China News Service, Beijing, July 21 (Reporter Ying Ni) More than 150 exquisite cultural relics from the Palace Museum's possession of military equipment were concentrated in the "Chong Wei Yao Virtue - The Palace Museum Collection of Qing Dynasty Weapons Exhibition" at the Guardian Art Center.
The most noteworthy thing is that sword cultural relics are usually not "unsheathed" in the exhibition, but they will be "bright swords" in this armament exhibition, allowing the audience to feel the shadow of swords and swords a hundred years later.
The exhibition is divided into three units according to the different functions of the military equipment of the Qing Dynasty, "Courtesy of Heaven and Earth", "Shenfeng Holding Victory" and "Baoye Ningtao".
More than 150 cultural relics of military equipment in the Forbidden City are divided into three units: "Arms in Etiquette", "Arms in War", and "Arms in Art", and use "Ji Li", "Hunting", "Grand Review", "March" and "Art". "Wei" and other sections are used as "wei", interweaving the historical atmosphere of Jinge Iron Horse and the spirit of forging ahead.
A waist knife with a shark skin sheath with a clear wooden handle, photo by Ying Ni
In the "Courtesy of Heaven and Earth" unit, which runs through "ceremony", you can experience the grandeur of royal sacrifices, the tension of hunting, and the majesty of military parades.
In the "God's Frontier Holding Victory" unit with war as the main line, you can experience the momentum of a golden horse and an iron horse on the battlefield.
In the "Baoye Ningtao" unit with art as the content, enter a world of swords and swords, and appreciate the unique charm brought by court craftsmanship and imperial collections.
At the end of 2017, the Palace Museum held the "Grand Parade - Royal Military Equipment Collection from the Palace Museum" in Macau. The exhibition was themed on the Great Parade of the Qing Dynasty and was divided into three sections: majesty, martial arts, and institutions. It was the first time to show the audience the Qing court. Armed.
However, due to geographical, traffic and other factors, many audiences could not go to see its style.
Now, the Palace Museum and Guardian Art Center have jointly planned to interpret this wonderful theme again.
The newly upgraded exhibition will display more than 150 sets of armament and cultural relics, many of which have never been displayed in the Macao exhibition.
Exhibits that have never been shown in previous exhibitions, such as exquisite saddle accessories, Gurkha machetes, Russian swords, Japanese swords, and daggers made and collected by the Qing court, all make their debut in the exhibition.
Qing Qianlong wooden handle black lacquer gold and silver scabbard Tai A waist knife photographed by Ying Ni
The "Xiao Shenfeng" used by Emperor Qianlong was specially created in the fifteenth year of Qianlong, imitating the "Shenfeng", a saber that was accompanied by the emperor's auspicious ceremony.
As the personal belongings of Emperor Qianlong, the "Little Shenfeng" was usually placed beside the throne, and was carried by guards when traveling.
Whether it is "Shen Feng" or "Little Shen Feng", they are all made in the style of Tibetan knives in Jinchuan area. This is related to the victory of the first battle of Jinchuan in the previous year, and it is also the gratitude of Emperor Qianlong to God. Performance.
As the first cultural relic in this exhibition, the importance of "Little Shenfeng" is self-evident.
To this end, experts from the Palace Museum Cultural Relics Hospital have carefully maintained and maintained it.
Emperor Qianlong's "Little Shenfeng" will walk out of the Forbidden City for the first time after the restoration, and will appear with a brand new look.
The exhibition also selected more than 30 arrows with different shapes and uses from the nearly 10,000 arrows collected by the Forbidden City.
According to its function, it is divided into auspicious ceremony, grand reading, hunting, and according to the type of arrows, it is divided into arrows, arrows, whistle and so on.
Among them, the hunting arrows include shooting bears, shooting tigers, shooting wolves, shooting deer, shooting rabbits, shooting ducks, shooting fish, etc.
What is even more rare is that the materials, shapes and uses of each arrow are recorded in literature as a reference. The audience can watch the difference of each arrow up close, compare with the written records, and feel the importance the Manchus place on arrows.
Photo by Ying Ni at the exhibition site
As a star exhibit of military equipment in the Qing Dynasty, the Ebilong waist knife is well known for its own story.
The sword is named after a person and is a treasured sword used by Ebilong, a foreign minister of the Qing Dynasty.
In the early years of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Ebilong, along with Aobai, Sony, and Suksaha, were the four auxiliary ministers, and later he was conferred the title of first-class public and imperial division, with infinite popularity.
In the twelfth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Ebilong died of illness, and his sword entered the inner palace of Tibet. In the thirteenth year of Qianlong's reign, Fu Heng, a scholar, was taken to the front line of Jinchuan as "Shangfang Baojian".
A few months later, as the grandson of Ebilong, Neqin, the minister of military aircraft and a scholar of the Palace of Peace, was ordered by Emperor Qianlong to use the Ebilong knife to rectify the law in front of the army due to improper command in the previous battle of Jinchuan.
Later, the Taiping Rebellion broke out during the Xianfeng years, and the imperial envoy Sai Shang A was ordered to fight the Taiping army.
Photo by Ying Ni at the exhibition site
"The water is broken and the dragon is thin, and the light is connected with the stars like a rainbow." This is Emperor Qianlong's evaluation of the Gorkha tribute knife in the imperial series "The Six Rhymes of the Gurkha Tribute Knife".
Gurkha was the name given to the area of Nepal today in the Qing Dynasty.
During the Yongzheng period, the Qing court maintained a tributary relationship with the Gurkhas, which was subsequently discontinued.
In the fifty-eighth year of Qianlong, after two battles, Gurkha became a vassal of the Qing court and became a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, and the two sides established a friendly tribute relationship.
Gurkhas are famous for casting knives. Among the six Gurkha knives to be displayed in this exhibition, two waist knives are exhibited for the first time.
At the same time, all the Gurkha knives collected by the Qing Palace, including waist knives, left-hand knives, cloud-head knives, and hand-fork knives, will be presented collectively, allowing the audience to feast their eyes.
Photo by Ying Ni at the exhibition site
In addition, Emperor Qianlong's "Heaven, Earth and Human" series of swords is a general term for 30 swords and more than 90 waist knives built by the Ministry of Internal Affairs from the thirteenth year of Qianlong to the sixtieth year of Qianlong.
Because each sword has the number of "heaven", "earth" and "people", hence the name.
For a long time, these Qianlong imperial swords have been the focus of many weapons enthusiasts.
However, since most of them are collected in the Palace Museum and are only displayed sporadically, many people can only appreciate them through the catalogue.
This time, 12 waist knives and swords of "Heaven, Earth and Man" were exhibited, which were the most in previous exhibitions. Among them, 10 knives and swords were exhibited outside the Forbidden City for the first time.
It is reported that "Chongwei Yaode - The Palace Museum Collection of Qing Dynasty Weapons Exhibition" is the fourth joint cooperation between Guardian Art Center and the Palace Museum. The exhibition will be officially opened to the public on July 22 and will last until October 30.
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