Golden thread inlaid turquoise fast card

[Jinleisi inlaid turquoise fasting card]

Jinleisi inlaid turquoise fasting card, Qing Dynasty, 8.40 cm long, 4.10 cm wide, 0.50 cm thick. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The fasting sign is oblong, with the edge of curly clouds and the middle of four plum flowers, with the word “fasting” embedded in lapis lazuli on one side and Manchu on the other. Turquoise is inlaid at the top and bottom, animal face pattern is on the top, red coral is the eye, and lapis lazuli is the eyebrow. It is worn with silk rope, pearls and red coral bats
The fasting sign is a warning sign hung on the emperor and civil and military officials of the Qing Dynasty during the sacrifice. In the tenth year of Yongzheng’s reign (1732), Emperor Yongzheng believed that although officials of both internal and external sizes set up fasting tablets in the official offices, they were afraid of being slow in their daily life, so they decided on the style of fasting tablets, reduced the size, and ordered the officials to wear fasting tablets between their hearts, and had to look at each other, in order to keep their bodies and hearts simple, pay homage wholeheartedly, and not be relaxed


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