Dongzhu Chaozhu

[Dongzhu Chaozhu]

Dongzhu Chaozhu, Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, with a circumference of 137 cm
The Chaozhu is made up of 108 east pearls, which are divided equally by four coral beads (also known as sub-inlay). There are 8 lapis lazuli beads on both sides of the beads. One of the coral beads is connected with the turquoise Buddha head and connected with the back cloud with yellow tapers. The back cloud is inlaid with gold and inlaid with an opal, and the coral is carved into a bat shape to make a knot card. There are four beads of the east bead, and the drop angle is supported by gold thread, and a ruby is dropped. The Chaozhu has three commemorative strings, each of which wears 10 turquoise, the pendant is ruby, and the top is the Dongzhu with one bead
According to the rules and regulations of the Qing Dynasty, the Pearl of the East Pearl River can only be worn by the emperor, empress dowager and empress at the grand ceremony in the palace. In the Qing Dynasty, the royal family attached great importance to Dongzhu, a freshwater pearl produced in the lower reaches of the Songhua River and its tributaries in the northeast. It was stipulated that only the palace could control it, and the princes and ministers could not use it at will. The large and round ones are decorated on the crown or the court beads, and the special-shaped beads are used for inlaying. According to Song Caiyu’s “Tiewei Mountain Series”, this kind of pearl was very valuable in the Northern Song Dynasty, with a diameter of 23 million yuan.