The crowns of empresses of ancient emperors were all decorated with jewels similar to phoenix. In the Ming Dynasty, the rockhopper was the ceremonial crown worn by the empress when she accepted books, visited temples and attended court meetings. Its shape inherited the system of Song Dynasty, and developed and perfected it to make it more elegant. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the colorful crowns used by ordinary women as ornaments were also called rockhopper crowns, which were mostly used for weddings.
Huangguan ornaments
The crown ornaments are mainly dragons and phoenixes, and the dragons are welded by gold-wire overlapping process, which is hollow and full of three-dimensional sense; Phoenix sticks kingfisher hair, and its color is lasting and gorgeous. The pearls, gems and weights in the crown are all different. The largest one contains 128 gems, and the smallest one is 95. The maximum number of pearls is 5,449, and the minimum number is 3,426, with the maximum weight of 2,905g and the minimum weight of 2 165g. The crown is inlaid with dragons, phoenixes, gem flowers, Cui Yun, green leaves and spools. These parts are first made separately, and then inserted into the sleeve of the crown to form the rockhopper. The phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix-crested phoenix- Diancui covers a large area (there are 23 peaks in the four peaks, and there are hundreds of emerald green flowers in Cui Yun), with more than 400 gemstones embedded, and many beads and jewelry strings of all sizes. The final assembly is a very complicated process. The placement of various ornaments, the threading of thousands of pearls, the setting of hundreds of precious stones and the arrangement of many ornaments on a crown are all reasonable. The mouth of the rockhopper is decorated with jewels, and the golden dragon, the emerald phoenix and the jewels complement each other, which is magnificent and beyond the reach of ordinary craftsmen. On the phoenix's head, the golden dragon leaps over Cui Yun, while the emerald phoenix spreads its wings and flies between gems and leaves. For example, four jumping rocks unearthed in Ming Shenzong Wanli Dingling are "Twelve Dragons and Nine Jumps", "Nine Jumps in Kowloon", "Six Jumps in dragon three" and "Three Dragons and Two Jumps". Two queens, Xiao Duan and Xiao Jing, each with two. Four rockhopper penguins are made in the same way, but the number of dragons and phoenixes decorated is different. They are cleverly shaped and beautifully made, decorated with a lot of pearls and precious stones.
Liu Longsan
The overall height is 35.5 cm, and the crown bottom diameter is about 20 cm. Dragons are made of gold, and phoenixes are faint jade (handicrafts decorated with kingfisher feathers). Among them, the crown is decorated with three dragons: the middle dragon has a bead pendant in its mouth, facing forward; On both sides, the dragons are outward, and there is a cloud made of filigree craft below, and the faucet is decorated with long jewelry strings. Before the Three Dragons, there were three peaks in the middle layer. Phoenix shapes are all in the shape of spreading wings and flying, and the jewel drops in the mouth are slightly shorter. The other three dragons are decorated in the middle position behind the crown, all of which make a flying gesture. The lower layer of the crown is decorated with large and small beads, with red and sapphire inlaid in the middle and green clouds and leaves around. Behind the crown, there is a temple in the left and right directions. Besides a golden dragon, each fan is decorated with Cui Yun, green leaves and beaded flowers, and beaded around them. The whole rockhopper has 128 inlaid gems (including 7 1 ruby and 57 sapphires) and 5449 decorative pearls. Because of the symmetrical arrangement of dragons and phoenixes, pearls and temples, the dragons and phoenixes are vivid, jeweled and dazzling, which makes the rockhopper give people a dignified, beautiful and harmonious artistic feeling, thus best reflecting the noble position of the queen's mother instrument in the world.
Three dragons and two rockhoppers.
That is to say, Xiao Duan's queen mother's rockhopper is 26.5cm high and 23cm in diameter. The rockhopper used more than 100 pieces of red sapphires and more than 5,000 pearls of different sizes, which were bright in color and magnificent, making them the crown of treasures.
Kowloon Jiu Feng view
It is 27 cm high, 23.7 cm in diameter and weighs 2320 grams. There are more than 3,500 pearls and more than 50 stones of various colors/kloc-0. This crown is made of lacquer bamboo, and the fabric is made of silk and silk. The front part is decorated with nine golden dragons, and the beads are dripping. Golden Wind Eight, followed by a golden phoenix, Kowloon Jiufeng. The left and right decorative points at the lower part of the rear side are inlaid with golden dragon balls and three temples. This luxurious wind crown is inlaid with more than 100 rubies and more than 5000 pearls.
Twelve dragons and nine rockhoppers.
The crown is decorated with twelve dragons and phoenixes, the front top is decorated with Yi Long, the middle layer is decorated with seven dragons and the lower part is decorated with five phoenixes; Yi Long in the upper part of the back and Sanlong in the lower part; There is a phoenix on each side. Dragons hold their heads high, stand upright, walk or run at full speed, and have different postures. Below the dragon is the emerald phoenix spreading its wings and flying. Both dragons and phoenixes are decorated with jewelry strings, and the lower part of dragons and phoenixes is decorated with beads. Each gem is embedded with 1 or 6, 7 and 9 in the center, and each gem surrounds the beads once or twice. In addition, 90 Cui Yun and 74 green leaves were decorated between the dragon and the phoenix. The crown gold ring is decorated with a jewelry band for one week, with gold bars at the edge and 12 gems in the middle. Each gem is decorated with 6 pearls, and the gems are separated by beads. There are six spools, and each spool is decorated with 1 golden dragon, 2 gem flowers and 3 pearl flowers, with beads hanging on the side. The whole crown has 12 1 gem and 3588 pearls. The small ruby of 18 is embedded in the phoenix eye. , twelve dragons and nine phoenix crowns, the crown is decorated with twelve dragons and phoenixes, the front top is decorated with Yi Long, the middle seven dragons and the next five phoenixes; Yi Long in the upper part of the back and Sanlong in the lower part; There is a phoenix on each side. Dragons hold their heads high, stand upright, walk or run at full speed, and have different postures. Below the dragon is the emerald phoenix spreading its wings and flying. Both dragons and phoenixes are decorated with jewelry strings, and the lower part of dragons and phoenixes is decorated with beads. Each gem is embedded with 1 or 6, 7 and 9 in the center, and each gem surrounds the beads once or twice. In addition, 90 Cui Yun and 74 green leaves were decorated between the dragon and the phoenix. The crown gold ring is decorated with a jewelry band for one week, with gold bars at the edge and 12 gems in the middle. Each gem is decorated with 6 pearls, and the gems are separated by beads. There are six spools, and each spool is decorated with 1 golden dragon, 2 gem flowers and 3 pearl flowers, with beads hanging on the side. The whole crown has 12 1 gem and 3588 pearls. The small ruby of 18 is embedded in the phoenix eye.