清代东珠的采集与使用

On Court Beads of Dongzhu of Qing Dynasty

一清代东珠的产地及采集尔珠，是产自中国东北黑龙江、乌苏里江、鸭绿江等流域的野生河珠，质地圆润硕大，色泽晶莹透彻，且得之不易，弥足珍贵。清人祖努尔哈赤曾说：“鸭绿江自山南西流人辽东之南海，混同江（松花江支流）自山东流入北海，爱滹江东流人东海，三江孕奇毓异，所产珠玑为世宝重。”乾隆帝也曾言：

Dongzhu was river beads produced in the Henlongjiang River,Wusuli River and Yalu River,the northeast China.Dongzhu was so rarely available with fine quality that it must be used according to the quite strict regulation in the Qing dynasty.