Ancient decorative solar terms

From the design point of view, the dragon and phoenix patterns are aristocratic patterns, representing the supremacy of imperial power. At the same time, the queen's pattern is also graded. Take the crown of the imperial robe as an example. The crown worn by the empress dowager, empress, imperial concubine and imperial concubine is seven golden phoenix, the princess is wearing five golden phoenix, and the concubine is wearing five golden beads.

Color is an ornament that concubines hung on the buttons of imperial robes in Qing Dynasty. Narrow on the top and wide on the bottom. Among them, the embroidery pattern on the queen's imperial concubine color _ is "five grains are abundant"; Embroidered patterns of imperial concubine color _ Xiangyun, Ganoderma lucidum and Cao Rui; The color of the ribbon is not embroidered.

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In the clothes of empresses, it is also very strict to distinguish grades by color. The color with the highest grade is bright yellow, which is a sacred and inviolable color above all clothing colors. Only the empress dowager, empress and imperial concubine can enjoy it, and no one else can use it.

Princess Guifei uses golden yellow. Use the fragrance color (dark brown). Compared with the empress dowager, empress, imperial concubine, imperial concubine, concubine and concubines, the three levels of noble, constant and infinite are not the main positions in the palace, but the concubines of the emperor. Their robes are blue in color and fragrant.

Ornaments, such as women's winter crown, are in the following order: Oriental Pearl, Ruby, Coral, Sapphire, Lapis lazuli, Crystal, Crystal, Plain Gold, Carved Gold. If they are all decorated with oriental pearls, they will be graded according to the number of oriental pearls.

For example, the number of pearls in the crown of concubines later was 302 pearls hung on the tails of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother. The imperial concubine has 192 pearls on her crown. The imperial concubine has 188 pearls on her crown. There are 172 pearls in the crown. It not only decreases in turn, but also identifies the level of status and the level, order and distinction in the harem.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Empress System in Qing Dynasty