朝贡的主要功能,是维持以中国为中心的世界秩序和有中国特色的天朝体制乾隆二十六年(1761年)七月,宫廷画师姚文翰和张廷彦奉命用白绢画《万国来朝图》,将外国使团于不同时间来中国朝贡的场景虚构浓缩于一卷之内:宫殿灿烂辉煌,乾隆皇帝端坐殿上,怡然自得,各国使节俯首阶下,虔诚敬畏,好一派“四夷宾服、万国来朝”的盛况!考“万国来朝”一词,较早见于《隋书》。自隋唐以后,“万国来朝”就成为帝国兴盛的重要象征,与“海晏河清”一样,意味着 The main function of the tribute is to maintain the world order centered on China and the celestial system with Chinese characteristics Twenty-six years of Qianlong (1761) In July, the court painters Yao Wenhan and Zhang Tianyan were ordered to paint the “ , The foreign mission to come to China at different times to concentrate on the scenes of the tribute in the volume of the fiction: the palace brilliant, the Emperor Qianlong sitting on the temple, contented, envoys of various countries under the orders, devout reverence, a good school Service, all nations to the DPRK ”grand test! Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the “nations from all nations and tribes” have become an important symbol of the prosperity of the empire. Like “Haiyanheqing”, it means