Jasper Pan Long Niu, “the treasure of the emperor”

[Jasper Panlongniu “the treasure of the emperor to worship heaven”]

“the treasure of the emperor to worship heaven”, in the early Qing Dynasty, jasper, Panlongniu square seal, Chinese seal, Manchu seal. The surface is 14cm square, the overall height is 15.2cm, and the button height is 11.5cm. Attach yellow ribbon
One of the twenty-five treasures approved by Emperor Qianlong, the “Treasure Manual of the Jiaotai Hall” records the use of this treasure “as a seal” to show the emperor’s respect and respect for heaven. But this is only a symbol. In fact, no archive document with the seal of this treasure has been found so far, indicating that this treasure is rarely used. About the meaning of this treasure, Emperor Qianlong made the following textual research when he determined the national treasure in the eleventh year of Qianlong (1746): “It is absurd to say that ‘the treasure of the emperor worshipping heaven’ is to transmit the national seal, which is used in the Great Sacrifice in the two suburbs and in the Holy Festival Palace. The Great Sacrifice obeys the ancient rites and signs the name with the blessing plate instead of the treasure. There is no such thing as telling heaven in the Holy Festival Palace, or the Taoist scripture Zhulishi, but it is only occasionally kept in its ears. It has not been said that the Wen minister is the green word, nor has it ever used the treasure. And which of the seals is not handed down from generation to generation, and the only one treasure is used to transmit the national seal, nor does it pass through. Gai Yuan Xiu the” Huidian ” All the ministers, who have learned a lot of wisdom, have never asked for an order to be cut, but have only used the books and files of the internal prison in the Ming Dynasty, and have inherited the falsehood and fallacy, so they are here. ” It points out the misunderstanding and reasons of this treasure in the “Great Qing Huidian” of the Kangxi and Yongzheng dynasties, and finally identifies it as a token of respect for heaven. In the 13th year of Qianlong’s reign (1748), when the imperial edict changed the Manchu characters in the seal to Manchu seal characters, the treasure remained unchanged


碧玉盘龙纽“皇帝奉天之宝”钤本