The word "Ruyi" comes from the Indian Sanskrit "Ana Law", which is one of the Buddhist instruments imported from India. The handle is shaped like a heart and made of bamboo, bone, copper and jade. When giving lectures, the mage often holds Ruyi's handle and records the scriptures on the table for fear of forgetting. In the underground palace of Famen Temple in Fufeng, Shaanxi Province, a handle of Buddha and monk Ruyi was unearthed, which was gilded with silver, with a cloud head and a straight handle. According to the data of the Palace Museum, the origin of Ruyi is closely related to the back scratching tool commonly known as "not seeking" in our daily life. The earliest wishful thinking is that the handle end is shaped like a finger to show that the hand can't reach it and scratch it, so it is called wishful thinking, and it is commonly called "Dont Ask For Help". Qing Dynasty's "List of Different Things" says: "If you are satisfied, the ancient claws and sticks are also there". In ancient China, there were "scratching sticks" (now called tickling) and "water" (also called "facing water" and "hand board"), and ruyi was both used. Later, its morphology was divided, and one branch retained its practical function and spread among the people; The other one emphasizes auspicious meaning, and evolves into pure furnishings and curiosities, and there is a Bodhisattva statue with wishful hands.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Ruyi was widely used, and it became very popular during this period, becoming the thing in the hands of emperors and dignitaries. It is combined with a folk "Dont Ask For Help" tickling thing in the form of a device, which is not only used to tickle, but also used to show the role of a scepter. At first, the prototype combined with the wishful head was curved and turned back, which was endowed with the auspicious meaning of "turning back is wishful". "A gentleman is better than jade", and the appearance of jade ruyi combines the unswerving virtue of jade with the auspicious meaning of ruyi, and achieves the ruyi artifacts with auspicious culture with China characteristics.
From Xiao Gang's poem of Liang Jian Wendi, it can be inferred that the jade ruyi at that time had the size of being worn around. When elegant and leisurely, the literati chanted poems and chanted fu, and used it as a beat with the "wishful dance". In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it gradually turned from a practical product to an artistic display for people to enjoy and entertain. Ruyi's head is basically unchanged in the shape of bending back, while the handle end is changed from straight to small ganoderma lucidum shape and cloud shape. The head and tail echo each other, the main body is streamlined, the handle is slightly curved, and the shape is beautiful and gorgeous.
In ancient times, as a kind of arts and crafts, it was mostly in the Qing Dynasty, but it was also rare in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Kangxi, Ruyi became the plaything of the emperor and empresses in the palace, and there were Ruyi beside the throne and in the bedroom to show good luck and contentment. "The Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty" has a volume: "Ruyi has a name, which existed before the Tang and Song Dynasties."
Although Ruyi pictures are for different purposes, the original Ruyi is undoubtedly to imitate the hand shape of people. This creative idea can also be said to be the extension of people's will. It was after the Tang Dynasty that the hand shape evolved into a cirrus-shaped, ganoderma lucidum-shaped, heart-shaped and flower-shaped wishful, and it was made of jade jewelry, which not only made it a work of art, but also added a bit of fairy and peaceful charm. By the Qing Dynasty, Ruyi craft had reached its peak, and its function had reached an unprecedented nobility. Whenever a prince, minister and governor were on the New Year's Day, they would go to the DPRK to get good luck, so there was a poem that "all peppers went to the jewelry market, and the price was priceless for a while". Now the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace in Beijing can enjoy the royal wishes of the Qing Dynasty. In the folk, large-scale Ruyi is a display of the hall, and small Ruyi is a gift to show auspicious wishes. Common materials are gold, silver, jade, horn, tooth, jade, coral, copper, bamboo, wood and so on.
Many traditional mascots in China are related to the New Year Festival, and Ruyi is a household name.
As a symbol of good luck, of course, everyone is eager to have a good luck, but a beautiful good luck is very expensive and beyond the reach of ordinary people. Things have changed, and nowadays Ruyi has withdrawn from people's daily life and become an antique. However, a handle of exquisite and exquisite Ruyi carries the history they once had and the auspicious and beautiful implication they contain, and it is still so pleasing to the eye and is loved by people.
Overview of Five Blessingg Ruyi Physical Objects
Following the successful hosting of the Olympic Games and the dream of manned space flight, the Chinese nation will usher in the great historical moment of the Shanghai World Expo. In order to show the world the charm and essence of the long and splendid Chinese civilization and traditional art, Master Cheng Shumei, the master of arts and crafts in China and the designated inheritor of China's intangible cultural heritage, led the production, and the China Cultural Relics Society supervised the production. The palace technique of filigree inlay was adopted, and Hetian jade and red jade were inlaid with pure silver gold.
characteristic
"Five Blessingg Ruyi" is round and muddy in shape, with a three-layer ganoderma lucidum shape, hollowed out, smooth and natural in radian, and inlaid with Hetian jasper in the middle. In the golden and gorgeous style of wealth, it also contains the taste of simplicity and elegance, and combines the unswerving virtue of jade with the auspicious meaning of Ruyi, which has made Ruyi artifacts with auspicious culture with China characteristics. Surrounded by Five Blessingg Ruyi positive.
The traditional techniques are used to carve auspicious patterns such as "Ruyi Money Pattern", "Fugui Peony Pattern", "Lucky Bat Pattern" and "Landscape Cliff Pattern". The whole pattern is hollow, the filaments are smooth, the patterns are complex and orderly, the density is appropriate, and the seams are very beautiful, which not only adds wishful charm, but also conveys good wishes such as wealth, auspiciousness, good fortune and continuous rise.
On the handle of Ruyi, there are nine Feiteng Golden Dragons with different ups and downs, which are different from each other. Kowloon has its own charm and walks through the auspicious clouds. Each golden dragon is carefully carved, with scales and dragon whiskers appearing in the slightest. Thousands of golden rays shine on the dragon, and the dragon body shakes, with its neck bent high and leaping in the air. The dragon beard is full of anger, wide mouth and long beard, sharp scales and claws, and its elbow hair is like a sword. It means peace, prosperity, economic benefit and dignity.
Surrounded by dragons, there are also five imperial strokes, namely Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang imperial strokes. Although the strokes are different, they are similar in essence. Their fonts are vigorous and vigorous, their strokes are vigorous and powerful, and they fly smoothly. It can be said that dragons are hidden inside, just like dragons. The handle is the best blessing in the world, which implies "many children, many talents, many fields, long life and many blessings". It is the only blessing of "Five Blessingg in one" and "longevity in one" in ancient and modern times. More interestingly, Qianlong, Daoguang and Jiaqing emperors were nicknamed "trunk roads" among the people, implying that "money comes home", which skillfully satisfied people's good hopes.
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