So, did the Qing Dynasty and Taiwan Province Province really pay silver dollars in history?
According to historical records, in the 23rd year of Kangxi (1684), after the Qing government unified Taiwan Province Province, it set up the Taiwan Government in Taiwan Province Province, which was subordinate to Fujian, and sent the first batch of civil and military officials. In Guangxu 10 (1884), shortly after the outbreak of the Sino-French War, the Qing government once thought that Taiwan Province Province was a lonely place overseas and once had the idea of giving up Taiwan Province Province. Minister Liu Mingchuan (1836 1896) thinks that Taiwan Province Province is an important southeast vassal of the Qing government and its strategic position is very important. Therefore, he strongly advocated defending Taiwan Province Province, demanding that the Qing court immediately defend and pacify the coastal areas and Taiwan Province Province, strengthen the armament of Taiwan Province Province, beat back the invaders' attacks, and volunteered.
Persuaded by Liu Mingchuan's many visits, the idea of strengthening Taiwan Province's defense and consolidating the southeast coast gradually became the * * * knowledge of the Qing court. After the Sino-French War, in the 11th year of Guangxu (1885) and in June of February, the Qing court officially issued a decree: Taiwan Province Province is the gateway to Southeast Asia, which is of vital importance and should be controlled according to the times.
And decided to change the governor of Fujian Province to the governor of Taiwan Province Province, and Changchuan was stationed in Maru, ordered Taiwan Province Province to separate from Fujian, set up another province, and appointed Liu Mingchuan as the first governor of Taiwan Province Province. After Liu Mingchuan took office, he took a series of measures to strengthen the defense of Taiwan Province Province, such as training and consolidating the army, dividing defense zones, establishing military industry and repairing military facilities. As the strong backing of Taiwan Province's defense, the Qing government set up the General Bureau of Ordnance Transportation of Taiwan Province Province in Shanghai to transport a large number of strategic materials and personnel such as ordnance and ammunition, as well as troops guarding Taiwan, including silver 124.
In order to further solve the urgent need of military defense in Taiwan Province Province, the General Bureau of Ordnance and Rating of Taiwan Province Province specially designed and cast (or it may be cast by other money bureaus) the salaries of Taiwan Province Province, that is, the salaries of Qing Dynasty and Taiwan Province Province were delivered to Taiwan Province Province. This is the cause and effect of military pay in Taiwan Province Province in Qing Dynasty.
In the Qing Dynasty, the silver dollar for military pay in Taiwan Province Province was exquisitely designed, exquisitely made and unique. Especially, the deep implication on the back of the silver dollar reflected the unique traditional cultural element of China, the Dragon and Horse Spirit, which was very classic. Let's decrypt it: a flying golden dragon with five claws is cast on the top of the coin, which symbolizes the majesty, dignity, enterprising and inviolable will spirit of the imperial power of the Qing Dynasty; The middle part is a picture of clouds and waves, which also symbolizes the vast white clouds and the Taiwan Province Strait in the Qing Dynasty. At the bottom, a vigorous galloping horse is cast, symbolizing the religious spirit of Mazu in Taiwan Province.
In fact, the word Mazu originated from the legend of Mazu Island in Taiwan Province Province: Mazu Island belongs to Taiwan Province Province, formerly known as Nangantang, and the islands were named Mazu, which began in the Song Dynasty. According to legend, in the Song Dynasty, there was a fisherman named Lin in Dongluocuo, Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province.
He has a sixth daughter named Lin Moniang. Mo Niang is kind-hearted, virtuous, filial to her elders and enthusiastic about public welfare. Every night, she always burns firewood as a signal to make a fire and navigates the fishing boat, which is highly appreciated by the villagers. One day, his father went fishing in the sea and was unfortunately killed by a strong wind. Mo Niang was in great pain and threw herself into the sea to find her father. After her death, she carried her father's body and drifted to Nangan Island with the water.
The villagers were deeply loyal and filial, so they were buried deeply and set up a temple for sacrifice. They respected Mo Niang as Mazu, and later Mazu was canonized as the Queen of Heaven by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. In order to avoid taboo, people changed Mazu to Mazu as a general term for the islands. The galloping picture of this coin is a metaphor of Mazu's first word horse, which means Mazu's representative. The symbolic significance of the combination of dragon and horse on the back of salary in Taiwan Province Province in Qing Dynasty is a metaphor for the spirit of dragon and horse.
The spirit of dragon and horse comes from Li Ying's poem "Shang Pei Gong Jin" in Tang Dynasty: Four Dynasties were worried about the country, and the spirit of dragon and horse was graceful. Later, it was used to describe the strong and tenacious spirit. I ching pointed out: dry is a dragon, Kun is a horse. "I ching. Gangua "language: Tian Xingjian, a gentleman constantly strives for self-improvement." The capacity of the earth is limited, so a gentleman must constantly cultivate his own virtue to undertake the world. According to loong's ancient folk saying in Heaven, the former sentence refers to the dragon (dry) and the latter sentence refers to the horse (Kun). Together, these two sentences are a typical embodiment of the spirit of dragon and horse.
The spirit of dragon and horse is not only a symbol of heaven, but also a symbol of the will and mentality of kings and fathers. It is vigorous, bright, enthusiastic, high, rising, full, prosperous and developed, and also a symbol of the earth, which indicates the virtues of ministers, mothers and women, flexibility, kindness, virtue, diligence, tolerance and loyalty.
Only when the spirit of dragon and horse is unified can we stand in the world of Gankun. In essence, the spirit of Dragon and Horse is a classic summary of the national spirit advocated by the Chinese nation, such as self-improvement, forge ahead, unyielding loyalty, unity and cooperation, benevolence and morality. In the Qing Dynasty, the dragon-horse map on the back of Taiwan Province Province's salary silver dollar implied that Taiwan Province Province of Chinese mainland, with the dragon-horse spirit advocated by the Chinese nation, was United to resist foreign enemies, defend the country and safeguard the unity and stability of the mainland and Taiwan Province Province.
Both the historical records and the design features of the military pay silver dollar in Taiwan Province Province in Qing Dynasty have proved the fact that this kind of coin did exist in history, not only because it is not a fictional coin, but also because there was a war in the past, which is extremely rare in the world, with high cultural and artistic value and historical research value, and it is a treasure in the field of coin collection.