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The picture shows a gold pot and a blue and white porcelain dragon pattern plum bottle. (Photo by Zhou Jianping)
As another heavyweight New Year’s Eve exhibition of Ningbo Museum, the exhibition “Golden Jade Daming – Treasures of the Zheng He Era” will be exhibited in Ningbo Museum today, and the exhibition selects 121 precious collections (groups) from the tomb of King Zhuang of Liangzhuang in Hubei Provincial Museum and the Ming Fan King in the Xiaochun County Museum.
The Ming Dynasty’s system of vassals from Zhu Yuanzhang played a role in stabilizing the regime in the early years of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, but it caused many hidden dangers and became one of the most important political problems throughout the Ming Dynasty. The growing power of the clan kings posed a threat to the central royal power. During the Xuande period, the emperor gradually relieved the kings of their military and political privileges, but they still enjoyed a refined material life with their distinguished special status.
According to Xu Qin, exhibition planning department of Ningbo Museum, yesterday, there were 266 clan kings in the Ming Dynasty, and 44 in Hubei, including King Liangzhuang and King Jing. King Liangzhuang was the ninth son of Emperor Akihito, who died at the age of 30 without a child and the clan was abolished. In 2001, the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology carried out rescue excavations of the tomb of King Liangzhuang, and unearthed more than 5,300 cultural relics with a gold amount of more than 10 kilograms. King Jing of Xiaochun began with King Jing Xian, the sixth son of Emperor Mingrenzong, and was hereditary for ten generations and flourished. The treasures that were once sealed in the ground are now seen again, and the grace and luxury, sophistication and prosperity of that time can still be seen.
Among the artifacts on display this time are the prince’s crown, gold openwork phoenix pendant, “Jiajing 34 years” inscribed apricot leaf golden pot, gold ingot, silver ingot, sweet white glaze dark engraved cloud dragon pattern lid jar, etc., of which the blue and white porcelain dragon pattern plum bottle is the only collection of the Yuan Dynasty, and the first prince and princess seal found in China – silver gilt seal, this treasure unearthed in the tomb of King Liangzhuang in Hubei Province is made of two rectangular gilt silver plates of equal size, and the plate is cast with 88 characters: “Wei Xuande eight years old ugly July Ren Zishuo, Yue three days Jia Yin, the emperor system: ‘The feudal kings of Emperor Taizu Gao must choose virtuous women to match their brother King Liang. She has grown up, and the Er Wei clan is the daughter of Wei Heng, the commander of the soldiers and horses of Nancheng, and now the special aid is established as the princess of Liang, and Er Shang obeys the mother’s Dao to help the family state, respectfully. ’”
A large part of the gold jade is a jewel of gold-set gemstones, which is eye-catching. There is a crown consisting of a gold-encrusted lotus base and a sapphire crest, a crown of gold-set Princess Princess and a gold-encrusted blue jade openwork double bird peony distraction. These colorful and colorful treasures reflect Zheng He’s feat of cultural exchanges and trade with other countries during his seven voyages to the West. Gold, gemstones and handicraft techniques imported from overseas trade promoted the transformation and development of China’s jewelry industry, and gold and jade inlay techniques, filigree techniques and various handicrafts with Islamic styles and elements became popular among the royal family, becoming rare treasures that are displayed in front of everyone’s eyes today. Reporter Chen Qing and correspondent Chu Chu and Xiang Congying