "Gong" as the base. It is decorated with swimming dragons, auspicious clouds, and sea patterns. A seven-character poem of Qianlong is engraved on the bottom of the vessel. - ** Silk Enamel Entwined Lotus Pattern Elephant Ear Furnace **: A work of the Yuan Dynasty, 13.9cm in height, 16cm in diameter, 13.5cm in diameter, old collection of the Qing Palace. Furnace copper body, round bulging belly, elephant head curled nose ears, circle feet. The neck and abdomen were decorated with chrysanthemums and twining lotus flowers in different colors and different glazes. The glaze was lustrous, and some of them were transparent like glass. The color of the glaze was rich and harmonious, rich and elegant. However, the copper gall, elephant ears, and ring feet were added later. - ** Along the River During Qingming Festival **: This painting was created by Zhang Zeduan, the court painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. It recorded the buildings and people's livelihood on the outskirts of Bianjing and the two banks of the Bian River in the capital city during the late period of Huizong of the Northern Song Dynasty. It also depicted the prosperous scene and natural scenery of Bianliang and the two banks during the Qingming Festival. It used the scattered point perspective composition method. There were many characters in the painting, with different expressions and rich activities. The original was printed on silk and colored lightly. It was 24.8 cm high and 528.7 cm long. It is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing. - ** Western Jin Dynasty's Lu Ji's "Fu Ping Tie"**: The representative work of the Forbidden City's calligraphy. It is also the earliest existing ink of a famous person. The content is a letter written by Lu Ji to his friends to ask about his illness. - [The Imperial Palace Classic Ming and Qing Emperors and Empresses 'Seal]: It is a part of the Palace Museum's palace buildings, collections of cultural relics, and various classic illustrations. It has ornamental and narrative value. In addition, relics with Han Dynasty characteristics were unearthed in the ruins of an ancient palace found near Abakan, Khakassia Republic, Russia, such as gorgeous roof tiles, beautifully decorated bronze mascarons, ceramic tiles engraved with Chinese characters to bless the emperor, etc. Although this palace was more than 1500 kilometers away from China, the unearthed cultural relics had ancient Chinese characteristics, which may be related to Chinese history. It also reflected the cultural exchanges related to the ancient palace. The disc was also an ancient cultural relic. It recorded the praise King Xuan of Zhou gave to the Shan family and the rewards he gave to Shan. It was a bronze history book. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Cultural Relics in the Palace Museum
There were many types of cultural relics in the Forbidden City's warehouse. In the process of the cultural relics of the Forbidden City moving south, it was known that the cultural relics transported from the Forbidden City included more than 9000 paintings and calligraphy, more than 7000 pieces of porcelain, more than 2600 pieces of bronzes, bronze mirrors, and bronze seals, countless jade articles, and 3773 boxes of documents, including the archives of the Qing court collected by the imperial historian and the inner government, the imperial records of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, daily life notes, and the historical materials of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. There were also the Siku Quanshu and various rare books and engraved copies. At that time, one of the earliest printed works discovered in China was the fifth generation edition of the Dharani Sutra, and the oldest stone carving in China was the Qiyang Stone Drum. These cultural relics reflected the richness of the cultural relics in the Forbidden City and were the precious cultural wealth of the Forbidden City. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
The costumes and relics of the Qing Palace
There are many kinds of costumes and cultural relics in the Qing Palace. For example, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the United States had a collection of silk costumes from the Qing Dynasty. There were also the Qing Emperor Qianlong's Zhonghua Palace's play list and other related Qing Palace opera relics exhibited in the exhibition, which included Zhou Yu's white colorful cloud golden dragon pattern male python, Liu Bei's red silk cloud dragon pattern male python, Zhao Yun's white satin double dragon play bead net male lean, Mu Guiying's rose purple satin phoenix play peony net female lean, and white river silk embroidered flying tiger flag. In addition, the Art Museum of Tsinghua University had a Qing Dynasty satin colored embroidered dance dress. This dance dress had a round neck with a cloud shoulder and was decorated with colored embroidery. The craftsmanship was complicated, and there were as many as 248 embroidered figures. The red satin embroidered figure and flower pattern palace clothes of the Qing Dynasty also belonged to the cultural relics of the Qing Dynasty. The left and right cuffs were inlaid with 11 colorful embroidery edges. The main part of the jacket was embroidered with patterns such as phoenix, parasol tree, peony, etc. The background pattern was "gold embroidery", and the silk thread used was pure gold thread twisted from gold foil. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Entwined Flower Palace Relics
Entangling flowers was a traditional craft. In the production of cultural relics related to the Forbidden City, the hairpin lady would use the entwined flowers to replicate the cultural relics of the Forbidden City and make exquisite hair accessories. For example, the floral version of the Forbidden City cultural relic "Butterfly Love Flower", the makeup lady also exquisitely pasted some gold embellishments to make the hair accessories more exquisite. There were also some floral hair accessories that were similar to the ones from the Ming Dynasty, which were also replicas of the cultural relics of the Forbidden City. Not only could this make beautiful hair accessories, but it also avoided the use of kingfisher feathers (because kingfishers were protected by the state and it was cruel to get their feathers). Instead, it could be replaced with silk thread from the flower entanglement, which could also show the luster. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Auction of Qing Palace Relics
The following is the auction of some Qing Palace cultural relics: - The Spring Auction of Zhongmao Shengjia 2024 had information about the auction of Qing Palace cultural relics. For example, there was a special show for the Buddha Statue Art, which had a lot of Vajra statues (Beijing Palace Sixth Grade Buddhist Tower, Qing Emperor Qianlong (1736 - 1795), 21 cm high in bronze, estimated price: RMB 700,000 - 1,200,000, from an important private collection in Asia). - The round fan of the imperial concubine of the Qing Dynasty [Qing Emperor Qianlong·Gauze Sticky Silk Flower Fruit Painting Face Dyed Carved Bone Handle Round Fan] was 50cm long and 33cm in diameter. It was auctioned on June 14 at the Spring Auction of Zhongmao Shengjia 2024,"Silk Road Qiankun-Grand View of Weaving and Embroidery Art". The estimated price was RMB 150,000 - 250,000. This round fan was exactly the same as the fan in the Forbidden City. It was made in the same batch. It was an object in the palace. The craftsmanship had been lost for a long time. It had a high aesthetic value and academic value. - The Qing Palace treasures that were once pledged to the bank by the last emperor Pu Yi had been auctioned. For example, a piece of Qianlong imperial porcelain was auctioned at Beijing Poly. The bidder numbered 6138 dropped the hammer for 16 million yuan, plus a commission, and finally sold for 18.4 million yuan. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Qilin Cultural Relics Palace
There was a Kirin relic in the Forbidden City, placed in front of the Cining Palace where the Empress Dowager lived. Qilin was the leader of all beasts and had a longer lifespan. It also had the meaning of qilin giving birth and having more children, representing longevity, blessings, and other auspicious symbols. In the National Palace Museum in Taibei, there was also a scroll titled "Ode to the Qilin Painted by the Ming Dynasty". This painting was related to the tribute of the "Qilin"(actually a gibbon) from Bangla (now Bengal, India). At that time, the new king of Bangla sent an envoy to thank him. The envoy led an animal similar to the Qilin (gibbon) to the capital. Emperor Yongle was very happy and asked the court painter to draw the scene of the Qilin and wrote "Ode to the Qilin" on the scroll. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
The Imperial Concubine of the Imperial Palace
There were a few novels that the imperial concubines favored. Among them were " The Imperial Concubine's Favor in the Imperial Palace,"" The Imperial Concubine is the Empress,"" The Concubine's Favor,"" I See the Imperial Concubine's Charm," and " The Imperial Concubine's Favor." These novels covered harem struggles, love, and power stories, suitable for readers who liked these kinds of topics. Please note that these recommendations are only based on the search results provided. There may be other suitable novels that are not included.
Underwater cultural relics of the imperial mausoleum
Taking the Ming Zu Tomb as an example, the Ming Zu Tomb was a tomb built by Zhu Yuanzhang for his grandfather, great-grandfather and great-grandfather. It reappeared in the 1960s due to the drop in the water level of Hongze Lake. After being eroded by the lake water for a long time, the wooden buildings in the tomb were basically destroyed, but there were still the Star Gate, the main hall, the east and west corridors, as well as more than 30 large pillar foundations and three brick arch-roofed buildings. Most of the 21 pairs of stone statues on both sides of the Divine Path were intact. After cleaning up, precious cultural relics of the Ming Dynasty, such as python robes, jade belts, phoenix crowns, and capes, were unearthed. In addition, it was said that Shen Wansan's underwater tomb was located beside the Minjiang River in Sichuan and was discovered by local villagers. Although no specific cultural relics were mentioned, experts asserted that this was Shen Wansan's tomb. Some people believed that the unearthed cultural relics were worth 1.6 trillion yuan. Also, Huaguang Reef No. 1 was not a real imperial mausoleum, but a merchant ship from the Southern Song Dynasty. During the archaeological salvage process, about 1800 cultural relics were unearthed, and in the end, there were more than 10,000 pieces of porcelain. These cultural relics witnessed the history of the Silk Road on the Sea and were extremely valuable. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
Cultural Relics of the Qing Imperial Mausoleum
There are many cultural relics in the Qing Emperor's Mausoleum. For example, more than 2600 cultural relics were unearthed in the Dingling Tomb of the Ming Tombs, and more than 600 pieces of silk fabrics and clothing were unearthed. In the Eastern Qing Tomb in Zunhua, Tang Shan, 20 pieces of Qing Dynasty royal textile woven by Jiangning (Nanjing) had been successfully restored. These cultural relics were precious cultural relics and treasures handed down from the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi and Concubine Rong (Xiangfei). The materials were excellent, the patterns were exquisite, and the craftsmanship was superb. They had important cultural and artistic value. Among them, the Dharani Sutra quilt, the Buddhist dragon robe, and the lotus mattress unearthed from Cixi's underground palace represented the highest level of textile technology at that time and deeply reflected the characteristics of the royal funeral customs. The Dharani Sutra quilt was 275 centimeters wide and 288 centimeters long. It had four inner and outer borders, decorated with the auspicious pattern of "Long Life and Blessings", and embroidered with a lama pagoda and Chinese scriptures in the center. There were more than 25000 characters. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>