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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.
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 .
In western China in an area controlled by Qin, small, shallow tripod ding vessels were produced. [34] For these vessels, groups of ceramic and bronze vessels buried together reveal that Western Zhou vessel types continued to exist over different time periods. [ 34 ]
'Lord Mao's cauldron') is a bronze tripod ding vessel from the Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1045 – c. 771 BCE). After the retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan , it is currently located at the National Palace Museum in Taipei .
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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 ...
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]
Jieyang Tower Square, also named Treasure Tripod Square or Prosperity Square, stands for the whole attraction. There is a liparite in the front of the square that weighs 136 tons and comes from Mount Tai. The square is surrounded by 12 polycarpa trees, nine cultural columns, and eight separate cultural walls.