The high emperor, in addition to having supreme power, is also the supreme "tablet", he has to do a lot of ritual things, and is worshiped to worship - the New Year's festival is to accept the worship of everyone, and the New Year's festival to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth. The various ceremonies and etiquette were cumbersome, and the emperor had to meticulously complete the prescribed actions in full view of everyone.
Rituals, when I was young, felt particularly annoying and thought it was meaningless. When you are older, you will think about things from other angles, just like a ritual, a necessary ritual is still necessary. It's like a marriage ceremony, which is a solemn announcement to everyone and to yourself: I have a name for myself, so don't worry about it. The marriage ceremony is the beginning of a new life and the beginning of a new responsibility. In the emperor's work for a year, various sacrifices are an important part of his work. I don't know how many sacrificial activities the emperor has to participate in a year inside and outside the palace, but it is well known that the altar of heaven, the altar of earth, the altar of the sun and the altar of the moon are the most important of all the sacrifices.
The ancients respected the laws of nature more, and embodied the concept of conforming to nature and living in harmony with nature everywhere in the sacrificial activities.
The sky is blue, the earth is yellow, the rising sun is red, and the moon is white, so the porcelain of the same color is used as a sacrificial vessel. Yuanqiu altar (Temple of Heaven), prayer grain altar and other sacrificial blue (green) glazed porcelain;Fang Ze altar (altar of earth), Sheji altar, Xiannong altar with yellow glazed porcelain;Red glazed porcelain for the altar of the sun;The altar of the moon is made of white glazed porcelain. When the emperors of the Qing Dynasty went to different sacrificial places to worship, they also wore different colors of court clothes and different colors of court beads, that is, they wore blue, yellow, bright red and moon white court robes respectively, and wore lapis lazuli, golden amber, coral and turquoise pearls respectively, and sacrificed the Temple of Heaven on the winter solstice, the altar of earth on the summer solstice, the altar of the sun on the spring equinox, and the moon altar on the autumn equinox.
The Forbidden City Ceramics Museum is located in the Wuying Hall on the West Road of the Forbidden City, and there is an exhibition hall in the side hall of the Wuying Hall dedicated to exhibiting the sacrificial porcelain of the Qing Dynasty. Sacrifice has always been a major event in history, and bronze utensils have been used for a long time along the Zhou rites. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the sacrificial vessels mostly used porcelain in the form of imitation bronze vessels.
Daoguang poured yellow glaze and sacrificed ears.
This kind of veneration is recorded in many documents such as the "Imperial Ritual Schema" in the Qing Dynasty, and is one of the eight kinds of sacrificial vessels prescribed by Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty for 13 years. In addition to yellow glaze, there are also white, red, blue, and moon white glaze colors. According to the literature, it can be seen that the porcelain yellow sacrificial statue was used in the sacrificial activities of the altar of the earth, the altar of the ancestors and the altar of the silkworms.
Qianlong poured yellow glaze antique bronze pattern.
Xuantong poured yellow glaze lid jar.
According to the archives, this vessel should be a blessing utensil for the emperor after his wedding.
Qianlong poured yellow glaze antique bronze beans.
Qianlong poured yellow glaze antique bronze pattern.
Qianlong poured yellow glaze and coated gold Caijue.
Qianlong white glaze antique bronze pattern Deng, white glaze antique bronze pattern.
Qianlong white glaze antique bronze pattern.
Qianlong white glaze antique bronze jue.
Qianlong white glaze antique bronze pattern.
Qianlong white glaze antique bronze pattern.
Jiaqing sacrifice blue glaze antique bronze beans.
Jiaqing sacrifice blue glaze antique bronze pattern.
Qianlong eggplant skin purple glaze.
Jiaqing sacrifice blue glaze antique bronze pattern.
Yongzheng sacrifice blue glazed high-foot bowl.
Yongzheng sacrifice red glazed cups and bowls.
Yongzheng sacrifice red glazed high-foot bowl and high-foot plate.
Yongzheng sacrifice red glaze plate.
Yongzheng sacrifice red glazed pier bowl.
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