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Chapter 195 Qianlong’s Shroud
  15 minutes.

Not too long, not too short.

Some guests are willing to wait.

Some people felt that Yang Chen was being mysterious and were unwilling to wait any longer.

Just one word from Yang Chen.

Their buttocks were firmly nailed to the seats.

"Have you ever heard of Qianlong's Shroud?"

Say this sentence.

Including Tony Laoshi, everyone's eyes lit up, and they were all firmly hooked by Yang Chen's simple question.

The guests attending the auction tonight are all people with a certain status and knowledge.

Since this is a special exhibition of Ming and Qing palace antiques, the guests naturally know a little bit about this aspect.

Emperor Qian Long.

This self-proclaimed old man and one of the most famous emperors in history spent all his money on his funeral in order to continue to enjoy the glory and wealth after his death.

Unexpectedly, the numerous pearls, jade, and exquisite treasures buried with him would make his soul restless.

In the end, he ended up with a rotting rat and six corpses in the same coffin, which is also very ironic.

Most of the guests present knew these things.

Back then, Sun Dianying bombed the Qing Tomb with cannons, which not only looted the underground palace of Empress Dowager Cixi, but also made Qianlong's Yuling Mausoleum a mess.

It is said.

The looted treasures were of various types, extremely luxurious, and their value was far beyond the imagination of the world.

And the corpses inside were also vented and insulted by them.

The specific process will not be described in detail.

Among them, naturally there is the shroud used to wrap the body, Qianlong's body.

Because Sun Dianying was born in the army and had a low level of education, he was a rough man. Therefore, he did not know much about antiques, calligraphy and painting. He only knew that gold, silver and jade were valuable, so he ordered his men to specialize in gold, silver and jade.

It is said that Tang Bohu's only original work, "Han Qiu Tu", was treated as a piece of waste paper by Sun Dianying and thrown on the ground, so that this famous painting was eventually destroyed.

Therefore, Qianlong's shroud was also thought by Sun Dianying to be a piece of rag and was thrown to the ground casually.

Although the guests present had never seen Qianlong's shroud, most of them knew about it and had even seen Cixi's shroud with their own eyes - her shroud was not lost.

Like Qianlong's shroud, the jewel in Cixi's shroud was also casually discarded after it was removed.

Later, with the help of the Nationalist Government, Puyi and the Manchu emperors reinstalled Cixi's body, placed the discarded shroud on the throne of the incense book, and sealed it again in the underground palace.

In 79, Tanglin was opened to the outside world.

Archaeologists sent Cixi's burial belongings to the Palace Museum, where staff restored and framed the shroud.

and used for display.

and so.

Many guests are very clear about Cixi's shroud, its value, significance, material, craftsmanship, etc.

According to relevant information and historical records, since the Manchu royal family and nobles began to believe in Buddhism and burials were popular, there was a saying.

After death, as long as the body is covered with a "sutra quilt" tattooed with scriptures, the sins of life can be washed away and enter the paradise world.

This kind of sutra quilt is the shroud of Cixi.

The scientific name of this kind of sutra quilt is called "Dora Ji Sutra Quilt".

Also called [past life quilt].

This kind of quilt is not produced in a standard way.

It is specially customized according to the user's status.

It is divided into six grades according to color, material and decoration.

At the same time, in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not everyone or any class was qualified to use this kind of sutra quilt.

Otherwise, it is over the limit.

It's going to be liquidated.

Those who can use this sutra quilt can only be the Manchu emperor and his concubines, not including all the harems. Only the five levels of harems: queen, imperial concubine, concubine, concubine, and concubine can enjoy this qualification.

Other princes, nobles and ministers need rewards from the emperor. This kind of sutra quilt is precious not only because of the status of the user.

There are also its materials, craftsmanship, religious attributes and so on.

Cixi's "Dora Sutra Quilt" on display in the Palace Museum is bright yellow in color. The material is made of Tibetan antelope cashmere, deer cashmere and silk gold thread, mixed with tapestry craftsmanship.

What is tapestry craft?

Briefly.

Kesi silk craftsmanship has the reputation of "the holy product of weaving" in my country.

It is also called "Kesi".

As the name suggests, when weaving, natural colored silk is used as the warp and various colored silks are used as the weft. The weft does not run through the entire picture. Instead, it is woven in blocks to achieve the effect of "opening the warp and breaking the weft".

The patterns woven in this way are like carvings on the tip of a knife, and the picture is extremely exquisite, hence the name "Kesi".

As the ceiling of ancient Chinese textile technology, tapestry craftsmanship is extremely difficult and costly. There is a saying that "an inch of tapestry is an inch of gold."

This kind of craft is usually used to make dragon robes.

Also.

The material of this sutra quilt is also quite precious and rare.

What it uses must be the little bit of down under the tails of Tibetan antelopes and deer.

A sheep or a deer can only produce a little bit of down.

And this kind of sheep and deer must be of unique breeds and grown in specific living environments.

Add gold wire.

The preciousness of the materials can be imagined.

Cixi's quilt has more than 25000 characters woven with gold thread.

It is also embroidered with decorations including Buddhist scriptures, Buddha statues, patterns, and pagodas, and the surface is inlaid with 820 pearls of the same size and quality.

The process is very complex.

The entire set of quilts took XZ's skilled craftsmen three years to make. It is the best of the best.
  Then it will be consecrated and blessed by an eminent monk from Buddhist Tantric Buddhism.

Significance.

and so.

As the Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty, her shroud was extremely valuable and extremely precious.

So as the Qianlong Emperor during the most prosperous period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

The value of his shroud is immeasurable!
  According to relevant records.

The color of Emperor Qianlong's "Dora Sutra Quilt" is pure yellow, while that of Cixi is the next level of bright yellow.

It was a tribute gift from XZ Living Buddha to Qianlong on his 2th birthday. It is 1.38 meters long and meters wide. It was jointly consecrated by nine living Buddhas of XZ.

[One yellow satin embroidered Dharani with gold Sanskrit characters and one yellow satin embroidered with nine dragons. Lined with five gilded five-color Dharani satin with Sanskrit characters, eight woven gold dragon-colored satin of various colors, and each ten has three layers].

What I’m talking about is Emperor Qianlong’s [Palace Quilt]

And his [Past Life Quilt] uses the "double-sided quilt" that was once again innovative in the Qing Dynasty.

Its craftsmanship, materials, and religious significance shocked the entire upper class of the Qing Dynasty at that time.

So the shroud of Emperor Qianlong.

Its value and significance are truly immeasurable.

As for the whereabouts of this shroud.

There are different opinions.

Some said it was thrown into Qianlong's underground palace and had been destroyed.

It is also said that it was quietly stolen by the Manchu survivors who came at that time.

It was also said that it was taken away by a soldier with vision.

In short.

There are many opinions.

But since Qianlong's underground palace was destroyed and the shroud was thrown away like garbage by Sun Dianying, it has never been seen again.

(End of this chapter)