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figs. 1, 2 & 3 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
எӬǮՀࣿӲ ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦
and dragon motifs of various forms, including square 卻ॲ̪卼ǯ㫍㛢ㅛ㱈㫡䂆⡠卿ֿங㙁কཨ༿ӳ⎐ᝳ㍩ࢇ卿ᇈज⬒ᛓ⯝
⋁ᛞ⎏ײ⊇⚁㧿ࣿײ⊇ౚभᝳ㨸卿㘺Ջᶜۊكᛓᄮᾭង⎑༈ԋ㬳㞒
(fig. 4), conjoined circular, prunus and begonia (fig.
㇝⎏㪀㉑ǯ
5). While these stands are similarly decorated, their
sizes and forms vary considerably, possibly in relation ᙔԋ㧷㯔լ⢆⎏Ὅ᪪Ꮐ㞖ᆭᶜ㫡䂆⡠卿ཨ༿ӳ㛢ᬘ᳖༈⯠⻦⎏ᄮᾭ
to where they were placed and for what purpose they ᪪Ꮐ㞖ᆭᶜ㫡䂆⡠㵶ǯۊك⎏㵶⒝Ӭ⯝⋁ᛞ༈ᬆᎵᅏ⎏ഌཎᝳ㨸ǯ
were used. Nevertheless, it is clear that they served as ᗌ㉃㖊卿㘺։Ὅ᪪⎏᱁۔⣌㙞ᛓ㘺᧙⎏卿✄Ӭٖ㏢། ჺջங࢈
㏢Ӵ卿ᗌ㊯ᛓᇖ࢈ᷱ᠒ཀ᱁߅ǯԠᇌᝪங࠼ᑣഌഌ⊶ࢷ⁒㱦ཿ߅
important furniture and display objects in the palaces
㙞ǯ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ⡥⡙⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈ǯ ჺ⇧߅‸⎏Ƕ$IJOFTJTDIFT
during the Kangxi reign.
$MPJTPOOFǷԋቲႛᝳӬᆌᷱ᠒ཀഌ㪾༾ᬆ⎏⩞ᾅ‷卿ᇖஎ‷ӳ⏭㊃ལ
The current incense stand is notably larger than ᛓ㘺։Ꮐ㞖ᆭᶜǯ
all known Kangxi-marked qiangjin and caiqi stands
ᷱ᠒ཀ卿ׅᙻ࢈㇛㛑㧰㯔ᵄࢥែࢶ㛑⎏ᷱ᠒ྒྷ㾿卿㒚Ⴊԋᇵ 㱛ݩ㞑ǯ
with dragon and cloud motifs from the Qing Court ංᅤᙻ㇛ᛤ᭦ૃ݉ჺ卻 卼卿ཀ㩴ߝलǸૃ◙ཀǹ卿᳖ջᄮᾭ⎑Ⴝ㐁ल
Collection. Such large size might have to do with ἃǸྻ㫡ཀǹ卿ֿ୬ཀᇌᝳ䂆ᷱ卿ྒྷӳᝳ᠒᧦卿ᘢᭆ㧿Ӭ⏜♑ἃǸᷱ᠒
the palace or temple hall in where it was originally ཀǹǯ㒚իႡᝳ 㱛ჺ⎏ट卿⡵ᝳǸݎᝳᷱ᠒ཀ卿ᇌᝳ࢈ఉǹ
placed. It is said that this incense stand was acquired ⎏ᭆ㋮ǯ᳖ᄮᾭՀࢦՆჺ卻 卼卿ᄮᾭ⎑Ⴝ㩥᚜卿উ㩃Ꮀ㧰ݤᅓṒཀ
in the 1920s in Beijing, reputedly from the Tanzhe ⎏ׇᑥۿ卿ⶬल⎏ᇋഌჇ卿⯝⯇Ⴀ⏟Ւഅჺ⎏㫲༹কབἃᷱ᠒ཀ⎏᪩
উׇᑥǯ⋁ჺ☌卿ᄮᾭ⎑Ⴝ㳍⯅ᷱ᠒ཀ㙊㲞◶ד卿Ԇӻ⊬ׇԻᙇᚚ卿
Temple. It was later exhibited at the Royal Ontario
㐃㐁⢪ᷱ᠒ཀᇙᝧ㞖ࠈ⣌ࢦ࣍ǮჇ⣌ࢦ࣍Ǯᮩ㲞ྒྷӬᄠǮྒྷ⒢㈊㮥
Museum, Canada, and was sold at Sotheby’s New
ӬཉǮྒྷ⒢⧲ᶴࢦݨཉ ǯᄮᾭӲࢦݪჺ卻 卼卿ᄮᾭ⎑ႽՀ㙚ᷱ᠒
York on 22 March 2011.
ཀ卿ㇼ㐁ཀलἃǸᘬᅤྻ㫡◲ཀǹ卿Ԇㇼ✖㯪༵Իཀ㯫卿ᇖ᫉ᷱ᠒ཀᎰ
Tanzhe Temple is located in the Mentougou district ἃ࢈ࢥᝬഌ⎏Ӭᄠ⎑།ཀ㩴ǯ
in west of Beijing. It was first erected in A.D. 307 ᳖㫇᫈ჺ㧿卿Ӭश᳅➯߅⎏㫇᫈⎑ႽԮཇ☶ߪᷱ᠒ཀ㙊㲞◶דǯ
during the Western Jin dynasty, and was bestowed
Գ㪏Ԭჺ 卿Գ㪏⎑Ⴝ✄Ӭ᪖㙚ᷱ᠒ཀ卿Ǹ㐁؊㠤Հ⎋ݦǮࢣ㯫ԬǮ
the name Xiuyun Temple by the Kangxi Emperor.
ᥕ⪩ՀǮ㉼ՀǮ⛌ზຽӬ㕻Ǯ⇈⇶Ն؊Ӭలǹǯ
However, it was commonly known as Tanzhe
ᇖᷱ᠒ཀ⩞ᾅ‷⏭卿ӳ㪀㉑ⶬᓌ⢵⇈⇶Ն؊ǯ㙝ݯձᨯᡪ㏱ᙠ㛢
Temple for the pond (tan) and berry trees (zhe) in
᮱ᝳᐁߪ⯝⇈⇶Ն؊⏟㨸⎏ᙔໃǯगஙǶ㙁㗤⽔पהᎰڔ᰻㈷᳖ᨯǷԋ
the temple’s surroundings. The Kangxi Emperor had
ᐁߪԳ㪏㐃㐁ᷱ᠒ཀࢣ⪩⎏㉃㢙ǯǸԳ㪏ԬჺՀᝲߝԬᚚ卿㲛㯅Ւ
paid visit to Tanzhe Temple twice, the first time in
ᇙ✖⎊⢷ཌӬࠗ卿ᇙ✖㿩⢷ཌӬࠗ卿ᇙ✖ຽढ़㿩⢷ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖
th
the 25 year of his reign (1686), during which he
◙ᱡⅸ㖥ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖༓ᾅ⏻ൈࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖⸥⊤⯸ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿
bestowed numerous gifts such as sutras, aloeswood, ᇙ✖㬦㥚ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖ᇵ⚁ᆽᎱࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖ሻ୬៧ࢣᙔӬ
soapstone Guanyin and luohan figures, and even ᆌ卿ᇙ✖㿩⢷ཌӬࠗ卿ᇙ✖ẇ┡ᅠ᳖ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖⃒ᚢ᳖ಗࢣᙔӬᆌ卿
personally inscribed on the plaque above the temple. ᇙ✖ݰഌ㯳࠺ࢣᙔӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖㿩⢷ᑱྒྷӬᆌ卿ᇙ✖⟾⡚⢷ཌӬࠗǯ۔ૈ
Since then, Tanzhe Temple had become an important ཆ⎊⢷ཌⶬڔ㠩ໃ㿳ᶜᐦᝲཌӬࠗ卿◙ᱡⅸ㖥ࢣǮ༓ᾅ⏻ൈࢣǮ⸥⊤
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