#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #August2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum #ForbiddenCity Collections of Chinese intangible cultural heritage.  Collection  12th – 20th August 2023..

On July 19th 2023 , the multilingual website of the Forbidden City Palace Museum- Beijing, China, People’s Republic of Chinawas officially released at the Digital Cultural Tourism Development Forum of the 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference! The website covers five languages: English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish, and will meet the needs of audiences with different languages.

 The multilingual website of the Palace Museum is committed to establishing an international website that is concise, clear, easy to use for overseas audiences, and fits the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, including tour guides, information, panoramic tours, online exhibitions, collection appreciation, cultural topics, etc. Rich immersive content describing of the most detail collection that housed within the Forbidden city collection… . 

During the Months of late July towards early August 2023 it has been serve Rainstorms in Beijing in which the  603 year old Forbidden city Drainage has been designed very well in countering those intense weather conditions….

Qing, the treasure of Queen Jinlong. The gold books and gold treasures presented to the queen have become the symbol of the queen’s status. This is the “Queen’s Treasure”, made of gold, with a dragon button, attached to a yellow ribbon, and the seal is in Manchu and Chinese jade chopsticks, and the script is the same as the emperor’s imperial treasure.

The floating haze is warm and emerald, the branches and leaves support the Su, and the ribbon bird can be seen inhabiting the branches among the shadows of the trees, just like “the fairy in the forest”. Ribbon birds are colorful, with a dark blue glow on the head, neck and crest. When the ribbon bird is engraved on the cultural relics, it meets thousands of flowers, carrying people’s hopes and blessings. The ribbon is an ornament that marks the official rank. The name “ribbon” means to increase the rank and rank, and because “ribbon” and “shou” have the same pronunciation, it also means longevity. Therefore, the ribbon bird has the meaning of good fortune and longevity, which was deeply loved by the ancients.

Modern times, the queen’s gold book. After Puyi abdicated, according to the “Preferential Treatment Conditions of the Qing Dynasty”, he still lived a life of “little court” in the inner court of the Forbidden City, and married Wanrong as the queen according to the wedding ceremony of the Qing emperor. This is the golden book that canonized Wanrong, with a total of ten pages. It reads: “Xuantong’s fourteenth year…the daughter of Rongyuan…I hereby take Baolier as the queen…” The “little imperial court” still uses the Xuantong year name, “Xuantong fourteen years” is the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922). This gold book is the only queen gold book in existence in the Palace Museum…

千位百瓶 Garlic bottle, named after the mouth of the bottle is shaped like a head of garlic. Pictured  is a bright red Panchi garlic bottle with white glaze and plastic paste from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The mouth of the bottle is in the shape of eight cloves of garlic. Copper red glaze, the glaze color is eye-catching and unusual. The red panchi protrudes on the white glaze, which has a three-dimensional effect and is quite artistic.

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. This picture depicts the wedding procession arriving at the residence of the queen-to-be, and the stepfather leading the children kneeling outside the gate to greet her. In the lead of the imperial battle, Huang Gai accompanied, followed by officials in charge of ceremonies, Honglu Temple Xuban officials and Mingzan officials, then envoys and deputy envoys, followed by Ceting, Baoting and Fengyu carried by 16 people. They entered the courtyard one by one, followed by the queen-to-be’s father and clan members. After the emperor’s golden festival and the queen’s ceremony are arranged in the mansion, the canonization ceremony is waiting to be held.

去我们一起来读计划  Qing Dynasty Qianlong, Lengjian, Huangmen, etc., the Fengyu page of the Atlas of Imperial Ritual Vessels. In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor used a phoenix to marry the queen’s wedding sedan chair. The body of the Fengyu sedan chair is made of wood, painted with bright yellow lacquer. The dome is double-layered, and each octagon is decorated with a golden phoenix. The hanging eaves are bright yellow satin, painted with golden phoenix. The four curtains are painted with blue stones and golden phoenixes. The interior is painted with red lacquer, the sedan chair is bright yellow satin with golden phoenix painted on it, and the sedan chair cushion is bright yellow satin with colorful phoenix embroidered on it. The shoulder poles are topped with bronze brass and golden phoenix heads and tails. The style of the phoenix was determined in the book “Illustration of Ritual Vessels of the Dynasty” during the Qianlong period. It was used by the empress when she participated in the silkworm ceremony of offering sacrifices to the god of silkworms.

千件百锅# The Weibo text introduced last time This white-glazed plastic paste bright red panchi garlic bottle from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty was handed down to the Qing Dynasty. It may be very popular with Emperor Yongzheng. It is painted by Qing people in the Palace Museum. The depiction of this bottle can be seen in “Yinzhen’s Pleasure Picture” and “Yinzhen Concubine’s Pleasure Picture”.

去我们一起来读计划  Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, Jin Xi character Ruyi, Yubi dragon character axis. In the Qing Dynasty, the phoenix of the emperor’s wedding to please the queen had a built-in “dragon” character axis, gold ruyi, and apples. In folk weddings, the groom goes to the bride’s house to meet the bride in person, but the emperor is supreme, and when he marries the queen, he sends envoys to greet him, so the word “dragon” is used as the groom’s incarnation. In many ceremonies of the emperor’s wedding, Ruyi and apples were used, implying auspiciousness and peace. This gold ruyi is in a three-inlaid style, with a raised “囍” character on the first, middle and tail parts, with a red “囍” knot and silk tassels underneath. Jin Ruyi and the “Dragon” scroll are placed together in a yellow brocade box, and the scroll is engraved with “The Treasure of Empress Dowager Cixi’s Royal Brush”, which was used for the wedding of Emperor Guangxu.

The heat is in full swing, and everything is transpiring. It’s the season when gardenias are in full bloom. If you can meet a gardenia that is “suspected to be leaves in frost, and covered with branches like snow”, the flower color like snow and ice is accompanied by bursts of intoxicating fragrance. It is extremely cool!

Gardenia, also known as scorpion, has a soft and elegant floral fragrance. “Snowflakes and ice flowers are cool and clear, and the deep part of the song bar is bright and spiritual.” Gardenia is white in color, and its six petals are like snowflakes. Therefore , the ancients often associated gardenia with snowflakes….

In the Qing Dynasty, Qingkuan et al., the album of the big wedding picture set up a welcome picture. This is the last page of the sixth volume “Collected Figures of Ingratiation”. After the Guangxu Emperor’s wedding party arrived at the quasi-empress’s mansion, the empress’s phoenix and ceremonial car were placed in the courtyard, and the emperor’s golden festival was respectfully placed on the central festival table in the outer hall. The queen father kneels in front of the face, and the official envoy reads the document for the establishment of the queen. The kneeling in the upper right corner of the screen is the father of the queen-to-be. After that, the envoy will hand over the emperor’s gold festival to the eunuch, and place it on the festival case in the middle of the inner hall. The eunuch and female officials will present the ceremony to the queen in the inner hall, and award the gold book and the queen’s treasure. As for the inner hall ceremony attended by the Empress, Empress Dowager Cixi issued a special decree that painters do not need to paint, so it is not shown in the picture. After the registration ceremony, the queen went to Fengyu at an auspicious time, ready to enter the palace..

去我们一起来读计划  Qing Guangxu, red silk embroidered dragon and phoenix with the pattern gown. During the wedding ceremony, the empress had several different attires. When she was preparing to accept the ceremony at her natal home, she wore a red silk gown embroidered with dragon and phoenix patterns, and an outer cover of azurite silk embroidered with patterns of dragon and phoenix. This gown was worn by the empress of Emperor Guangxu’s wedding. It has a round neck, a large front and right gusset, horseshoe sleeves, and left and right skirts. The whole body is embroidered with gold thread and multicolored silk thread to embroider various patterns, and the front chest, back, shoulders and front and rear hem are embroidered with eight groups of golden dragon and phoenix “囍” patterns, arranged in twelve chapters. The whole body is also decorated with the characters of “Fu”, “Lu”, “Shou” and “Xi”, and auspicious patterns such as bats, cranes and miscellaneous treasures. The embroidery is complicated and exquisite, the patterns are rich and beautiful, and it has a very festive and auspicious decorative effect.

去我们一起来读计划  Qing Dynasty Guangxu, stone blue silk embroidered dragon and phoenix with the pattern gown. This gown is worn over a dragon and phoenix Tonghe pattern robe. It has a round neck, double breasts, flat sleeves, and a skirt that opens at the back. The collar is adorned with a gilt copper button with chiseled patterns and four fastening loops. It is lined with bright yellow plain spun silk lining, with thin silk cotton in the middle. This gown is embroidered with patterns such as eight dragons and phoenixes “囍” and other patterns on the ground of stone-blue river silk, using flat stitches, flat gold, closing stitches, trocars, and nail threads. The joy and enthusiasm of a big wedding.

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #August2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum #ForbiddenCity Collections of Chinese intangible cultural heritage.  Collection  7th   –  15th August 2023..

On July 19th 2023 , the multilingual website of the Forbidden City Palace Museum- Beijing, China, People’s Republic of Chinawas officially released at the Digital Cultural Tourism Development Forum of the 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference! The website covers five languages: English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish, and will meet the needs of audiences with different languages.

 The multilingual website of the Palace Museum is committed to establishing an international website that is concise, clear, easy to use for overseas audiences, and fits the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, including tour guides, information, panoramic tours, online exhibitions, collection appreciation, cultural topics, etc. Rich immersive content describing of the most detail collection that housed within the Forbidden city collection… . 

When the red sun is scorching and the heat is unbearable, the refrigerator in which is an invention of China Chinese… is a necessity for modern people 消暑生冷. So, how did the ancients chill melons, fruits and drinks? This cypress refrigerator in the Palace Museum tells us the answer.

The exterior of the refrigerator is cypress wood. There is a layer of grid drawers inside the box, ice cubes are placed under the grid drawers, and food is placed on the drawer boards to play the role of freezing and keeping fresh. At the same time, the four walls inside the box are inlaid with lead skin, which can not only insulate heat, but also maintain low temperature. Two copper lifting rings are installed on both sides of the outside of the refrigerator for easy lifting. Keeping cold and portable, this “can walk at any time” cypress refrigerator is ingeniously designed and quite practical, from which it is not difficult to glimpse the wisdom of the ancients!  古人也太会吧

去我们一起来读历史 The buildings, streamers, Jing, etc. (replicas) in the emperor’s brine book. According to the records, there are Changshou Building, Zi Building, Ni Building, Yu Bao Building, Xin Ban, Jiang Yin Ban, Leopard Tail Banner, Longtou Gan Ban, Jiaoxiao Biao Festival Banner, Ming Xingbi Jiao Banner, Banners, streamers, Jing, etc. of different shapes and colors, such as Shihui Jing for Celebration, Huaiyuan Jing for Praising Merit, Zhenwu Jing, Fuwen Jing, Nayan Jing, Jinshan Jing, Jinjie, Yiqi, Huanghui, etc. Shown here are reproductions of Huanghui, Jinjie, Longtou Ganfan, Nizhu, Yizheng and Jing.

On the eighth of August 2023 Looking from afar, autumn is condensing in the depths of the clouds. Today 立秋Liqiu Tue, 8 Aug 2023 – Wed, 23 Aug 2023 The traditional Chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms. Lìqiū, Risshū, Ipchu, or Lập thu is the 13th solar term. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 135° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 150°.

Let us read the calendar together The flag (replica) in the emperor’s brine book. There are more than 120 flags in the halogen book, including the sun, moon, cloud, thunder, wind, rain, twenty-eight mansions, five stars, five mountains, four directions, four dunes, phoenix, luan, wandering Lin, and lion taming, which is the largest number in the halogen book. A class of items.

禁禁欣芳 In the sixth month of the lunar calendar, lotus flowers are used as the order of the month. The ancients endowed the lotus with a clean and elegant character, praised its noble character of “the root is jade in the mud, and the heart bears the bead”. In addition, the lotus flower can be used as a vegetable for meat and meat, porridge for soup, nourishing and health-preserving, and making tea and medicine. It can be described as a good product for refreshing summer heat. ​​​​

Let us read the calendar together#The weapons (replicas) in the emperor’s brine book. The weapons in the Lubo ceremonial guards all had practical functions at first, and then gradually evolved into symbols of the emperor’s majesty. Shown in the picture include leopard tail spear, halberd, shu, star, standing melon, lying melon and axe.

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. From this picture, the Guangxu Emperor’s wedding welcome team exits the middle gate of the Taihe Gate from the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then leaves the palace from the middle gate of the Daqing Gate to the Queen’s Mansion. After the ceremony of appointing envoys, the cabinet and the officials of the Ministry of Rites carried out the books and treasures together with the case from the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and then the deputy envoys placed the books and treasures in the Dragon Pavilion of His Majesty Dan respectively. In the picture, the chief envoy Chijie has stepped down from Dan Bi, and the deputy envoy is holding the hand of the king .

Qing, the treasure of Queen Jinlong. The gold books and gold treasures presented to the queen have become the symbol of the queen’s status. This is the “Queen’s Treasure”, made of gold, with a dragon button, attached to a yellow ribbon, and the seal is in Manchu and Chinese jade chopsticks, and the script is the same as the emperor’s imperial treasure.

Modern and modern times, the queen’s gold book. After Puyi  forcefully abdicated, according to the “Preferential Treatment Conditions of the Qing Dynasty”, he still lived a life of “little court” in the inner court of the Forbidden City, and married Wanrong as the queen according to the wedding ceremony of the Qing emperor. This is the golden book that canonized Wanrong, with a total of ten pages. It reads: “Xuantong’s fourteenth year…the daughter of Rongyuan…I hereby take Baolier as the queen…” The “little imperial court” still uses the Xuantong year name, “Xuantong fourteen years” is the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922). This gold book is the only queen gold book in existence in the Palace Museum..

Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. This picture depicts the wedding procession arriving at the residence of the queen-to-be, and the stepfather leading the children kneeling outside the gate to greet her. In the lead of the imperial battle, Huang Gai accompanied, followed by officials in charge of ceremonies, Honglu Temple Xuban officials and Mingzan officials, then envoys and deputy envoys, followed by Ceting, Baoting and Fengyu carried by 16 people. They entered the courtyard one by one, followed by the queen-to-be’s father and clan members. In the government…

Qing Dynasty Qianlong, Lengjian, Huangmen, etc., the Fengyu page of the Atlas of Imperial Ritual Vessels. In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor used a phoenix to marry the queen’s wedding sedan chair. The body of the Fengyu sedan chair is made of wood, painted with bright yellow lacquer. The dome is double-layered, and each octagon is decorated with a golden phoenix. The hanging eaves are bright yellow satin, painted with golden phoenix. The four curtains are painted with blue stones and golden phoenixes. The interior is painted with red lacquer, the sedan chair is bright yellow satin with golden phoenix painted on it, and the sedan chair cushion is bright yellow satin with colorful phoenix embroidered on it. The shoulder poles are topped with bronze brass and golden phoenix heads and tails. The style of the phoenix was determined in the book “Illustration of Ritual Vessels of the Dynasty” during the Qianlong period. It was used by the empress when she participated in the silkworm ceremony of offering sacrifices to the god of silkworms.

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #August2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies -The Palace Museum #ForbiddenCity Collections of Chinese intangible cultural heritage. 27th July- 7th August 2023

On July 19th 2023 , the multilingual website of the Forbidden City Palace Museum- Beijing, China, People’s Republic of Chinawas officially released at the Digital Cultural Tourism Development Forum of the 2023 China Internet Civilization Conference! The website covers five languages: English, French, Russian, Japanese, and Spanish, and will meet the needs of audiences with different languages.

 The multilingual website of the Palace Museum is committed to establishing an international website that is concise, clear, easy to use for overseas audiences, and fits the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, including tour guides, information, panoramic tours, online exhibitions, collection appreciation, cultural topics, etc. Rich immersive content describing of the most detail collection that housed within the Forbidden city collection… . 

During the Months of late July towards early August 2023 it has been serve Rainstorms in Beijing in which the  603 year old Forbidden city Drainage has been designed very well in countering those intense weather conditions….

去我们一起来读计划  In the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, a red silk embroidered gold Xi word butterfly pattern single cloak. Cloaks, shirts, waistcoats, etc. are all casual clothes worn by concubines in the Qing Dynasty, and they are also gorgeous and colorful parts of court costumes. According to Guangxu’s “Great Wedding Ceremony Red Documents”, the items prepared by Emperor Guangxu for the queen’s wedding include: a total of 236 pieces of casual clothes such as shirts, cloaks, tights, ragged coats, and mandarin jackets of various materials. Forty-four pieces of clothing, eighty sets of various inner garments, eighty pairs of various shoes and socks, etc. “Red Archives of Tongzhi Wedding Ceremony in the Qing Dynasty” also has records of the colors, textures, patterns and craftsmanship of the various garments in the queen’s dowry. This cloak should be the summer casual clothes of Emperor Guangxu, Empress Xiao Dingjing. The whole body is covered with red silk, mainly with gold thread, and the Chinese character “囍” is embroidered with hundreds of butterflies. Butterflies are a symbol of happiness and love, and the word “囍” in Baidie means a happy marriage for a hundred years….

去我们一起来读计划  In the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, a single cloak with bright yellow silk embroidered with peony circles and longevity patterns. This cloak is the concubine’s summer casual dress, with bright yellow plain silk as the ground, embroidered with lake-colored, white, and light-green silk threads to embroider peony flowers with folded branches, and decorated with flat gold embroidered group “Shou” in between. The neckline, sleeves and hem are all traditional auspicious patterns, woven with gold dancing butterfly tapestry and Yuanqing satin flat gold “Shou” peony border, the color matching is very coordinated, and the embroidery is exquisite, highlighting the imperial royal clothing​​ .

去我们一起来读计划 Qing and Ming yellow silk 囍 word mink fur coat. The Palace Museum has a wide variety of ready-made garments for empresses and concubines of the Qing Dynasty, available in all seasons and in various textures. Manchu people who originally lived in the cold region of Northeast China, their love for fur products has not diminished in the slightest after entering the customs. Wool products such as winter clothing and crown hats occupied an important position in the ceremonial clothing of the Qing Dynasty. What grade and type of fur people of different status levels wore was also determined in the system…..

[The Forbidden City opened a new exhibition in Xinjiang! 】On July 28 2023, “Glory of the Flourishing Age-Exhibition of Qing Dynasty Palace Jade Collected by the Palace Museum” opened in the “Forbidden City Hall” of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum. This exhibition is also the first appearance of the “Forbidden City Hall” of the museum. For thousands of years, the excellent cultures of various ethnic groups have converged and jointly created a brilliant Chinese civilization. Among them, jades in the Qing Dynasty used a large number of unique Xinjiang jade materials, with excellent materials, regular shapes, and designs .

去我们一起来读计划 Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, a small waistcoat with pink and gold 囍 word butterfly pattern on the front. This vest is the queen’s daily casual dress, also known as tight-fitting, round neck, double-breasted, sleeveless, with open skirts on both sides and back. The pink ground on the front and back and the back, as well as the stone-blue garment hem, are woven with the word “囍”, interspersed with a pair of colorful butterflies dancing together, implying happy reunion. The rich and colorful dowry costumes of the empress not only reflect the noble status of the empress and the exquisiteness of the wedding in the emperor’s home, but also show the exquisite craftsmanship of our country’s weaving and embroidery.

Qing, Qing Kuan, etc., the queen’s dowry picture of the big wedding picture. This is the end of the dowry procession in “The Queen’s Dowry Picture”. The scene depicted is the dowry procession walking outside the Donghua Gate, carrying some red sandalwood carved boxes and a pair of red sandalwood carved cabinets as the final push. So far, the queen The 200 dowries carried into the palace were all carried into the palace, and the two-day dowry delivery event came to an end. During the entire process of the dowry entering the palace, in order to protect the safety of the dowry all the way, the troop carrying the dowry is composed of the school lieutenant Luan Yiwei and various personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. , the Ministry of Internal Affairs, etc. will be taken care of along the way.

There is a time to see the end of the day when the clouds are cleared. When the wind stops and the rain stops, enjoy the beautiful sunlight and the fragrance of golden stamens together. Hello August….!

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture (partial) in the album of big wedding pictures. In the evening before the big wedding, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty held a grand canonization ceremony at the queen’s mansion first, and then welcomed the queen into the palace when she was a child. Although registration and welcome are two consecutive etiquettes, they are actually completed over two days. The sixth volume of Emperor Guangxu’s “Big Marriage Picture” “Collecting the Picture of Ingratiation” depicts the process of these two pre-wedding ceremonies, including 16 pages of images and 6 pages of illustrations. The following set of pictures are all taken from this volume. This is part of the page of “Picture of Salutation at the Palace of Compassion and Peace” The wedding ceremony of Emperor Guangxu was scheduled to be held on the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month in the fifteenth year (1889). On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, before the welcoming procession set off, Emperor Guangxu went to the Cining Palace to salute Empress Dowager Cixi and announce that he was about to become a queen. The eight pieces of gold in the empress dowager’s ceremonial car are located in Ciningmen Square. On the east side are the gold furnace, gold incense box, gold spit pot, and gold bottle; , Jinping, and the golden chair in the south.

去我们一起来读计划  Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture in the album of big wedding pictures. These two pages show spectacular scenes, collectively known as “Pictures of Reception and Reception in the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. After Emperor Guangxu saluted the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, he was led by officials from the Ministry of Rites to the Hall of Supreme Harmony, where he first received the congratulations from the ministers, and then appointed envoys. In the picture, the senior scholar stands under the east eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the cabinet officials, publicity officials, and officials of the Ministry of Rituals stand behind the senior scholar, the envoys, deputy envoys, and saluting princes and ministers kneel on Majesty Dan, and His Majesty Dan is more Saluting civil and military officials ranked according to the grade level according to the grade mountain mark, waiting for the emperor to come…..

去我们一起来读计划Qing , Qingkuan, etc., the album of the big wedding picture sets up a welcome picture (partial); the interior view of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This is a part of the “Picture of the Welcome Ceremony in the Book of the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. On the screen, there is a festival table in the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with a red lacquer festival frame on the table. There are book cases and treasure cases on the left and right, and a gold box on the top, which is used to hold the gold book and the queen’s treasure. Under the eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are eight pieces of gold from the Emperor’s Fajia brine book, namely, two gold furnaces, two gold vases, two gold incense boxes, one gold spit pot, and one gold washbasin. Under the east and west eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are Zhonghe Shaoyue chime bells, chime chimes and other musical instruments.

去我们一起来读计划Qing , Qingkuan, etc., the album of the big wedding picture sets up a welcome picture (partial); the interior view of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This is a part of the “Picture of the Welcome Ceremony in the Book of the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. On the screen, there is a festival table in the middle of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with a red lacquer festival frame on the table. There are book cases and treasure cases on the left and right, and a gold box on the top, which is used to hold the gold book and the queen’s treasure. Under the eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are eight pieces of gold from the Emperor’s Fajia brine book, namely, two gold furnaces, two gold vases, two gold incense boxes, one gold spit pot, and one gold washbasin. Under the east and west eaves of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there are Zhonghe Shaoyue chime bells, chime chimes and other musical instruments.

The umbrella cover (replica) in the emperor’s brine book. The umbrella covers in the emperor’s law driving brine book include: curved nine-dragon cover, emerald green cover, purple sesame cover, straight handle nine-dragon cover, five-color flower cover, five-color dragon cover and red and purple two-color square umbrellas. The picture shows the five-color flower cap with straight handle.

The fan (replica) in the emperor’s brine book. The fans in the emperor’s law driving brine book include longevity fans, double dragon fans, single dragon fans, peacock fans, pheasant tail fans, and phoenix fans. They are square and round in different shapes, and red, yellow, and green. The four pieces shown in the middle are fans, the one on the right is a battle-axe, and the one on the left is a leopard-tailed gun used by the leopard-tailed squad.

去我们一起来读计划 Qing, Qingkuan, etc., set up a welcome picture (partial) in the album of big wedding pictures. This is a part of the “Picture of the Welcome Ceremony in the Book of the Palace of Imperial Harmony”. It depicts princes and ministers, civil and military officials, and chief and deputy envoys standing in sequence, waiting for the emperor to preside over the ceremony in person, and appointing envoys to go to the queen’s residence for registration and welcome ceremony. The details in the picture can be seen in various fans, buildings, flags, banners, Jing, flags, weapons, etc. in the ceremonial guard of the halogen book, and the musical instruments of Danbi Dale are placed under the eaves on both sides of the Taihe Gate.

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #January2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies #国子文物The Culture of the Kingdom——A joint exhibition of Jinshi culture and art in the past dynasties….

The Culture of the Kingdom——A joint exhibition of Jinshi culture and art in the past dynasties is exhibited in the Meridian Gate Exhibition Hall of the Palace Museum, the Confucian Temple and the Guozijian Museum…

On January 16, 2023 at the Forbidden City Beijing, China, People’s Republic of China,国子文物 —Joint Exhibition of Jinshi Culture and Art of Past Dynasties” opened in the Meridian Gate Exhibition Hall of the Palace Museum. The exhibition selects 179 important works of Jinshi groups since the Tang Dynasty. Through the theme units of “Jinshi Road”, “Bo Xue Hong Confucianism” and “Art Garden Heroes”, it shows the extraordinary achievements of outstanding figures in philosophy, classics, history, literature, art, etc.

Located in exhibiting “Confucian Culture – Joint Exhibition of Jinshi Culture and Art of Past Dynasties” will be exhibited simultaneously in the main hall of the Meridian Gate and the East Yanchi Building of the Palace Museum, the Confucian Temple and the Art Hall of the Guozijian Museum. The exhibition period will be from January 17 to April 2, 2023.

Its immortal contribution to the prosperity and development of Chinese civilization. The exhibition is sponsored by the Palace Museum, Beijing Cultural Relics Exchange Center, Confucius Temple and Guozijian Museum, jointly promoted by China Construction Bank Corporation, and co-sponsored by CCTV.com. The exhibition will be exhibited simultaneously in the main hall of the Meridian Gate of the Palace Museum and the exhibition hall of the East Yanchi Building, the Confucian Temple and the Art Hall of the Imperial College Museum. Reserve

With the theme of inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture and promoting the traditional Chinese virtues, “Guozi Culture – Jinshi Culture and Art Exhibition of Past Dynasties” selected 179 important works of Jinshi groups since the Tang Dynasty. The “Heroes” theme unit showcases the extraordinary achievements of outstanding figures in the past dynasties in philosophy, classics, history, literature, art, etc., as well as their immortal contributions to the prosperity and development of Chinese civilization.

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..

#北京。 #中國 #China #Beijing | #紫禁城 #ForbiddenCity #January2023 | #ForbiddenCityDairies #CCTV #ChinaCentralTelevision celebrating the first snowfall on the Forbidden City Complex like living a real life ancient Snowy #ChinesePainting #AGallery on the 12th January 2023 ..

On the 12th January 2023 marks the first Snow Fall on the more than 603 year old Forbidden City, in which during the Beijing, China, People’s Republic of China in which Brushfully a Chinese Painting anciently of snow view on the bold imperial red walls, snow landings on white snow, on golden yellow jade glazed tiles in which the Forbidden City snowingly has a intriguingly unique view..

Today 12th January 2023, Beijing ushered in snowy weather, and the Forbidden City has once again become a popular spot for snow viewing. Red walls, white snow, glazed tiles… The Forbidden City in the snow has a unique view

From the perspective of aerial photography to see the beautiful Forbidden City in the snow …. Whenever it snows, the Forbidden City will become a popular attraction for enjoying the snow scenery. The layers of snow and the shades of red complement each other, creating a unique scene

The Chinese capital saw its first snow of the year 2023 on Thursday. Join our live broadcast to appreciate the spectacle at Beijing’s one of the most iconic landmarks, the Forbidden City…

……the second decade three from the turn of the century in Beijing the Capital of China also the People’s Republic of China, in which is also the year of the rabbit, marking its six hundred years anniversary of the Forbidden city that marks the transitional point of in between the middle of the Ming Dynasty (1368- 1644) transitionally from Nanjing to Beijing towards the Qing Dynasty (1636-1644-1911) …. The Imperial Palace seen so many countless seasonally transitional equinoxes but further its six hundred years is iconic, but it’s five hundred ninety nine years it marks it Autumn Equinox…. In which it only took twelve years to build the same of the Daming Palace of The Tang Dynasty Xian Imperial Capital only it was least twenty times larger……  

Images and visuals are from – Forbidden City –Palace Museum Beijing- China –People’s Republic of China…..