Glass is known as the first of China's fivefamous utensils and one of the seven treasures of Buddhism. It is a kind ofancient Chinese material. It has a history of 2466 years and can be traced backto the Western Zhou Dynasty.
琉璃的顏色多種多樣，古人也叫它“五色石”,其自古以來壹直是皇室專用，所以民間很少見。到了漢代，琉璃的制作水平已相當成熟，但是冶煉技術卻掌握在皇室貴族們的手中，壹直秘不外傳。由於民間很難得到，所以當時人們把琉璃甚至看成比玉器還要珍貴。
There are many kinds of colors of glaze. Theancients also called it "five color stone". It has been used by royalfamily since ancient times, so it is rare in the folk. By the Han Dynasty, theproduction level of glass was quite mature, but the smelting technology was inthe hands of the royal nobles, and it was always secret. Because it's hard forthe people to get it, so people at that time regarded glass as even moreprecious than jade.
今天介紹的這款琉璃擺件，造型可謂奇特，龍龜腳踏金錢，背負元寶，蛇纏繞於龍龜背上，底款為“大清乾隆年制”。
Today's introduction of this glass ornamenthas a unique shape. The Dragon Tortoise treads on the money and carries thetreasure. The snake twines on the Dragon Tortoise's back. The bottom is"made in Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty".
龍龜也稱「金鰲」、龍頭龜、霸下、赑屃。頭尾似龍，身似陸龜，全身金色，生活在海裏的神龜。相傳為古代神龍所生之子，背負河圖洛書，揭顯天地之數，物壹太極，上通天文，下知地理，中和人世。
The Dragon turtle is also called "goldenturtle", dragon turtle, Baxia, and Pangu. Head and tail like a dragon,body like a tortoise, golden body, living in the sea turtle. It's said that heis the son of the ancient dragon. He carries the book of Hetu and Luoshu,uncovers the number of heaven and earth. He knows the sky on the top, knows thegeography on the bottom, and neutralizes the world.
明楊慎《升庵外集》有雲：“傳說龍生九子，龍不成龍各有所好：壹曰赑屃，形似龜，好負重，今石碑下龜趺是也……”由於“赑屃”頭為龍，身為龜，所以民間又稱之為“龍龜”。
According to Yang Shen's collection outsidethe ascending nunnery in the Ming Dynasty, "it's said that the dragon hasnine sons, but the Dragon doesn't have his own advantages: first, the shape ofthe dragon is like a tortoise, and it's good to bear the weight, so is theshape of the tortoise under the stone tablet..." As the head of"Yi" is a dragon and the body is a turtle, it is also called"dragon turtle" by the people.
龍龜為瑞獸之壹，主吉祥，成功、富貴、發達之象征，壹般背負元寶或腳踏元寶錢幣，強化了招財旺財的風水功用。保守財氣，乞求財富與金錢。
As one of the auspicious animals, DragonTortoise is the symbol of success, wealth and development. It usually carriesor pedals the Yuan Bao coins, which strengthens the Fengshui function ofAttracting Wealth and flourishing wealth. Keep the wealth and beg for wealthand money.
琉璃色彩流雲溢彩、美輪美奐；其品質晶瑩剔透、光彩奪目，是東方人的精致細膩、含蓄的體現，是思想情感與藝術的融會，極具觀賞價值和收藏價值。
The color of the glaze is brilliant andgorgeous; its quality is crystal clear and dazzling, which is the exquisite andsubtle embodiment of the Oriental people, the fusion of thoughts, emotions andart, and has great ornamental and collection value.