The "Yu the Great Taming the Flood" is a treasure in the Palace Museum's collection, a rare jade carving and a national treasure!

There are so many treasures in the collection of the Palace Museum, but for jade lovers, the jade carving masterpiece "Yu the Great Taming the Flood" is definitely worth a look ! This jade mountain weighs about 5,000 kg, is 224 cm high and 96 cm wide. It is made of Xinjiang Hetian green jade and was created in the late Qianlong period. It is a rare national treasure.

This piece of jade discovered during the Qianlong period weighs 6 tons, is huge in size, green in color, and has a texture as delicate as fat. It took more than three years to transport more than 1,000 people and 100 strong horses to the capital. Good materials and good workmanship! Yangzhou jade carvings are renowned for their size. For seven years, numerous Yangzhou jade carving craftsmen worked day and night to carve, and finally completed it before Emperor Qianlong's 80th birthday.

This jade carving depicts the scene of Dayu leading people to control floods. People wore linen clothes and coarse cloth, and split mountains and moved soil; in front of the mountain, there were lush ancient trees, overlapping peaks, and flying springs and waterfalls, all lifelike; on the top of the mountain, there were monkeys, sika deer, wild boars, snakes and other animal images, all vivid and lifelike, fully demonstrating the extremely high aesthetic taste and jade carving attainments of the time.

The materials of this type of jade carving include Hetian jade, jadeite and many other types. Common themes include figures, landscapes, plants, animals, etc., using a variety of techniques such as high relief and shallow relief. Small jade mountains are easy to obtain and common, and their prices are relatively low, making them easily accepted by the public.

Jade carving

Next, let's take a look at what to pay attention to when appreciating and purchasing:

1. The material should be of good quality. For example, the "Yu the Great Controlling the Flood" piece mentioned at the beginning is not only large but also has a fine texture.

2. The carving should be skillful. Craftsmanship plays a vital role in jade carvings. It is no exaggeration to say that the success or failure of a good material depends on the craftsmanship.

3. The design should be novel, unconventional and give people a fresh feeling. This is a test of the jade carver's knowledge, learning, cultivation and inspiration.

4. The color-matching craftsmanship is very important in jade carvings, which is widely loved by the public and has a large number of fans.

Jade carving

Maintenance of finished jade carvings:

1. Handle with care and avoid collision with hard objects. When transporting over long distances, be sure to instruct the carrier to be extremely careful.

2. Avoid exposure to sunlight.

3. Avoid contact with chemicals.

4. Avoid dust and oil.

After reading this, what do you think about this "Yu the Great Controlling the Flood"?

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