Qingyu Dayu Water Control Map Shanzi

[Blue Jade Dayu Water Control Map Shanzi]

Blue Jade Dayu Water Control Map Shanzi, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, is 224 centimeters high, 96 centimeters wide, 60 centimeters high, and weighs 5000 kg
The material used in Yushan is a dense and hard sapphire produced in Mount Milleta, Hotan, Xinjiang, China. The jade is carved into towering peaks, with waterfalls flowing rapidly, ancient trees and pines lying all over the mountains, and the caves are deep and secret. On the cliffs and cliffs, groups of laborers are digging mountains to control water. This scene is the story of Xia Yu’s water control. In the middle of the front of the Jade Mountain, there is a cross seal carved in the Yinwen seal script of Emperor Qianlong, “Five Blessings and Five Dynasties Hall Ancient and Rare Treasure of the Heavenly Son”. On the upper part of the back of the Jade Mountain, there is inscribed in the shade a poem made by Emperor Qianlong, who wrote “The Painting of the Jade Great Yu on Mount Milleta to Control the Flood”. On the lower part, there is inscribed a seal with the six characters “Eight Symbols and Eight Concepts of Treasure”. The base of the Jade Mountain is a brown copper cast base inlaid with gold threads
This jade mountain was carved by craftsmen from Yangzhou, which was under the jurisdiction of the salt administration of the two Huai rivers at that time. After the large pieces of jade were transported from Mount Milleta in Hotan, Xinjiang, to Beijing, Emperor Qianlong decided to use the scroll of “The Great Yu Controlling the Flood” collected by the Song people in the Inner Prefecture as the manuscript, and the Qing Palace Office drew a paper pattern of the Great Yu controlling the flood. The painter Jia Quan painted on the large jade, then made a wooden pattern and sent it to Yangzhou for carving. The large jade was shipped to Yangzhou in 1781, the 46th year of Qianlong’s reign, and was carved in Yushan in 1787, the 52nd year of Qianlong’s reign. It took six years to complete. In the 53rd year of Qianlong’s reign (1788), Emperor Qianlong ordered Zhu Tai, a jade carver at the Ruyi Pavilion in the Palace’s Central Office, to engrave the Qianlong imperial poems and two seals on the Jade Mountain. Finally, it was appointed by Emperor Qianlong and placed in the Leshou Hall of the Ningshou Palace. It has a history of more than 200 years


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