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The Nine Tripod Cauldrons (Chinese: 九鼎; pinyin: Jiǔ Dǐng) were a collection of ding in ancient China that were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the Mandate of Heaven. According to the legend, they were cast by Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty .
Fearing looting or destruction, the Pan family packed the two tripods in a wood box and buried it. In 1951, Pan Dayu (潘達于; 1906–2007) donated the two tripods to the Shanghai Museum. [13] There, they would be displayed together until 1959, when the Da Yu ding was transferred to the National Museum of China in Beijing. [3]
China is a nuclear-weapon state with the world's largest standing army by military personnel and the second-largest defense budget. It is a great power, and has been described as an emerging superpower. China is known for its cuisine and culture, and has 59 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the second-highest number of any country.
The tripod has 290 Chinese characters in 28 lines inside the tripod. The inscriptions recorded that the monarch of the Western Zhou dynasty awarded slaves and land to the nobleman, Ke (克). Ke cast it to commemorate his ancestors and the glory bestowed by the king, and the process of awarding is described in detail in the inscription on the ...
The Mao Gong ding takes its name from the Lord (公 gōng) Yin of Mao, who gifted the ding to the King after being appointed to help run state affairs. [2] [3] The artifact is 53.8 cm high, 47.9 cm wide, [1] and weighs a total of 34.7 kilograms.
The Order of the Sacred Tripod (Chinese: 寶鼎勳章), also referred to as the Order of the Precious Tripod or Pao Ting, is a military award of the Republic of China. It was created on 15 May 1929 by Chiang Kai-shek for significant contributions to national security. The order is organized into nine grades.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of the Sacred Tripod. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients.
The cauldron is a reference to a story in the Zuo Zhuan in which King Zhuang of Chu enquired the weight of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons – revealing his secret desire to seize the Mandate of Heaven. The deer is a reference to a remark by Kuai Tong recorded in the Records of the Grand Historian : "the Qin emperor lost his deer, and all under ...