The Palace Museum in Beijing has thousands of luxury clocks and watches, most of which were made in 18 and 19 centuries, and many of them were imported from Britain, France, Switzerland, Japan and other countries. There are also some domestic clocks made by China watchmakers in Guangzhou and Suzhou.
There is a Fengxian Hall in the Forbidden City, which used to be the place where the Qing emperors sacrificed their ancestors. Now, all kinds of exquisite clocks and watches collected in the palace are displayed here, dazzling and colorful, and it is a veritable clock museum. There are clocks and watches in almost every corner of the palace. Tick-tock, tick-tock bells resounded through the Forbidden City, becoming a beautiful scenery.
Characteristic clocks and watches collected in the Forbidden City
1, elephant chariot table
Like a chariot watch, it was produced in the eighteenth century. Captain 136 cm, height 72 cm. It is driven by four groups of clockwork devices. After starting, the elephant's eyes, nose and tail will also move. Under the traction of the elephant, the chariot rumbled along with the music, and the soldiers were full of energy, depicting a picture of victory and triumph.
2, copper gold-plated writing clock
The bronze gilded writing clock is the work of William, a famous British watchmaker. The clock is 23 1 cm high and has four floors. At the bottom, there is a robot. He has a box in one hand and a pen in the other. Driven by clockwork, he can write eight Chinese characters of "eight directions, nine kings from the earth" flexibly and freely. When writing, the robot's head shakes with the article, horizontal, vertical, skimming and pressing, meticulous, just like a calligrapher.
3, copper-plated young sheep bell
The copper-plated baby sheep clock is also made in Britain. It is 93 cm high, 5 1 cm wide and 39 cm thick. The clock is divided into two parts, on which is a bronze statue of a young man holding a sheep. The teenager is wearing a long coat with many buttons, bright eyes looking ahead and holding a huge goat. Below is the clock body. The machine started, melodious music sounded, the left and right curtains rolled up automatically, and the carriage and cockfighting were performed respectively.
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