What is the role of wishful thinking in ancient courts?

The word "ruyi" comes from the Sanskrit "Ana Law" in India and is one of the Buddhist instruments introduced from India. The handle is heart-shaped and made of bamboo, bone, copper and jade. When giving lectures, the mage often holds a wishful knife and writes down the scriptures on it for fear of forgetting.

The word "Ruyi" comes from the Indian Sanskrit "Ana Law" and is one of the Buddhist instruments introduced from India. The handle is heart-shaped and made of bamboo, bone, copper and jade. When giving lectures, the mage often holds the handle of the book and puts it on the table for fear of forgetting it. A handle of Buddha and monk Ruyi unearthed from the underground palace of Famen Temple in Fufeng, Shaanxi Province, is gilded with silver and has a straight handle. According to the data of the Palace Museum, the origin of Ruyi is closely related to the back scratching tool commonly known as "not seeking" in our daily life. The earliest wishful thinking is to make the end of the handle into the shape of a finger to show that the hand can't reach and scratch, so it is called wishful thinking, commonly known as "Dont Ask For Help". Qing Dynasty's "Records of Foreign Objects" says: "If you are satisfied, you will get an ancient claw stick". In ancient China, there were "tickling sticks" (now called tickling) and "water" (also called "face water" and "hand board"), and both were used as desired. Later, its morphology was divided, and a branch retained its practical function and spread among the people; The other emphasizes auspicious meaning, which has evolved into pure furnishings and treasures, as well as the statue of Bodhisattva with wishful hands.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Ruyi was widely used, which was very popular in this period and became something in the hands of emperors and dignitaries. It is combined with a folk tickling thing called Dont Ask For Help in the form of a device, which is not only used to tickle, but also used to show the function of the scepter. At first, the prototype combined with Ruyi Head was bent and turned back, which was endowed with the auspicious meaning of "turning back is the best". "A gentleman is better than jade", and the appearance of jade ruyi combines jade's unswerving virtue and ruyi's auspicious meaning, and has made a ruyi artifact with auspicious culture with China characteristics.

It can be inferred from Xiao Gang's poem "Emperor Liang Jian Wen" that Yu Ruyi at that time had the size of being able to wear with him. When elegant and leisurely, the literati chanted poems and fu, which was the same as the "wishful dance". In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it gradually changed from a practical product to an artistic display for people to enjoy and entertain. Ruyi's head basically does not change its curved shape, while the handle end changes from straight to small ganoderma lucidum shape and cloud shape. The head and tail echo, the main body is streamlined, the handle is slightly curved, and the shape is beautiful and gorgeous.

In ancient times, as a kind of arts and crafts, it was mostly in the Qing Dynasty and rare in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Kangxi, Ruyi became the plaything of the emperor and empresses in the palace, and there were Ruyi beside the throne and in the bedroom to show good luck. "Grand View of unofficial history in Qing Dynasty" has a volume: "Ruyi is famous before the Tang and Song Dynasties."

Although the intention is for different purposes, the original picture is undoubtedly to imitate the shape of human hands. This kind of creativity can also be said to be an extension of human will. It was only after the Tang Dynasty that the hand shape evolved into a cirrus shape, a ganoderma lucidum shape, a heart shape and a flower shape, and it was made of jade jewelry, which not only made it a work of art, but also added a bit of fairy and peaceful charm. In the Qing Dynasty, Ruyi craft reached its peak and its function reached an unprecedented nobility. Whenever there are princes, ministers and governors on the New Year's Day, they will go to North Korea for good luck, so there is a poem "Chili peppers go to the jewelry market for a while, and the price is priceless for a while". Now both the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace in Beijing can enjoy the royal wishes of the Qing Dynasty. In the folk, the big wishful thinking is the decoration of the hall, and the small wishful thinking is a gift to express good wishes. Common materials are gold, silver, jade, horn, tooth, jade, coral, copper, bamboo, wood and so on.

Many traditional mascots in China are related to the New Year, and Ruyi is a household name.

As a symbol of good luck, of course, everyone is eager to have a good luck, but a good luck is very expensive and beyond the reach of ordinary people. Times have changed, and today's wishful thinking has withdrawn from people's daily life and become an antique. But an exquisite piece of wishful thinking carries the history they once had and the auspicious and beautiful implication they contain, and it is still so pleasing to the eye and loved by people.

Overview of Five Blessingg Ruyi Physical Objects

Following the successful hosting of the Olympic Games and the dream of manned space flight, the Chinese nation will usher in the great historical moment of the Shanghai World Expo. In order to show the world the charm and essence of the long and splendid Chinese civilization and traditional art, it was produced by Master Cheng, the master of arts and crafts in China and the designated inheritor of China's intangible cultural heritage, and supervised by the China Cultural Relics Society. The palace craft inlaid with filigree was adopted, and Hetian jade and Hongyu were inlaid with sterling silver and gold.

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"Five Blessingg Ruyi" is round in shape, with three layers of ganoderma lucidum, hollowed out, smooth and natural in radian, and inlaid with Hetian Jasper in the middle. In the resplendent splendor, it also contains simple and elegant taste, which combines the virtue of jade's faithfulness with the auspicious meaning of wishful thinking, and achieves the auspicious cultural objects with China characteristics. Ruyi is surrounded by Five Blessingg.

Carve auspicious patterns with traditional crafts, such as "Ruyi Qian Wen", "Fu Gui Peony Wen", "Auspicious Bat Wen" and "Landscape Cliff Wen". The whole pattern is hollow, the filaments are smooth, the patterns are complex and orderly, the density is appropriate, and the seams are very beautiful, which not only adds the charm of wishful thinking, but also conveys the good wishes of wealth, good luck and rising.

There are nine soaring golden dragons on the handle of Ruyi, with different ups and downs, each with its own merits. Kowloon has its own charm and walks through the auspicious clouds. Every golden dragon has been carefully carved, and every bit of it is covered with scales and whiskers. Ten thousand golden lights shone on the dragon, and the dragon shook, its neck bent high and leaped in the air. The dragon beard is full of anger, with a wide mouth and long beard, sharp scales and claws, and elbow hair like a sword. It means peace, prosperity, economic benefits and dignity.

Around the dragon, there are five imperial moves, namely Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang. Although the strokes are different, they are similar in essence. Their fonts are vigorous and powerful, their strokes are vigorous and powerful, and they fly smoothly. It can be said that there is a dragon hidden in it, just like a dragon. Handle is the best blessing in the world, which means "multi-talented, versatile, multi-field, long life and many blessings". Is the only ancient and modern "Five Blessingg unity", "longevity unity" blessed land. More interestingly, Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Daoguang and Emperor Jiaqing were nicknamed "main roads" among the people, which meant "having money to go home", which skillfully satisfied people's good wishes.

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