He not only collected a large number of jade articles, but also wrote poems for them. Even his son's name is related to jade. Emperor Jiaqing's name is armadillo, and Yan means jade.
China ancient literati took "quality, shape, color and workmanship" as the main criteria for appreciating jade articles.
The most beautiful place of a piece of jade is often reflected in its "quality" and "work". "Book of Rites" said: Although Da Gui does not cut it, its quality is also beautiful.
It can be seen that in ancient jade carving, the jade with really good material should be carved in a "plain" way, calling for maintaining the beauty of nature and simplicity, reflecting an artistic realm.
"Zhuangzi Tiandao" says "simplicity, the world can't compete with it for beauty"; Tang Sikong-Tu also talked about the artistic characteristics of poetry: "It goes without saying that it is vivid", which shows that the beauty of simplicity is a high aesthetic realm, which requires the creator to have deep aesthetic perception and artistic accumulation.
And these are vividly reflected in ancient jade.
According to this aesthetic standard, "Hetian Jade" stands out among many beautiful jade and becomes the favorite of middle-aged men.
Middle-aged men will fall in love with jade in a daze, and playing with jade has become a sign of whether they are entering middle age.
In the eyes of these middle-aged "greasy uncles", the beauty of Hetian jade is in an artistic conception.
They use hetian jade to describe people's feelings: graceful, beautiful, clean and clear, moist as jade;
They use Hetian jade as a metaphor for things: Yurun Zhuyuan, Yufu Yuexiu, Jinbo Yuzhu, and Jade Grain as a salary;
They use hetian jade as a metaphor: stones from other mountains can attack jade, but it is difficult to grind it before it is cut, and it is successful and attracts jade.
For them, jade is spiritual, and a square inch of jade radiates misty light.
In Hetian jade, they saw the affection of mountains, the enthusiasm of the sea, the story of flowers and plants, the rolling sea of clouds, the surging river tide, and the hidden feelings of insects and birds singing. They rewarded jade in their bones, the world and the soul.
There are countless people who love jade In addition to the Qianlong emperor we mentioned, Confucius, Guan Zhong and other ancient people were loyal fans of Hetian jade.
These beautiful jade simply exudes a deadly fragrance to attract literati, and "uncle greasy" also has the right to pursue beauty and art, and even instantly feels that "uncle greasy" who loves to play with jade has lost his greasy and elegance because of playing with jade.
Degang Guo once said that crosstalk performers ultimately fight for culture.
The same is true of literary hobbies. At first, it may be fun, but in the end, everyone fell in love with its connotation and culture.
So the things above are almost played, and many people begin to play with jade.
It is not that other things have no cultural significance, but that jade has stronger cultural attributes and richer connotations.
Some people say that playing with jade is a pit. If you drop it, you will never get up.
I just figured out what wax oil is, but I didn't figure out the structure and maturity. I understand how to treat a piece of jade, but I can't grasp the market situation and the potential of jade species, as well as culture, art, history and aesthetics, which seems endless. ...
But I'm afraid you also found that playing with jade takes up time, but you have more friends and a healthier life.
Although I don't like other things, playing jade as a hobby can please our body, mind and life;
It seems to be a pit, but we know more than before. History, geography, culture, philosophy ... Playing jade requires multiple interventions, which enriches our inner world. ...
In fact, Wan Wen is a private experience, where everyone is happy and what they get will be different.
We may choose Hetian jade for different reasons, but it brings us the same happiness.
So, why did you choose Hetian jade?