 July the 11th 2005 sees the world famous six hundredth anniversary in which Zheng He sailed west six hundred years ago. Therefore, planned by Chinese Culture Research Institute,proposed and made by Zhongjin Property Science and Technology Developments ( Group ) Company and Nanshan Culture Spreading Company,and supervised jointly by a large number of authoritative departments,Zheng He Seven-Gem Ship will be ceremoniously issued after the efforts by nation-level master craftsmen.
To improve the workmanship of the seven-gem ship , an art - directing committee was set up consisting of the leaders of the Party and the state, famous scholars and experts . The chief advisors are Qiao Shi , the former standing committee member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and former Chairman of the National People's Congress, Xu Jialu, the former vice chairman of the National People's Congress , Zhang Siqing, the former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of CPPCC national Committee , and Ren Jiyu , Curator of State Library and master in Chinese national culture ; the directors of the art directing committee are Zhang Wenbin,the former chief of State Cultural Relics Bureau and vice president of Chinese Culture Research Institute, and Liu Zhongde,the former minister of the Ministry of Culture.
Zheng He Seven-Gem Ship will be issued only 3000 in number, after which will be out of print both at home and abroad . In order to guarantee the quality of the material for the seven - gem ship , the process of the manufacture has been supervised by State Center for Supervision and Inspection of Gold and Silver Production, and after being tested, the body of the ship is made of pure silver and cast gold and the seven kinds of jewels inlaid in the sections of the hull are natural stones . Each ship model has been numbered, supervised and inspected separately and notorized by state Notarial Department. Six certificates and appreciation album are provided for collection,manufacture-supervision,inspection and notarization and so on.
Gold-encrusted workmanship originated from Chinese palaces.
The world's First Immitation ship Model of seven gems made
of gold and silver set with diamonds.
Zheng He Seven-Gem Ship was made by first-rate experts of many subjects, which completed the design goal of "handing on, innovation and classics" . Handing on : the unique gold-encrusted workmanship originated from Chinese palaces was adopted;innovation:combine modern aesthetic awareness with the concept of folk culture on the basis of traditional arts and crafts ; classics: innovations have been made in design, material and workmanship , which has worked out the world's first immitation ship model of seven gems made of gold and silver set with diamonds from Zheng He commanding ship six hundred years ago . Its particular design and workmanship of being original can put in for the national patent(20053008612.7),and have filled in a gap of immitation ship model of jewels in the history of the world's collection . Zheng He Seven - Gem Ship is of epoch - making teachnical innovation , which has been hailed as a world peace envoy and the first immitation ship model in China.
The model in endowed with great value in three respects.
Classical curiosity of the national treasure
¡ª¡ªChina's first ship model.
Zheng He Seven-Gem Ship was designed on the basis of the large-sized commanding ship as the reversion model and reduced in the proportion of 628 times . The whole material is of pure silver and gold as well and some corresponding parts are set with seven kinds of jewels such as diamonds , rubie , sapphires, agates , olivines, garnets , pearls, etc . The length , height and width of the ship are as follws : 20cm , 16cm, and 8.1cm respectively consisting of 218 parts,such as hull,cabin,sail and velamen , mast, anchor, helm, deck, thick rope support, flag, halliard, gems, etc . There were nine masts and twelve sails in all , and the design of the fore was an animal's face and that of the stern was the ealge and the the sun ; ocean waves and aloy cast silver were adopted for the base,and the tops of the ocean waves were inlaid with natural pearls possessing great originality and masterly workmanship.
Zheng He Seven-Gem Ship enjoys three originalities such as the first immitation ship model made of gold,silver and pearls, the first auspicious ship model of seven gems and the first Zheng He ship model of seven gems being endowed with great value in three respects , such as sky - high innovative arts and crafts, folk culture, historical relics, etc.,which is classical curiosity of the national treasure.
Innovative value in arts and crafts:She is the world's first immitation ship model made of gold , silver , and seven gems . The ship was made by adopting the traditional setting, uplift-press arts and crafts and modern electroformation moulding technic ; the electroformation moulding technic was adopted for the hull to make it refinable and gracious; the silver and casting gold technic was used for the whole ship, and the base was made of silver alloy set with pearls ,which gives a visual sensation of gold ship on silver waves producing a strong contrasting aesthetic effect . Two hundred and eighteen parts are distributed over the hull and the base , among which sixty - seven are precious pearls , and hand - made work was demanded for the whole process of production. Ingenious in design,the ship has been endowed with sky - high . Innovative value in arts and crafts by combining the seven valuable gems with high degree of professional proficiency on the part of the great master's workmanship.
The value of folk culture : she is the first auspicious ship model of seven gems. " Seven Gems " mean pure and true pearls , the general term of pearls and wealth in Buddhist Scripture . The ship is bright and golden, maginificent and delicate , and the seven gems were ascribed human characteristics intelligently to highlight people's good wishes for faithfulness and eternity(diamond), auspicious propserity(ruby), peace and happiness(sapphire), ever-lasting youth(agate), kindness and tntelligence (olivine) , self-confidence and self-reliance (garnet), and wealth and longevity(pearl),and the ideas of traditional folk culture each correspond with people's quest for peace,creation of wealth, pursuit of happiness and avoidance of woes,and tending toward good luck and avoiding evils.The ship signs a plain sailing life and symbolizes great hopes on a person's career. The material of the seven gems has been intelligently used to make the unique Chinese folk culture develop in a big way and hand on from generation to generation.
Historical and cultural value : she is the world's first Zheng He ship model of seven gems . The ship was made as the reversion model and reduced in the proportion of 628 times on the basis of five figure features of the large-sized Zheng He Commanding ship by referring to the special academic conference commemorating 580th anniversary of Zheng He sailing west held in 1985 and the latest research findings made by scholars both at home and abroad. Zheng He Seven-Gem Ship imbodies that China ranked NO.1 in sea power in the Ming Dynasty in ancient times and the scientific and technological achievements in ship building field of a thousand years of past dynasties have been handed on and developed , which was the material basis on which Zheng He sailed west seven times and is the precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation.The prototype of the ship was made by drawing on archaeological research findings of the large-sized Zheng He commanding ship,which is full of scientific textual research and historical -memorial value as well. Meanwhile "the peaceful long voyage" made by Zheng He six hundred years age and " the trip to peace " made by Lian Zhan alter an interval of 60 years have the same implication and the ship, being the historical witness of "Hu-Lian Meeting" and "Hu-Song meeting" and precious beyond comparison,will go down in history.The ship enjoys unique art status in the history of collection , which makes it unlimited in valu-increasing extent for investments because of its far-reaching historical significance and owing to the precious material for the hull.
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