Intangible culture with Related Tags
Beijing Inlay Technique
Beijing Meng inlay craft is a traditional craft in Dongcheng District, Beijing. Meng inlay is a traditional metal engraving craft that originated in ethnic minority areas such as Mongolians and Tibetans in China and has a history of more than 2,000 years. Meng inlay metal engraving has matured through the integration of ethnic cultures in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a unique Beijing gold and silver ware that combines the metal crafts of Mongolians, Tibetans, Manchus, Uyghurs and other ethnic groups with the metal crafts of the Han people. Since the ninth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1652), Meng inlay metal engraving has flourished due to the large-scale construction of Lama temples in Beijing, Chengde and other places. Most of the works were used by royal nobles or religious rituals and sacrifices, becoming a royal craft. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, Meng inlay metal engraving gradually spread to the people, and successively formed a copper production and sales area for Mongolian and Tibetan people in the Andingmen and Lama Temple areas in Beijing. Ronghe Copper Shop outside Andingmen in Beijing is the origin of contemporary Meng inlay. In 1892, Shi Rong, a copper engraving artist in Beijing, opened Ronghe Copper Shop, which specialized in making Buddhist statues, religious instruments and gold and silver ritual instruments from Mongolia and Tibet for temples. His craftsmanship was known as the best in Beijing, and he was good at Buddhist statues. Beijing Meng inlay craft is a combination and inheritance of Mongolian and Tibetan metal crafts and Han metal crafts. It combines the simplicity and generosity of Tibetan Buddhism with the exquisiteness and magnificence of royal products. It was once a royal inheritance craft in the Qing Dynasty and a common skill for Buddhist statues and religious instruments in temples.
Tong Ren Tang Chinese Medicine Culture
Beijing Tong Ren Tang is a well-known time-honored brand in traditional Chinese medicine. It was founded in 1669 and has a history of 337 years. Tong Ren Tang began to "undertake official medicine" from 1723 to 1911. For 188 years, Tong Ren Tang followed the royal standards for selecting medicinal materials, adhered to the palace secret recipes and pharmaceutical methods, and formed a strict quality supervision system. The organic integration and influence between Tong Ren Tang and the Imperial Hospital and the Imperial Pharmacy of the Qing Palace formed the special style and traditional knowledge of Tong Ren Tang's traditional Chinese medicine. Tongrentang's TCM culture is embodied in the values of "cultivating benevolence and virtue, saving the world and maintaining health", the quality concept of "no labor is spared even if the processing is complicated, no material is reduced even if the taste is expensive", the business philosophy of "honesty and loyalty, and harmony among people", the professional ethics of "honesty and fairness, and equal treatment", as well as Tongrentang's brand and unique marks, "Le's Generational Inherited Pills, Powders, Pastes and Pills" and "Tongrentang Qianxiu Various Symptom Pills, Powders, Pastes and Pills General Catalogue", Tongrentang's traditional TCM processing technology, and Tongrentang's pharmaceutical characteristics, which is the integration of traditional TCM and palace pharmaceuticals, can be summarized as "unique prescriptions, superior materials, exquisite craftsmanship, and significant efficacy". However, under the influence of Western modernization, Tongrentang's original traditional TCM processing technology and pharmaceutical characteristics are facing the dilemma of survival and development, traditional pharmaceutical methods are constrained, and unique technologies are facing the risk of loss. Tongrentang is making unremitting efforts to protect this excellent traditional culture, and it is urgently needed to be respected and protected by the whole society.
Nanjing Brocade Weaving Technique
The Nanjing brocade weaving technique continues the tradition of Chinese royal weaving and represents the highest level of Chinese brocade weaving technique. It applies core technologies such as "passing the warp and breaking the weft" on a large loom with a complex structure. It is manually operated by two people, using silk thread, gold thread, peacock feather thread and other materials to weave luxurious fabrics, such as dragon robes. The Nanjing brocade weaving technique has a complete system and is a testimony to the extraordinary creativity of mankind. Today, Nanjing brocade, named for its brilliance like clouds, is still a classic of traditional Chinese weaving techniques, used for weaving high-end fabrics, and loved by the people.
Heritage with Related Tags
Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
The Aranjuez Cultural Landscape is a complex of relationships: nature and human activity, winding waterways and geometric landscape design, rural and urban, forest landscape and the refined harmony of palace architecture. Over three hundred years, the royal development and care of this landscape has seen the evolution of humanism and political centralization, with features such as French Baroque gardens in the 18th century, to the urban lifestyle that developed during the Enlightenment with the domestication of plants and the science of animal husbandry.
Pasargadae
Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great in the 6th century BC in Pars, the homeland of the Persians. Its palaces, gardens and the Mausoleum of Cyrus are outstanding examples of royal art and architecture of the first phase of the Achaemenid Empire and an outstanding testimony to Persian civilization. Particularly noteworthy remains of the 160-hectare site include: the Mausoleum of Cyrus II, the defensive terrace Tal Takht, as well as the Royal Gatehouse, the Audience Hall, the residential palaces and gardens. Pasargadae was the capital of the first great multicultural empire of Western Asia. Stretching from the eastern Mediterranean and Egypt to the Indus River, it is considered the first empire to respect the cultural diversity of different peoples. This is reflected in Achaemenid architecture, which is a comprehensive representation of different cultures.
Imperial Ancestral Temple
The Imperial Ancestral Temple is located in the southeast of the Forbidden City, and is symmetrically arranged with the Altar of Land and Grain along the central axis of Beijing. This layout emphasizes the importance of ritual traditions in the planning of the capital and strengthens the orderly urban landscape. The Imperial Ancestral Temple complex faces south and is in a regular rectangular courtyard, surrounded by the inner wall and the outer wall to form a double-ring courtyard. The main sacrificial buildings are all located in the inner wall, symmetrically distributed in the center. The sacrifice site is set up in the southeast of the outer wall. There are ancient cypresses planted in the outer wall, with 714 existing trees, creating a solemn atmosphere. The core sacrificial buildings of the Imperial Ancestral Temple are distributed in the inner wall area, from south to north, they are the Glazed Gate, the Golden Water Bridge, the Ji Gate, the Imperial Ancestral Temple Hall, the Sleeping Hall and the Peach Temple. The east and west side halls, the well pavilion, the kitchen and the storehouse are symmetrically arranged on both sides. The Hall of Sacrifice, located on a three-story Xumi pedestal, is particularly majestic and grand. As a place for the royal family of the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship their ancestors, the Imperial Ancestral Temple not only reflects the cultural tradition of "ruling the world with filial piety", but also symbolizes the legitimacy of the dynasty's ruling power being passed on within the family. It became the highest-level ancestral temple sacrificial building in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The construction of the three core buildings of the Imperial Ancestral Temple is closely related to the ancestral temple system. The Hall of Enjoyment is the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties held ancestral worship ceremonies. The side halls on the east side are used to enshrine the tablets of the meritorious royal family, and the side halls on the west side are used to enshrine the tablets of meritorious officials. The Sleeping Hall is where the tablets of ancestors are placed on weekdays; the Tao Temple is the place where the tablets of the emperor's distant ancestors are enshrined. Today, the Imperial Ancestral Temple is open to the public as the Cultural Palace of the Working People, and cultural activities such as garden tours, performances, training, and exhibitions are held for the public. The Imperial Ancestral Temple was first built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). When it was first built, the Hall of Enjoyment and the Sleeping Hall were built in the inner wall. In the fourth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1491), the Tao Temple was built to the north of the Sleeping Hall. Later, due to the change of the national sacrificial system during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was newly built on the east and west sides of the inner wall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple in the 15th year of Jiajing (1536). It was later burned down by thunder and fire, and rebuilt in the 24th year of Jiajing (1545), restoring the original "same hall, different rooms" system. The planning pattern of the Imperial Ancestral Temple of the Ming Dynasty was used in the Qing Dynasty. After 1925, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was managed by the Forbidden City Museum. After the 1950s, the Imperial Ancestral Temple was opened to the public as the Beijing Working People's Cultural Palace, and cultural activities such as garden tours, performances, training, and exhibitions were held for the public and have been used to this day.
Nanxincang Cultural and Leisure Street Scenic Area
Nanxincang Cultural and Leisure Street Scenic Area is located at No. 22, Dongsishitiao, Beijing. It is a granary for storing imperial grain and rice for salaries during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a royal official granary. Nanxincang was built on the basis of the ancient Beitaicang and has a history of more than 600 years. Nanxincang is the only royal granary in the country and the largest and most complete royal granary in Beijing. Nanxincang has preserved 9 ancient granaries and is a historical witness to the history of Kyoto, the history of water transport, and the history of storage. It is a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing.