简介：TheorganisationsinchargeofpaintingandmanufacturingThangkasfortheQingCourtweretheZhongzhengHallandtheSectionforManufactureandPurchase.LocatedtothewestoftheForbiddenCity,ZhongzhengHallwasprimarilyusedbytheEmperortoworshipBuddhaandmanyreligiousservicesoftheInnerPalacewerealsoheldthere.Attheendofeach

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简介：TheXiaoyu-Ding-CauldronwasunearthedduringthefirstyearsofDaoguang,EmperoroftheQingDynasty,atLivillageofQishanCounty,ShanxiProvince.ThecauldronitselfdisappearedintheperiodofTaipingHeavenlyKingdom(TaipingTianguo).Thecurrentcopyoftheinscriptionistheonlyonepreserved.Theinscriptiononthecauldronconsistsof400characters,itisoneofthelongesttextsofthosedatingtotheearlyperiodoftheWesternzhouDynasty.Sincethetextisfragmentaryandnojoiningtextsremain,thetextcannotbereadcompletely.TheinscriptionwasfirstmentionedbyGuoMoruoinResearchontheMetalInscriptionsoftheZhouDynasty.ThenChenMengjiareconstructedtheinscriptioninthe1950＇sinhis"DatingontheBronzeVasesoftheWesternZhouDynasty"andfurther

简介：OnthebasisofChineseandTibetanhistoricalmaterials,Mr.Z.AhmadinhisSino-TibetanRelationsinthe17thCentury,publishedin1970,gaveadescriptionofPrinceChanhua(lit.PrinceofthePropagationoftheDoctrineoftheBuddha)repeatedlyrequestinganewtitlefromtheQingcourtduringthereignofEmperorShunzhi.