From the treasures in the Forbidden City, we can see the ultimate pursuit of craftsmanship by craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty. These pursuits were manifested in the craftsmen's soft and hard control over the lines of articles and appliances at that time, as well as the ultimate expression of color tension. The jewelry owned by concubines in the Qing Dynasty was the highest expression of folk jewelry technology at that time. Everything really attracts people's attention, and any one of them can still catch people's attention now, which is their charm.
The Forbidden City in Beijing, the residence of two generations of royal families, naturally contains countless treasures, many of which are rare national treasures. Most of them show people with serious and correct faces, and tell the glory of the royal family with the ingenuity of production. The Treasure Hall of the Forbidden City is located in the palace in the northeast corner of the Forbidden City, namely Xidan, hall of mental cultivation, Leshou Hall, Yihe Li Xuan. Treasure Hall is a treasure house of the Chinese nation, and it is also a treasure house in the history of human arts and crafts. Among them, there are all kinds of precious stones, glittering gold and silver vessels, pearl jade articles and ivory jade carvings, all of which are unique. In the past history, most of the ornaments in the past dynasties were mainly gold and silver, and jewelry only played a decorative role. As early as the Yuan Dynasty, merchants had transported colored gems from the west to the Central Plains for sale. However, it was the Qing royal family that turned the jewels over and over, no longer just as a foil.
Nobles in Ming Dynasty loved rubies and sapphires, and emeralds were highly sought after. In the Qing Dynasty, artisans who made ornaments began to try to use tourmaline, jadeite, Yellowstone and other precious stones, and the rest also used organic precious stones synthesized by plants and animals such as pearls and corals. These things are active in the royal family, mainly because most of them believe in Buddhism. In the Qing Dynasty, court craftsmen enriched the shape and color of jewelry with various gems. In the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu royal family was more tolerant of colors because of national traditions, and a large number of colors such as red, blue, yellow, green, white and black appeared in food. All kinds of gems corresponding to these colors also increase the difficulty of making, which makes the jewelry making technology in Qing Dynasty have a breakthrough development. It is these difficulties that make the jewels in the Forbidden City priceless. Therefore, it is a false proposition that its appearance is not good.