Many people will find it strange to mention the Taiping car. In fact, it is a facial massager used by ancient people. In the just-concluded spring auction in Hong Kong, a Qingganlong gold-plated copper garnet-inlaid Taiping car was valued at HK$ 6.5438+HK$ 5,000 to HK$ 200,000, and the transaction price was HK$ 360,000. The Taiping car is T-shaped, with rollers at the transverse end and a long handle in the middle. The roller rolls back and forth on the acupuncture points on the face. It is pointed out in the ancient medical book "Golden Mirror of Medical Zong" that skin dark spots are often polished with beautiful jade, and gradually fade away after a long time. Therefore, ancient women often used Taiping cars to promote facial blood circulation. In the auction market, you can often see Taiping cars made of high-grade materials such as agate, gold and jade. The beam frame of the Taiping car in this auction is made of gold-plated copper, and the push wheel is composed of a faucet with a series of soda stone, crystal and red agate, forming a dragon-shaped spit. Garnet inlay, six round stones in the tail, six rows of square stones in the body, and gravel in the blank. This device is elegant in shape and unique in design. It has the style of combining Chinese and western styles in Qianlong dynasty, showing the imperial style.

It is said that in the Qing dynasty, there were exquisite massagers for empresses to use in their bedrooms, which could be used for their own use or served by maids to facilitate treatment. In the Palace Life in Qing Dynasty published by Hong Kong Commercial Press in 2006, three massagers with different materials were exhibited, one of which appeared in the special auction of precious jade taken by Alan and Si-mone Hartman at Christie's in Hong Kong on October 28th, 2006, with a transaction price of HK$ 384,000.