The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty loved the collection of watches, no more than Shunzhi, Kangxi and Qianlong. The extent to which the Three Emperors loved watches and clocks, the generation is better than the generation. The Qing Emperor's hobby of collecting watches and clocks is not unrelated to the former Ming Dynasty. Today, many of the watches collected in the Palace Museum are mostly collected or made by the Qianlong Emperor. They are beautiful in appearance, exquisite in making, and the pieces are called peerless treasures.
In 1602, the Ming Dynasty Wanli Emperor ushered in a special guest in the Beijing Imperial Palace. He was the famous Italian missionary Matteo Ricci. When Ricci met the emperor, he brought two meeting ceremonies: one big one and two small ones. Wanli Emperor met, ecstasy, praised as a fetish, and played more than.
It stands to reason that this emperor has not seen anything, and there is a baby who has never played it. The gold and silver jade and jade agate pearls in the palace are too numerous to be counted, but why does this emperor love the two self-sounding bells so deeply? Ricci sighed this point, knowing that the emperor had seen the baby, and that he would offer a rare thing in order to win the favor of the emperor.
After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the royal family’s interest in watches and clocks increased. At that time, the foreigners, who saw this point, tried every means to use their brains on the clock: the sun, the moon, the stars, the horses and horses, and the flowers and birds and insects were naturally decorated.
What is amazing is that the sun, the moon and the stars can be turned into a star-turning star through the clockwork, so that the car and the horse move, the characters live, the flowers bloom, and the birds scream. Such a novel and unique, how can the emperor win?
This point attracts Shunzhi Emperor who loves to play and play, saying that he “sees nothing before he hears itâ€; and in addition to playing and playing, Kangxi likes watches and clocks, has more diligent and eager to learn, and has a keen interest in Western technology. Kangxi collection watches are not just for playing.
The craziest, count the Emperor Qianlong. He spared no effort to collect all kinds of strange clocks, and repeatedly decreed the Guangdong Customs officials, so that they spared no expense to buy Western watches, and personally directed production in the palace, so that the collection and production of watches reached the climax of the Qing Dynasty. In the Qianlong period, the purpose of inviting to buy, manufacture, and renovate watches was everywhere.
According to the "Qianlong tribute file", in the 22nd year of Emperor Qianlong (1757), the Governor of Guangdong Customs Li Yongbiao and the general of Guangzhou Li Shizhen tribute to the "Inlaid Glass Ocean Self-sounding Bell, a gold-plated Western Pavilion".
Emperor Qianlong saw the tribute and said: "This time, the gold-plated western pavilion is very good. It looks like a lot of good things. There are a few more good and good ones. You don't have to worry about it. If you get it, you will come to Duanyang Gong a few times.
Emperor Qianlong’s love of Yang Zhong was very urgent. Therefore, when he was not in Duan Yanggong, Li Shizhen and others gave a “13-story self-sounding bell and a gold-inlaid ocean view clock†according to the purpose of the special purpose.
Emperor Qianlong's attention and admiration naturally promoted the development of watchmaking. Watchmakers designed and improved many interesting functions for watches, such as changing characters, musical birds, action figures, water methods, boating, turning flowers, rolling balls, etc. The features are dazzling.
In order to meet the preferences of the Emperor Qianlong, officials from all over the country also purchased rare high-end Western clocks and rushed to the emperor. This made Qianlong quickly become the world's largest watch collector.
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