Long letter palace lantern

Chinese Han Dynasty bronze vessels.BE sprout in the mountain Jing in full city county in Hebei in 1968 Wang2 Liu2 win of the wife Dou tie up last home.The palace lantern light body keeps the maid-in-waiting that the light Ji sit for a body Liu gold, hands, the expression serene grace.Light body be 48 Li rices in height, heavy 15.85 kilograms.Palace lantern long letter palace lantern design very skillful, the maid-in-waiting keeps a light all alone, another skill Xiu is block breeze, in really Hong tube, in order to absorb soot, since prevent°fromed air pollution, and then had already appreciated beauty value.This palace lantern because of once being place in Dou queen mother(grandmother Liu2 Sheng ) of long letter temple, past.Hide museum in Hebei now.

Body Liu gold, make maid-in-waiting Ji to sit to hold a light form, hollow.Whole is constitute by head, body, better arm, light, the light dish and lampshade six parts, each one all can dismantle to unload.The maid-in-waiting wears wide Xiu underwear and full-length gown, the left hand holds a light, the better arm Gao raise and light coping mutually, become smoke way.The lampshade is gather together by two slices of arc-shaped planks but become, can the activity shine on by regulating light degree and direction.The light dish contains one square Qiong handle, inside still save bad timber.Bean form.Machine body's totally engraving a Ming text 9 is 65 words and jotted down the capacity, weight of that light and belong to respectively.Because the light up engraves "long letter" certain context, past"long letter palace lantern".According to research, this light is a west Han at first sun letter Hou Liu2 Jie be all.Liu2 Jie Wen2's emperor be created, view emperor is pared Jue, patrimony and it this light be confiscate by the imperial government and return empress dowager dwelling place long believe a temple to use.Afterwards the empress dowager Dou surname grants this thing again to tie up at the this ethnicity close Dou.This light is used as the appropriation article, gift of palace and Wang2 Fu3, it is thus clear that it at that time also very precious of.For long time, the long letter palace lantern is always think is our country craft art work in of highest point of make with race craft of important representative but widely be subjected to great fame.This not only lie in it the one and only and rare and precious, more lie in it of elegant and incomparable creation craft and the handiness special art conceive outline.

Long letter palace lantern a change former bronze container of mysterious decorous, the whole shape and adornment styles all seem to be to unfold from such as, agile gorgeous, is 1 since practical, and then beauty of lamp delicacy.Be rated as "China the first light". Adopt to cast respectively, then synthesize one whole method.Archeology in accordance with the research expert of metallurgy history generally accepted, the choiceness of this light design, creation craft the Gao of the level, be second to none in the palace lantern in Han Dynasty.

Release
Long letter the palace lantern is a Han Dynasty one of the bronze Liu gold lamps, cast the first 172 years.One class cultural object in the People's Republic of China nation.From the archeology white glory gold of worker is in the exhumation homework tie up last home(Hebei protects certainly city a full city county southwest bout 1.5 kilometer mountain precipices now up) to the full city Han Dou in last home in 1968 detection.It is hide in "full city Han last home" of Hebei National Museum of History, Chuang City in the house of the People's Republic of China stone exhibition area now.

The archeologist recognizes the Ming text of "sun letter house" on palace lantern light's body, the week long mountain wait parts of scholars on these grounds calculate long letter the palace lantern belong to a Han Dynasty at first sun letter Yi Hou Liu2 Jie(be created for the Hou the first 179 years) the in home be all, 《historical records 》jot down Liu2 Jie's son Liu to like to be depose because of participating "seven countries of disorderly", seal country and patrimony to accept to for the country have, long letter the palace lantern be sent into empress dowager Dou Yi of palatial"long believe a temple" bathe a mansion to use.Past again increased the Ming text of "long letter temple" certain context to show palace lantern easily main.

The Dou tie up and the kinship of Dou Yi, calculate long letter palace lantern is send by the Dou Yi to tie up for Dou, the Dou tie up so the clay-cold palace lantern then buries into the last home with her inside.There is also"long the letter still bathes" certain context on the light, past the exhumation is named after "long letter palace lantern" after sprout.In addition scholar become etc. think according to the Han Dynasty sprout of"sun letter house" bronze vessels record, include long letter palace lantern at inside of a great deal of"sun letter house" bronze utensils all belongs to the elder sister of the Han martial emperor even sun long princess(sun letter long princess), past long letter the palace lantern belonged to at the earliest stage which imperial house's member still have no definite hard conclusion.

Structure
The appearance of palace lantern for a comb Ji of the Xian foot maid kneel to sit on the ground and holds a copper light.The whole palace lantern is 48 Li rices in height, heavy 15,850 grams.From head, better arm, body, lampshade, light dish, light 6 parts the foundry constitutes respectively, head and better arm can assemble to dismantle to unload, easy to carry on clean to the lamps.The light dish cent top and bottom of the palace lantern part is two parts, engrave a "sun letter house" Ming text, can turn to move with the direction of adjust the light and the Qian can adjust the size for open mouth of a light to control the bright degree of light at light dish the arc-shaped tile form copperplate of the groove.The right hand covers with pendulous gusset coping at the copper light.Maid-in-waiting bronze statue body inside empty, it hollow better arm and gusset become a copper light lampshade, can freely open to match.

The burnable air dust can pass the better arm deposition of maid-in-waiting at the maid-in-waiting body inside, will not in great quantities spread Yi to arrive surroundings environment in.Lampshade above part of remain a little amount wax form to remain a thing, calculate the combustion in the palace lantern of of the material be animal fat or candle.The palace lantern surface doesn't have excessive modifier thing and complicated wood grain and seem to be more for the homeliness in the coetaneous palace tools and implements.

Engrave Ming text 9 on the light, total 65 words, the contents includes the weight, capacity of light and casts time and proprietor etc.. Such as: "The long letter still bathes, permit on rising lesser half to rise, heavy 6 cattieses, 10089, now inside lie".(Be located on a light bottom)

External appearance
The maid-in-waiting combs Ji Fu Guo, wear deep dress, Xian foot.Constitute to°from the parts, such as head, body, better arm, light, light dish and lampshade...etc..Each part can dismantle to unload, the light dish can turn to move, and the lampshade can open to match.Maid-in-waiting body the arm be hollow, the better arm is a smoke way, can sweep by keeping indoor inside the light smoke ducting machine.Engrave Ming text 9 on the light, the contents includes the weight, capacity of light and casts time and proprietor etc..There is"long the letter still bathes" certain context because of engrave, past be long to believe palace lantern.

Long letter palace lantern, sprout mountain Jing in Han Wang2 Liu2 to win this wife Dou to tie up last home at the full city west, Gao 48 cms.In order to kneel the young maid-in-waiting that the ground keeps a light the image of light, body Liu gold.Comb Ji on the maid-in-waiting head, wear turban, wear long dress, the gusset is generous.Her facial expression is dignified beautiful and slender, the vision devotes one's mind very, the head tilts to one side slightly and forward, facial expression respectfullly and sincerely, very careful, express a maid-in-waiting with young bottom layer the special expression.The maid-in-waiting left hand holds light dish, raise on the better arm and the bottom of the cuff of sleeve hangs into a lampshade.The light dish can turn to move and two slices of arc-shapeds of light dish hold plank and can push to open to match to regulate the bright degree of light and project light upon a direction.The maid-in-waiting body is hollow and the cigarette ash is got into a body to sweep by keeping indoor by better arm.Each part of light can also dismantle to unload and be advantageous to sweep.This light up engraves "long the letter still bathes" etc. the Ming text be total 65 wordses, so is named after "long letter palace lantern".Long letter officer's light the practical function of light, purify the science principle of the air and the shape of the daintiness organically combine together, the whole shape nature beautiful, unfold from such as, agile gorgeous, is 1 since practical, and then beauty of lamp delicacy.

Research according to the Ming text, this light is what 172 B.C.(written Chinese emperor ages) cast.The first host of light are the sun letters Yi Hou Liu2 Jie, afterwards Liu2 Jie Zi3 like "guilty country in addition to", this light hads to confiscated into"inside" of the little mansion and return long letter the temple be all.The long letter temple is the palace that the empress dowager resides letter, the empress Dou surname of text emperor is the grandmother whom Liu win, view emperor is an empress dowager, have much of power and influence.Afterwards Dou queen mother again sent this light to her natal home 1 within ethnicity call the Dou tie up of woman, the Dou ties up to treat copper light as jewelry, clay-cold cover up the light is with her into the last home.

Related data
Long letter palace lantern and gold wisp jade dress etc. is together sprout in mountain Jing in Han Wang2 Liu2 win of last home, according to research, long letter temple is Han view emperor empress dowager Dou the surname(the mother of view emperor, Liu win of grandmother) live of palace, this light originally the thing in the temple be send by the Dou surname to her beloved grandson.

In 1973, the People's Republic of China post and tele department publishes a "long letter palace lantern" stamp.(weave 73, face value 8 divide November, 197320 issue)In October, 2000, national Directorate General of Posts' again publishing to sprout the cultural object"the Pan dragon line copper pot" of"the Vinaceous Rosefinch title wreath cup" of"wrong gold Bo mountain stove" of"long letter palace lantern" 1 set is 4 stamps.(2000-21, face value 80 divide October, 200020 issue)The full city Han sprouts in the last home of"long letter palace lantern" of"gold wisp jade dress" picture and introduction the writing plait went into junior high school history lesson origin an ancient history part.

The long letter palace lantern is hide in cultural object graduate school in Hebei now.The palace lantern is the our country special handicraft article, it with craft complications, do work excellent, shape elegance but rise in the world.It is rumored at south dynasty the beam martial emperor, our country folks have January 15 hang the custom that the light appreciates a light, this kind of custom gradually from the folks spread to a temple, at the Tang Dynasty, the palace lantern gradually becomes and arrived clear and pure, the palace lantern develops extreme achievement and become a royal appropriation article.