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April 20, Beijing, China, National Museum of China/中国国家博物馆 (Part 4 – Chinese Historical Fashion Exhibition continued):

Alrighty, Ming and Qing dynasty fashion, here we go! Sit tight because this is an extra long post that took me a long time to research

First is this marvel, a replica of the phoenix crown/fengguan/凤冠 of Empress Xiaoduanxian of Ming (明孝端显皇后). The real artifact is in this museum, but it's probably not exhibited much for conservation reasons.

Phoenix crowns are the formal headwear for empresses, which according to etiquette rules set at the beginning of Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), must have 9 dragons and 4 phoenixes (btw the original Chinese term is fenghuang/凤凰, which is a different mythological creature from the phoenix, but "phoenix" is the commonly used translation now), but this crown has 9 dragons and 9 phoenixes, indicating that etiquette rules have loosened and shifted by late Ming.

The phoenixes on this crown are blue because they were actually made with the iridescent feathers of kingfishers in a process called diancui/点翠. All species of kingfishers are now legally protected animals in China, so when buying hanfu accessories, you may come across "imitation diancui"/仿点翠, these are usually either made with enamel or dyed chicken or goose feathers. Another thing to note is the appearance of the jewels on this crown. Ming-era people liked keeping the jewels in a "natural look", so these jewels had no facets.

Recreations of Ming-era hanfu. Left is the semi-formal outfit of aristocrat women in mid to late Ming dynasty. Right is the casual outfit of late Ming scholars and literati. The woman's cone-shaped hairstyle is called a diji/䯼髻, and the set of hairpins that goes on a diji is called toumian/头面. She's wearing a type of top called an ao/袄 and a skirt aka qun/裙, specifically a mamianqun/马面裙, or "horse face skirt". Note that the bottom hem of an ao is not tucked into the skirt. The man is wearing a square-ish hat called a fangjin/方巾 and should also be wearing a wangjin/网巾 underneath (can be understood as a hairnet). He's wearing a daopao/道袍 and a hechang/鹤氅 on the outside.

Also I did make a mistake while dividing up the pictures for these two posts, some of the following artifacts are from earlier dynasties. Ugh if only I had time to take pictures of all the placards.

A pair of mojie/摩竭 shaped gold earrings from Liao dynasty (916 - 1125). Note that the placard says it's "摩羯形" or "Capricorn-shaped", but this apparently is sort of a misnomer? Sort of, because this representation should be of the makara (मकर; translated as 摩竭 in Chinese), a sea creature from Hindu mythology, but at the same time it is the equivalent of Capricorn in Hindu astrology. However since the name "Capricorn" stuck, it's now commonly referred to as "摩羯". 摩竭 and 摩羯 have the exact same pronunciation though.

A pair of phoenix (fenghuang) shaped gold hairpins from Liao dynasty:

After a lot of pulling my hair out researching, I finally found what time period this gold belt buckle came from. It's from Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220 AD). The gold filigree and beads form the pattern known as panchiwen/蟠螭纹, where pan/蟠 and chi/螭 are both types of loong dragon in Chinese mythology.

The gold decoration on a xiapei/霞帔 (the V-shaped wide band in the diagram on the right) from Liao dynasty. Xiapei originated in Song dynasty (960 - 1279) as part of the formal attire of consorts, but later developed into a part of the formal attire for women in general. Xiapei also looked different at different time periods in history, but from Song-era to Ming-era, its structure didn't change by much.

Finally back to Ming dynasty. This is a gold cap inlaid with gems and pearls. From the size of this cap and the included hairpins, we can deduce that this cap is meant to encase the bun on the top of the head (the hairpins that go through the cap would hold it in place).

Like the gold cap above, the next few are all from the same tomb of a Ming dynasty noble, and they are all themed similarly--they all depict scenes in a heavenly palace. Of these, the first three that has miniature architecture in gold are parts of the toumian worn on a diji hairstyle. This first one is a pair of yanbin/掩鬓 (lit. "covering temples"), so called because they are worn on the sides, close to the temples.

This next one has some confusion regarding the naming. According to an article by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Archaeology, the top artifact is a fenxin/分心 and the bottom artifact is a tiaoxin/挑心, but according to 撷芳主人 (if you are a hanfu enthusiast you have probably heard of this person or seen their works, they are the one who drew the cute illustrations of Ming-era fashion), the top one may be a manguan/满冠, and the bottom one should be called fenxin/分心. Note that 撷芳主人's conclusion is mostly based on Ming-era records and novels. Regardless of the naming, the top one here should be worn on the base of the diji, and the bottom one should be worn at the front center of the diji.

This one also has some confusion in the naming, the Institute of Archaeology calls it a dingzan/顶簪, while 撷芳主人 calls it a tiaoxin/挑心. Again, regardless of the naming, this one is worn on the very top of the diji, so the hairstick portion goes straight down through the diji. If you look closely, you can even see people and animals in the details.

Left: a pair of gold phoenix (fenghuang) hairpins made in the 22nd year of the Yongle Emperor of Ming. Right: gold filigree bracelets inlaid with gemstones.

Ming-era portrait of a scholar official. Before cameras were introduced in late-Qing dynasty, portrait paintings were the most realistic depictions of what people looked like back then. Such portrait paintings mostly began in Song dynasty and continued through to Qing dynasty.

Illustrations of the different buzi/补子 (also known as "mandarin square") used by different ranks of officials in Ming dynasty. All ranks are organized from highest on the left to lowest on the right, top row is for civil officials, bottom row is for military officials, and bottom right is for nobility. All illustrations here come from the Ming-era illustrated encyclopedia Sancai Tuhui (《三才图会》). For those who are interested, a scan of Sancai Tuhui is available on Internet Archive for free (link goes to first chapter, most chapters are available).

Also from Sancai Tuhui Chapter 62 (all pictures here come from Ch. 62-64), illustrations of the twelve ornaments (called shierzhang/十二章) on a mianfu/冕服, which is the highest level of formal attire for an emperor in Ming dynasty. These twelve ornaments depict things including celestial bodies (note that sun contains the three-footed sun crow, and moon contains the moon rabbit), elements of nature, mythical creatures, and representations of life, and are supposed to represent the values and traits that an emperor should possess:

And wrapping up the section on Ming-era hanfu, here are the headwear of different classes of people in Ming dynasty, from commoners to the literati to important government officials.

Note the net-like hair accessory on the left. This is a wangjin/网巾 during Ming dynasty (illustration from Sancai Tuhui), and is worn by all men regardless of social class. However, wangjin is worn almost like an "undergarment", so it's almost always covered by something else. Which means all those historical cdramas set in Ming dynasty that have their characters wear only a wangjin in public are, in fact, inaccurate.

Some hats of commoners and scholars in Ming dynasty. Note the left one on the second row, that is the same hat worn by the Fox Scholar in the episode Goose Mountain of the animated series Yao Chinese Folktales (《中国奇谭》).

Some of the formal headwear of government officials in Ming dynasty. These are called liangguan/梁冠, lit. "beam crown", where the liang/"beam" refers to the metal arches that go over the top. The more liang there are on the hat, the higher the rank of the official.

And last but not least, Qing dynasty (1616 - 1911) fashion. Left is Qing-era men's outfit for horseback archery and hunting, called xingfu/行服. His hat is composed of two parts, the actual hat called dingdai/顶戴 (here it's specifically the winter version) and the back decoration made of horsehair and feathers that signifies status is called hualing/花翎. Back is the casual outfit of late-Qing Manchu noblewomen, with the characteristic hairstyle called dalachi/大拉翅, a vest called kanjian/坎肩, and a robe beneath called chenyi/衬衣. These are all considered part of qizhuang/旗装, or traditional Manchu clothing. On the right is the late-Qing casual outfit of upper class Han women, with an ao/袄 top and a langanqun/阑干裙 skirt (a type of mamianqun/马面裙), and a headband decorated with pearls called mo'e/抹额. Note that although the exact origin of the modern qipao/旗袍 is disputed, it definitely has elements from at least one of the following: the Manchu chenyi, the Han ao, and the late Qing and early Republic era men's changshan/长衫.

A little historical background on why this particular display is arranged in this way. In early Qing dynasty, the Manchu ruling class enforced the policy of 剃发易服 (lit. "shaving hair and changing clothing") specifically on Han men in order to force conformity to Manchu traditions in terms of hairstyle and clothing, but Han women were not included in this policy. So in early Qing, Han women still wore the same clothing as they did prior in late Ming, but over the time the fashion of Han women absorbed many elements of Manchu fashion. However, this wasn't a one-way influence. By late Qing, many elements of Han fashion were adopted by Manchu fashion as well, so this influence really went both ways. Today, Manchu people is one of the 56 officially recognized ethnicities in China (4th largest ethnicity by population), and the traditional fashion of Manchu people is a part of the diverse culture of modern China.

Below is a real example of a chenyi, chenyi were popular among Qing dynasty imperial consorts as informal dress:

The hairstyle of Manchu women (called qitou/旗头) at different times during Qing dynasty. The one at the far right was what early qitou looked like, while the one on the far left appeared in late-Qing. The two hairstyles on the left frequently appear in period dramas set in Qing dynasty.

A belt called jifudai/吉服带 with pouches and decorations. Jifudai is so named because it's supposed to be worn with the semi-formal jifu/吉服 outfit. This particular jifudai is yellow, a color reserved for the emperor.

Real examples of Qing-era Han women's outfit, with an ao on the left, and a langanqun on the right. Langanqun is a type of mamianqun, but the construction is different from Ming-era mamianqun, in that langanqun is made from numerous rectangular and trapezoidal pieces of fabric sewn together into two larger pieces, whereas Ming-era mamianqun are simply two large pleated pieces of fabric. The way these skirts are decorated are also somewhat different. Visually speaking, Qing-era langanqun have woven and/or embroidered patterns that are arranged vertically, creating a "paneled" look, whereas Ming-era mamianqun have woven and/or embroidered patterns that repeat and extend horizontally as to wrap around the entire skirt.

Aaaaand that's it for this exhibition! Phew. I highly recommend everyone go visit the free virtual exhibition (link here), partly because when I visited the National Museum of China, I was in a huge hurry (I only had one day to see everything), and so the task of taking pictures of the exhibition was split between me and a family member, but I'm not sure they understood how many pictures I wanted....so what's in my posts here are only a very small portion of the actual exhibition. The actual exhibition doesn't just have artifacts and replicas of artifacts, but also have paintings and real articles of clothing from Qing dynasty, which were all amazing to look at.

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Precious metals in jewelry fabricating and their best use

Pure gold and platinum are delicate metals which are very thick. pure gold is around two and half times heavier than iron and pure platinum is just under multiple times. While truly brilliant in color pure metals are not suitable for fine jewelry because of their delicateness. Delicate metals are not difficult to harm, difficult to clean, and unsuitable for itemized work. For this reason they are blended (alloyed) with different metals, to give them the desired properties. This is likewise click here where this "carats" and confusing numbers become an integral factor. It is straightforward, as a matter of fact:

All pure metals in nature are white or gray in color with the exception of two, gold - radiant yellow and copper-reddish pink. Presently we return to precious metals.

All kinds of colors of precious metals are achieved by blending these colored metals in with white ones.

Carat is a confusing name for purity or fineness of precious metals. It is confusing because a similar word is used as a weight estimation for precious stones. That carat is equivalent to 0.2gr. what's more, have nothing to do with metal fineness. To differentiate the one carat from the other, in certain principles, weight carat is set apart with ct and purity karat with kt or k. We can acknowledge this standard to stay away from confusion in additional articles, consequently when we address metal purity we will use "karat". Karat is used essentially to characterize purity of gold composites. Different nations have different norms for gold purity and the most used around the world compounds are: 9kt or 375, 10kt or 416, 14kt or 585, 18kt or 750, 21kt or 875 and 22 or 916.

The alternative number which alone can be used as trademark shows the number of fine gold parts in the composite out of 1000. The simple method for making an interpretation of this into a reasonable data is to see it as the percentage of fine gold used x10. For instance 750 methods 75% pure gold substance or 18kt.Platinum is used in practically pure structure and 95% hallmarked 950 is a standard compound. All compounds with pure platinum content of 95.0% or higher can be likewise set apart with the full word "platinum" or ""plat." Other used composites are 900 (90%), 800 (80%) and 585(58.5) additionally called karat platinum. The astounding characteristics of this metal are better portrayed in another article where I'm contrasting it and the white gold alternative.Palladium 950 compounds are all around as white as the platinum, mixing great with white jewels and killing the need of rhodium plating.

Palladium is a light metal with weight near the one of sterling silver and a lot lighter than platinum and high carat gold composites, thus pursuing it the metal of decision for things like enormous studs. At the hour of composing, the cost of 950 palladium composites is about 33% of the cost of the 18k white gold offering extraordinary opportunities for enormous strong pieces at significantly reduced cost. One weakness however is that quality projecting of palladium requires materials and gear, presently not feasible for little studios.

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Hallmarking serves as a quality confirmation degree, certifying that the gold's claimed immaculateness is exact. A trademark regularly incorporates:

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Test Office Stamp: The image of the research facility that tried the gold.

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Year of Stamping: Shows the year the trademark was connected.

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Strong Development: Outlined for persistent utilize, these machines are built from tough materials that guarantee long-term unwavering quality and negligible support.

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Operational Capacity: Machines able of dealing with higher volumes of gold things will regularly be estimated higher due to their upgraded toughness and productivity.

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For jewelers, goldsmiths, and bullion dealers, contributing in a trademark machine offers a few points of interest:

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Proficiency and Fetched Reserve funds: Computerized trademark machines decrease the require for manual labor, speeding up the method and cutting down operational costs within the long run.

Upgraded Showcase Validity: Businesses that trademark their gold are seen as more proficient and dependable, improving their notoriety within the showcase.

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As technology continues to advance, the longer term of hallmarking looks promising. Advancements such as blockchain integration for traceability, AI-driven quality control, and indeed more exact laser advances are on the skyline. These advancements will not as it were improve the exactness and effectiveness of hallmarking but moreover give more noteworthy straightforwardness and traceability within the gold supply chain.

Conclusion

The advancement of hallmark machines has essentially changed the gold industry, guaranteeing that customers get bona fide and immaculate gold. The 916 trademark machine, in specific, may be a pivotal apparatus for certifying 22-karat gold, a standard in numerous markets. Whereas the starting venture in these machines is considerable, the long-term benefits in terms of compliance, effectiveness, and market credibility make them an crucial resource for any genuine gold commerce. As we see to long term, proceeded innovative headways guarantee to assist refine the hallmarking handle, setting indeed higher benchmarks for quality and genuineness in the gold industry. 

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Checklists when Buying Gold Jewellery:

Hallmark and BIS Certification: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIU) certifies the purity of gold. The Hallmark certification provides the quality of gold and shows the BIS rating, company logo, purity, etc. Do check these aspects as it is important when you sell the gold.

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Buy and back terms: When selling gold or exchanging it the buy and back prices are very important. Also, check if the store provides you with a gram-to-gram exchange, the day’s gold price, and make sure you carry your purchase receipt. Note that you cannot retake the tax paid, making charges, etc.

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 How can you tell if a chain pendant is real?

When shopping for gold pendants to adorn your gold chain, ensuring their authenticity is paramount. The market is flooded with imitations, and it's essential to distinguish genuine gold pendants from the rest. Here are some key tips to help you make an informed purchase.

1. Look for Hallmarks: Authentic gold pendants are typically stamped with hallmarks indicating their purity. In India, you'll commonly find the BIS 916 hallmark. These markings signify the percentage of pure gold in the pendant.

2. Weight Matters: Real gold has weight. If your pendant feels exceptionally light for its size, it might be a counterfeit. Gold is denser than most other metals, so a genuine gold pendant will have a noticeable weight.

3. Acid Test: A jeweller can perform an acid test, which involves applying acid to a small scratch on the pendant to check its reaction. Real gold will not react to nitric acid, while fake ones will show discolouration.

4. Magnet Test: Gold is not magnetic, so if your pendant is attracted to a magnet, it's likely not genuine.

5. Seek Professional Appraisal: For valuable or antique gold pendants, consider getting a professional appraisal. A certified appraiser can provide a detailed assessment of the pendant's authenticity and value.

6. Trusted Retailers: Purchase from reputable jewellers like CMR Jewellery or stores with a history of selling genuine gold jewellery. Established retailers are less likely to sell fake gold pendants.

Remember that while these tips can help you identify real gold pendants, it's always wise to exercise caution and seek expert advice when in doubt. Genuine gold pendants for women are timeless investments that should bring joy and beauty for years to come.

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