The body of the shroud is unusual.
This kind of quilt is not an ordinary quilt specially designed for daily heating. Its name is Tantric Sutra, also known as Tantric Sutra? The quilt of the past? ,? Dalagni? .
This sudra is a sequel to the Classic of Eliminating Evil and Interesting, and it is still going on: this secret spell of eliminating evil and interesting is incredible. For the benefit of the deceased, the secret spell of this book should be pasted on the forehead, throat, heart, secret and other places of the deceased, or worn and covered again. Accepting the merits of the Buddha's secret mantra is the strength of the human soul, and it is pure without robbing all kinds of crimes. ?
Textual Research on Tantric Classics (3)
According to Textual Research on Tanjing (III), Tanjing has special religious significance: as long as the deceased covers the Tanjing on his body, the crimes he committed before his death can be offset, all the hatred and sins can be eliminated, and he can also bring good luck and be guided to the western paradise by Amitabha. Past lives? .
The royal family believes in Lamaism tantra, and the construction of royal tombs often chooses a treasure trove of geomantic omen, with rich funerary objects and many organs inside, and the living will be buried. Is this right? Past lives? Obsessed.
Therefore, in order to show the royal power, the magnificent Tarot Sutra was exclusively used by the royal family in the middle of Qing Dynasty, and no one was allowed to use it without imperial edict.
High collection value
As mentioned earlier, the Tarot Sutra is dedicated to the royal family and is also the shroud of Emperor Qianlong. It is unique in color and material selection, extremely luxurious, and its production process is extremely complicated.
Zigong uses yellow satin woven from gold Sanskrit Datura and five-color Sanskrit Datura satin woven from gold. Empresses and concubines also use dharma and dharma satin. The following nobles will be allowed to be donated for use. Miscellaneous notes of the ruling and opposition parties since Daocheng
Buddhist scriptures are woven from five-color Sanskrit scriptures and printed with various Tibetan Buddhist classics, which are sacred products of tantric Buddhism. The choice of materials is golden velvet mixed with Tibetan antelope velvet and roe deer velvet, and its value can be seen.
The rarity, integrity and value of cultural relics all determine the collection value, and the Tarot Sutra is dedicated to the emperor. It has been opened and recited by Buddhists. In addition to the extremely rare and expensive materials themselves, it also carries the traditional culture such as the customs and people's feelings during the Qianlong period in China.
Therefore, the collection value of Buddhist scriptures is extremely high.
Besides the above reasons, what else? Star effect? Just like today's society, many people often buy and collect items worn and used by movie stars at a price several times or even dozens of times higher than the value of the items themselves. Due to the competitive auction, many items will be auctioned at prices several times or even dozens of times higher than the actual value.
So to sum up, it is not surprising that the body of Emperor Qianlong was auctioned at such a high price.