Cultural relics are extremely precious beings, they not only have great research value, but also the inheritance of some beliefs of the ancients.
Because many objects are not easy to preserve, and many precious cultural relics have been damaged with the passage of time, the number of existing cultural relics is not very large, and most of them are excavated from tombs.
The exquisiteness of many cultural relics attracts a large number of collectors, and some well-off collectors will spend a lot of money to buy their favorite cultural relics, and the emperors of ancient times are no exception.
Although the emperor was accustomed to rare treasures, he was still full of interest in rare cultural relics from the previous dynasty, and Qianlong was a good example.
He has collected many cultural relics in his lifetime, and he likes to stamp his own seal on cultural relics. This also makes people love and hate him, and his behavior destroys the original appearance of many cultural relics, especially precious calligraphy and paintings, but at the same time, many cultural relics can be preserved.
Among them, there is a "commonly used" object, which is deeply liked by the Qianlong Emperor and once became his "favorite", which is the antler chair.
First, the antler chair that Qianlong loved
The antler chair is the "treasure" that the Qianlong Emperor likes very much, the shape of the whole chair is very exquisite, the antlers are spliced very well, and there is a strange point and hole function, which is a very magical chair.
The staghorn chair is 131 cm high, 92 cm wide and 76.5 cm deep, and is now treasured in the Palace Museum.
The structure of the chair is a circle chair, the back part of the chair is made of the full horn of the deer, the antlers are connected by the skull of the deer, and the branch part of the top of the antlers is just used to replace the goose neck of the circle chair, and the armrest part next to the chair.
The backrest is also made of antlers, with wooden planks in the middle, which together with the antlers form the backrest part of the chair.
The chair surface is made of yellow rosewood, and the front and sides are slightly convex inward, which is very similar to the shape of our current chair.
The lateral edges are edged with horns and the middle part is inlaid with ivory strips as a dividing line. The production of the antler chair is very exquisite, which shows that the craftsmen at that time already had a bold and innovative spirit.
This kind of antler chair once became a unique furniture in the Qing Dynasty, and experts said that this antler chair has the function of stimulating acupuncture points and is a good object for health.
Second, the antler chair is actually a family heirloom
The antler chair is a very precious object in terms of both the production process and the raw materials used. Chinese people have always paid attention to symmetrical beauty, these pure natural antler shapes are highly symmetrical, and the symmetry reaches 95%, which is not easy to come by.
According to relevant historical records, the time spent polishing the antlers alone has reached 3 months to 9 months.
And the back part of the antler chair, as well as the poems made by the Qianlong Emperor, the content of the poem is:
The chair-making look at the double horns, the black number hit the year. The divine power is to stop the group of clans, and the holy structure should be planned for ten thousand years. I didn't dare to sit still and admire, knowing that Park Yi was willing to donate. Shengjing is only far away from Xingzhou, and the family law is an example.
In fact, this antler chair was not made by Qianlong, but the antlers that the Kangxi Emperor personally hunted, and then ordered people to make this exquisite antler chair.
Therefore, this chair is of great significance to Qianlong, not only because it is comfortable to sit or exquisitely shaped, but more importantly, the inheritance of the royal spirit.
As early as the Emperor Taiji period, the first antler chair appeared, and when the Emperor Taiji first made the antler chair, the Qing Dynasty was facing an important turning point.
The antler chair is of great significance to them, and at first Kangxi made the antler chair, which was also inspired by the Emperor Taiji, which shows that the antler chair had a great influence on several generations of emperors in the Qing Dynasty.
Third, the "antler chair" is deeply loved by modern people
The author thinks that the antler chair is very in line with the aesthetics of modern people, and nowadays people are more picky about the choice of furniture, and a variety of different decoration styles have come into being.
Many people like to move the "original" into the home, the shape of the antler chair is unique, it does not look high-profile, but there are many hidden "careful machines", many people will like this style.
The most important thing about the house is to live comfortably, if you want to be comfortable, you have to decorate according to your favorite style, presumably similar to the style of furniture such as the antler chair, it will be very popular. Friends who like staghorn chairs can also go to the museum to feel the charm of the original staghorn chairs.
epilogue
Qianlong's favorite antler chair, whether it is craftsmanship or material selection, has nothing to say, but if it is put into modern society, Presumably many people can not accept it, always feel that it is too cruel to make a chair with original antlers.
Today's human beings need to live in harmony with nature, in order to obtain a good living environment and sustainable development. So the antler chair is beautiful, but don't imitate it.
I also hope that everyone can usually take their children to the museum, to feel the historical relics that have been baptized by thousands of years, to feel the craftsmanship of human millennium money, and their unique aesthetics, which will definitely have great gains.