Shenyang, February 24 (Reporter Han Hong) "Flying Dragon in the Sky - Jiachen Year of the Dragon Zodiac Cultural Relics Exhibition" is on display in the Liaoning Provincial Museum. This exhibition selects nearly 200 pieces of dragon element cultural relics in the museum's collection, including ceramics, bronze, jade, calligraphy and painting, lacquerware, clothing and other categories.
The dragon is the fifth in the Chinese zodiac and corresponds to the twelve earthly branches, the Chen. In the Chinese zodiac, the dragon is the only imaginary supernatural artifact, and it is a supernatural artistic creation, combining people's ideals, aspirations, wisdom and strength.
The exhibition is divided into five units: "Source", "Shape", "Essence", "Soul" and "Biography", and there are also "dragon robes" appearing in them, such as the blue gauze ground colorful gold dragon Ji robe, the clear yellow ground color embroidered cloud dragon twelve chapters auspicious robe, the clear yellow satin ground gold color embroidered cloud dragon twelve chapters of the court robe, etc.
Qing Huangdi color embroidered cloud dragon twelve chapters auspicious robe. (Photo courtesy of Liaoning Provincial Museum).
According to reports, the emperor's costumes in the Qing Dynasty mainly include court clothes, auspicious clothes, regular clothes, and travel clothes. The emperor's dragon robe belongs to the category of auspicious clothes, which is slightly lower than court clothes, gowns and other ceremonial clothes, and is usually worn more. Since the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the clothing system is complete, and the emperor's dress and auspicious clothes are all used with twelve chapter patterns, and others cannot be used. The dragon images on the dragon robe include sitting dragon, standing dragon, walking dragon, ascending dragon, descending dragon, over-the-shoulder dragon, descending dragon and so on. Among them, the rising dragon and the descending dragon are respectively rising and descending, which means "inheriting the will of heaven" and "observing the people", and the descendants of the dragon usually form a pattern around the big dragon with a small dragon, implying that the dragon is the son of the dragon and the grandson of the dragon, and the country is eternal.
The Twelve Chapters are the twelve kinds of ornaments painted and embroidered on the ancient Chinese imperial dresses: the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragon, the Chinese insects, the Zongyi, the algae, the fire, the powdered rice, the 黼 (fǔ), the 黻 (fú), etc., commonly known as the "Twelve Chapters", which is the clothing grade symbol of the imperial dress in the Chinese imperial era. Among them, the dragon pattern is the most common, the less one uses a ball on the chest and back, and the more one is all over the body, implying unity and unity.
1. Perfection and harmony. The common people sometimes used dragon patterns in their clothing, but most of them used three or four claws, which were different from the five-clawed dragons used by emperors.
It is understood that there are six first-class cultural relics in this exhibition, in addition to the Hongshan culture jade pig dragon will move to the "flying dragon in the sky - Jiachen dragon year zodiac cultural relics exhibition", there are also the Western Zhou dragon pattern square pot, the Northern Song Dynasty "Shangjing" section of Dasheng Nanlu bell, Yuan blue and white cloud dragon pattern goblet and so on.
The dragon is a symbol of the Chinese nation, carrying profound cultural connotations and national spirit. Nowadays, the spirit of the dragon has also been given a new connotation and mission, and the dragon is a great spiritual force that unites and integrates society. The relevant person in charge of the Liaoning Provincial Museum said that he hoped that people could feel that as a "descendant of the dragon" while watching the exhibition, they shouldered the mission of spreading dragon culture and promoting the spirit of dragon.