Where are the ancient official seals placed?

Ancient official seals were placed on desks or bookcases.

In ancient times, there would be a jade seal as a representative of identity, an official rank.

The higher it is, the purer and more beautiful the texture of its jade seal, the emperor uses the jade seal, which is a symbol of the power in holding the unification of the country, and the promotion seal is carved from beautiful jade or natural water, and placed on the desk or bookcase to assist in the promotion of official fortune and prosperity.

In different periods of history, official seals have their own characteristics and rich cultural connotations. Chinese feudal dynasty.

The form of government consists of the imperial court** and the locality. The official seals include the emperor's jade seal, imperial treasures, official seals of court officials at all levels, and local administration.

Official seals, seals of officials at all levels, official seals of military institutions, seals of low-level institutions, seals of princes and secessionist regimes, and ethnic minorities.

the seal of the regime and the seal of the peasant uprising, etc.

History of the official seal:

The earliest period of the production and use of official seals should be traced back to the late Spring and Autumn Period or the early Warring States Period, because the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are the result of the historical division of our descendants, and they do not yet have the obvious characteristics of the seal era, so academically they usually refer to the seals of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty as "Warring States Period". The official seal of the Warring States period is the earliest official seal found so far, and it is also one of the smallest bronzes in the bronze series.

The discovery of the official seal of the Warring States period may provide us with a true historical picture for our study of the social, political, military, and cultural aspects of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

The official seals include the emperor's imperial treasures, jade seals and gold treasures, the official seals of court officials at all levels, the seals of local administrative officials, the seals of officials at all levels, the official seals of military institutions, the seals of low-level institutions that do not enter the stream, the seals of the princes' secession regimes, the seals of ethnic minority regimes and the seals of peasant uprising regimes. In China's ancient seal method, the Sui and Tang dynasties used to be dominated by small seals, and the printing arrangements were loose and irregular. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the seal style Yang script has been adopted, and the layout of the printed text emphasizes reciprocity and symmetry, and the number of characters in the vertical column is equal.

When the words with few strokes are written in the seal, there are more exaggerated twists and turns, which opens the precedent of the nine stacks of seals, making the seal appear compact and symmetrical, neat and beautiful. The engraving on the official seal was first seen in the Sui seal, but it was not until the Song Dynasty that the official seal was more common. The back is engraved with the casting mechanism and casting time, the casting mechanism is engraved on the back of the left side of the button, and the back of the right side of the button is engraved with the casting time.

Some of the year numbers are too many, and the right side cannot accommodate them, so some of them are moved to the left side and carved out together with the casting mechanism. In addition to the official seal of the Jin Dynasty that engraves the casting institution and casting time, the seal of the Jurchen character and the Chinese script indicating the affiliation are also engraved on the left. The official seal of the Yunnan Hui uprising regime, the back is not engraved with the name of the casting institution, but only the casting time, the purpose and significance of the uprising, and the side paragraph is engraved with the document number.

In different periods of history, official seals have their own characteristics and rich cultural connotations. China's feudal dynastic system of government consisted of the imperial court and the local government. The official seals include the emperor's jade seal, imperial treasure, official seals of court officials at all levels, local administrative seals, official seals of institutions at all levels, official seals of military institutions, seals of low-level institutions, seals of princes' separatist regimes, seals of minority regimes and peasant uprising regimes, etc.

The higher the official position, the greater the official seal, and the greater the power. The size of the imperial treasure is the highest rank of the hundred officials, and it is more than twice the seal of the Shangshu Lingyin of the Three Divisions and Three Dukes who are second to the imperial power, indicating the supremacy of the imperial power. There are two kinds of imperial treasures: gold and jade.

Since Qin, the seal of the Son of Heaven is called the seal, jade, and the archaeological discovery has the "queen's seal" after the Han Lu. When Wu Zetian changed "Xi" to "Bao". Other seals could not use jade, which was the beginning of the seal system to limit the grade of materials, and its system continued almost until the end of Chinese feudal society.

The earliest existing tiger-shaped talisman festival is the "Pidafu Tiger Festival" and "Han Jiangshu Tiger Festival" in the Warring States Period, and its shape and function are the same as those of the tiger talisman, which can be regarded as the predecessor of the tiger talisman. There are strict regulations on the use of tiger talismans, and it is absolutely impossible to use one talisman to mobilize the armies of two places at the same time with one talisman. Historically, there have been many major changes in the shape, number, inscription, and dignity of the tiger talisman.

From the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the tiger talismans are all made of copper, and the inscription on the right is respected. During the Sui Dynasty, it was changed to Lin Fu. In the Tang Dynasty, because of the tiger, they switched to the fish charm or rabbit symbol, and later changed to the turtle symbol.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, the use of tiger talismans was resumed. The Yuan Dynasty used the tiger head card, which evolved into a bronze medal in later generations.

The tiger talisman should be used at the same time as the edict. There are no geographical restrictions on the use of sections. For a time, Yu Yu was used as an independent token to send troops, indicating that the situation was urgent and a token of requesting assistance.

The Western Han Dynasty had strong control over the locality, the right to transfer troops was in the hands of the emperor, and the local military power of the Eastern Han Dynasty was gradually unified.

The Tiger Talisman played an important role in ancient wars, and many stories related to it have happened. According to the "Historical Records", in 257 BC, Qin sent troops to besiege Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and Zhao Pingyuanjun asked for help from the King of Wei and Xinling Jun because his wife was the sister of Wei Xinlingjun, and the King of Wei made the veteran general Jin Contempt lead 100,000 troops to rescue Zhao, but later he was afraid of the strength of Qin, and ordered the garrison to wait and see. In order to help Handan, Xinling Jun Wuji, the prince of Wei, conspired with Ruji, the wife of the King of Wei, to make Ruji steal the tiger talisman in the bedroom of the King of Wei, and used this tiger talisman to seize the army of Jin, break the Qin soldiers, and save the Zhao State.