The Yuanmingyuan exotic treasures are the Yuanmingyuan twelve animal heads bronze statue, hexagonal vase, the Lady of the Mantras, the forty scenes, Kangxi Jade Ruyi and so on. Specifically introduced as follows:

1, the twelve zodiac animal head bronze statue of the Yuanmingyuan

The twelve zodiac animal head bronze statue of the Yuanmingyuan was originally part of the fountain outside the Hall of Haiyantang, is the Qing dynasty during the Qianlong period of the red copper casting statue. 1860 Anglo-French allied forces invaded China, the burning of the Yuanmingyuan, the beasts of the bronze statue began to lose overseas.

2, qing qianlong outside powder green sauce glaze ground painting gold silver lotus pattern pastel color openwork more than three melons and fruits inside the inner painted blue and white twining flowers pattern hexagonal set of bottles

this bottle is the qing dynasty pottery officer tang ying creation and invention of new varieties, but also the creation of the invention of the "heart of the bottle" transition period in the process and technology content is very high. Especially the outer layer is not round ball shape, but hexagonal hollowing, in the molding, billeting, hollowing, sandwiched and other crafts, the manufacturing difficulty has added another layer.

3, the female history of the map

"The female history of the map" for China's eastern Jin Dynasty Gu Kaizhi created silk paintings. The original work has been anonymous, there is a copy of the Tang dynasty, the original 12 paragraphs, because of the age, only 9 paragraphs are left, for the silk color.

4, forty scenes

Yuanmingyuan "forty scenes", according to the will of the emperor hongli, in the nine years of qianlong (1744) around the court painter, the words of the ministers to draw and become the 40 scenes of the map. According to its painting method is divided into two categories, the first category for the work of colorful drawings, only one set, originally stored in the Yuanmingyuan.

The second category for the ink line white drawing, *** there are three kinds of version: one is by the word courtiers ordered by the school publication of the Qianlong "imperial forty scenes of the Yuanmingyuan poem" of the map, there are ten years of Qianlong House of the line of the book; second is the thirteenth year of Guangxu lithographic reprint of "the Yuanmingyuan Chart Wing" annexed to the map of the sub-scene, the original by the Sun Hu, Shen source of the joint painting; Zhang RuoYi painted the forty scenes.

5, Kangxi Jade Ruyi

C Kangxi Jade Ruyi carved from a piece of precious white jade, nearly half a meter long, the color is white and green, carved into the shape of a porous fungus. Ruyi is shaped like a long-handled hook with a lingzhi-shaped or cloud-shaped head and a slightly curved handle. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the name Ruyi was taken to indicate good fortune and happiness, and it was an auspicious object for play and enjoyment.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Bronze statue of the 12 animal heads of the Chinese zodiac in the Yuanmingyuan Garden

Baidu Encyclopedia - Qing dynasty Qianlong outside the pink and blue glaze on the ground of gold and silver lotus pattern famille-rose openwork hollowed out more than three melons and fruits within the inner painting of the blue and white twining branches and flowers hexagonal set of vase

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