Master of jade carving in Qianlong Palace, from Suzhou. Zhu Yongtai's jade articles have simple and profound artistic characteristics, which are deeply liked by Qianlong. In the early fifty-third year of Qianlong, Zhu Yongtai, a jade craftsman in the Construction Department, spent a year pondering the styles of imperial poems, notes and stamps on Yushan. It took eight years for the project to end here. Yushan project is complicated, exquisite in workmanship and huge in shape, which is extremely rare in the history of arts and crafts in China and is a rare treasure. Zhu Yongtai's Jade Carving Works (Yu Fuhai). Also known as Yunlong jade urn. Made of jade material, it is almost flat square, carved with dragons all over, with light on the abdomen and poems engraved on the bottom. This jade is located in the west of the Ming room of Leshou Hall, opposite to Yushou Mountain. The original jade weighs 2500 kilograms, with a height of 134.5 cm, a width of 135 cm, a length of 60 cm and a belly depth of 34.5 cm. It was also made by Yan Zhengyu in the period of 41 to 45 (1776 ~ 1780) in October, which lasted four years and four months.

Another jade carving by Zhu Yongtai (Dayu harnesses water to control Yushan). The full name is "Milletta Mountain Jade, Dayu Water Control Map". The Li Zhuo of Yushan Mountain is like a peak, which shows the scene of Dayu directing people to split mountains and chisel stones to clear away floods. Jade weight 10700 kilograms, 244 cm high and 96 cm wide. Because it is inlaid with gold silk and burned with bronze seats, it is called "the king of jade". Xiuxintang Architectural Office Ruyi Pavilion was ordered to design Yushan according to the "Dayu Water Control Map" drawn in the Song Dynasty. In the forty-sixth year of Qianlong (178 1), he painted around the tenth day of February, and Jia Quan, an artist of the Academy, painted on Dayu according to the schema. After many twists and turns, the jade and wax samples were sent to the two provincial salt administrations at the same time on May 7 of that year. After polishing, it was shipped to Beijing on August 16th, 52nd year of Qianlong (1787). On the back of Yushan Mountain, hundreds of words of imperial poems and seals of Suzhou lettering master Zhu Yongtai are engraved. The total construction period is nearly 10 years. It's still in the back room of Le Shoutang.

Yao Zongren

Yao Zongren was a jade carving master in Suzhou in Qing Dynasty. Yao Zongren's grandfather and father are both good at cutting jade. In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), Yao Zongren, Du Zhitong and Han Shiliang were simultaneously elected to Beijing to carve jade in the palace. He is good at designing patterns. After six years of Qianlong, 174 1, on the first day of February, eunuch Zhang Ming gave Yao Zongren a sapphire to draw patterns. /kloc-on 0/6, Yao Zongren painted it into a pattern and sent it to Suzhou for production with the approval of the emperor. Yao Zongren is not only good at drawing, but also good at distinguishing. Gan Long speaks highly of him.

bright red

Suzhou jade carving master in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Good at engraving on jade. Zhu was sent to Beijing by Suzhou Weaving yamen and worked in the imperial court for more than a year. In July of the 40th year of Qianlong 1775, Zhu escaped from the palace under the pretext of illness, and Jianfu sent a letter to Suzhou for investigation. The engraver of this poem (Qianlong Imperial Seal) is recorded in the Work Inventory of hall of mental cultivation Construction Department (hereinafter referred to as the Inventory). At this time, Zhu, a famous master of engraving in Suzhou, was ordered by the palace, so this poem was probably engraved by Zhu.

Zhiting

Famous jade carving artist in Qianlong Palace. The ancient jade of Zhiting has begun to appear.

Xie shifang

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, people in Wuxian lived in Yuantong Temple near Xiangshan. Xie Shifang lost his father and his family was poor. Neighbors took him as an apprentice and took him to Yangzhou to learn jade carving. He is sensitive and studious, and finished his studies in three years. Exquisite jade carving, Yangzhou salt merchants compete for high prices, and their reputation rises. During the Qianlong period, he was called into the palace. One of his works, shaped like a half-pulp watermelon, with green skin like emerald and red pulp like pearl, seems to have just been cut open and dew dripping, which surprised everyone who saw it. Emperor Qianlong loved it and hid it in Yuanmingyuan. When the British and French allied forces burned the Yuanmingyuan in l860, it was bought by the British army and sold to Shanghai. People who saw this jade were amazed and thought it was a treasure.