The palace lamp, the earliest lamp used in the palace, is a painted lamp with fine wood as the skeleton inlaid with silk yarn and glass, and painted with various patterns, born by the Han Dynasty, through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties for thousands of years, born in the exquisite and luxurious of the court, destined to be dazzling in the most important occasions.
Copper fetal painting, enamel inlaid glass, Daji gourd-style hanging lamp.
Qingcheng lamp. Until today, when our country decorates important buildings at important moments, palace lamps are still the first choice, hanging on the tower of Tiananmen Gate symbolizes the joy of the country, and the courtyard of the Forbidden City is lit to express the sparkle of culture, from ancient times to the present, it has become a cultural symbol.
Palace lamps in the Forbidden City.
The palace lantern on the upper floor of Tiananmen Square.
In 2008, as a Chinese treasure, the palace lantern was listed as a national "intangible cultural heritage", which is the highlight moment of the streamer treasure that has been inherited for more than 1,000 years, but it also reminds us that although the history is thick, if you don't inherit it, you will die, and it is selected as an intangible cultural heritage, which always carries more protection significance while recognizing the value.
From the moment of its establishment, Wan Ming Tang seems to be aware of this matter, from doing culture to letting culture into ten thousand homes, from the strict requirements of cultural integration and communication of each product, to the necessity of intangible cultural heritage inheritance, on the road of inheriting and protecting excellent Chinese culture, Wan Ming Tang has walked firmly for a long time, refining the sensitivity to the word "protection" of culture.
In 2022, Wan Mingtang met Mr. Zhai Yuliang, an expert in the restoration of lamps and lanterns in the Forbidden City and the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage palace lantern interviewed by CCTV.
The fire trees and silver flowers are closed, and the Xingqiao iron cable is opened", the Tang Dynasty poet Su Wei wrote a poem that depicted the scene of lanterns everywhere in the Lantern Festival night city during the Tang Dynasty to be brilliant and gorgeous, but the poem is just a poem, before the real understanding of the palace lantern through Zhai Yuliang's teacher, in fact, we did not realize that the lights on the lanterns at that time, if they are illuminated today, what will they bring us?
We saw with our own eyes that Mr. Zhai Yuliang made a palace lamp, an ordinary handmade palace lamp, which required more than 100 processes, from the moment when the skeleton was drawn on the mahogany to the final lighting, we kept it for three months. We have never been so clearly aware of the fact that "seeing" this thing itself is not easy.
This is the palace lamp of "a hundred fortifications in one lamp", is a collection of carving, carving, carving, painting and braiding and other traditional crafts in one of the palace lamp, the master said that it is the product of the perfect combination of traditional Chinese arts and crafts and practical lighting, and we have seen the millennium history of craftsmen hand to hand in those difficult roads.
Just like Mr. Zhai Yuliang said, "A frizzy craftsman can't make a palace lamp with royal style and temperament, and he has to be stable and calm", but in today's society, how many people can do this, not to mention that the raw materials for the production of palace lamps are expensive, the cost is high, the customization cycle is long, and the application scenario requirements are high, no one can calm down to learn Xi, and the difficulty of inheritance seems to have become a thing that should not happen but is true.
Each of us knows that ancient skills are defeated in the torrent of modernity, and the inheritance of culture is to survive in the cracks of modern civilization, but so what?
Teacher Zhai Yuliang said that he was not reconciled.
If this palace lamp is really lost from our generation, I am really unwilling. ”
We are not reconciled. I am very happy, more than ten years of accumulation, so that Wan Ming Tang can make a little contribution at this moment.
Teacher Zhai Yuliang said, "I just want to do my best to send as much light as I can, as long as it is related to the inheritance, I am duty-bound to pass on this palace lamp!."”
Wan Mingtang and Teacher Zhai Yuliang hit it off.
Today, in 2023, Wan Ming Tang will join hands with Master Zhai Yuliang, the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage palace lantern, to break through many technical difficulties, combine the intangible cultural heritage "palace lantern" with the excellent cultural carrier "wine" close to people's lives, and jointly launch the "Wan Ming Tang Intangible Cultural Heritage Palace Lantern Wine (Tang)".
The scenery of the Tang Dynasty is made of wine vessels, the palace lamp is four times, the palace lamp is bright, the painting is dazzling, the eyes are moving, and then the heart is moving. Time falls on the lamp, and history turns into a lantern shadow, making intangible cultural heritage close to life, and having more possibilities for inheritance and protection.
Palace lantern, began in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, has a history of more than 1,800 years, today, take a sip of wine, look at a lamp, light a room of brilliance, and then look at the "fire tree and silver flowers, Xingqiao iron cable open", we see no longer just the beautiful scenery of the lanterns, the glory of the Han Dynasty, the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the vast Yuan Dynasty, the elegance of the Song Dynasty, the prosperity of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, probably through this glass of wine, a small by us to spied on.
The palace lamp seems to be a thousand-year-old ingenuity inheritance and the beauty of craftsmanship with the majesty of culture for the history of China marked the annotation of the word "sheng", the palace lamp is lit, not only illuminating the heaven and earth, but also illuminating a corner of today's our pursuit and exploration of history and culture.
If you ask me why I light up an intangible cultural heritage palace lamp and why I use wine to feel such warmth, I will tell you that this is the meaning. Give a guardian power, participate in the value of inheritance, feel the weight of a treasure, and chase the amazement and heartbeat that can be brought by stopping for a moment to catch up with the heavy Chinese culture.
It is difficult to keep the momentary excitement brought by the stunning, but Wan Ming Tang Intangible Cultural Heritage Palace Lamp Wine can be treasured forever by your side, and I invite you to look forward to and explore together with me, this time Wan Ming Tang Intangible Cultural Heritage Tour brings you a heart-warming experience.