What is Chinese jade culture?

Jade is an important part of China traditional culture. Jade culture with jade as the center carrier not only deeply influenced the ideas of ancient people in China, but also became an indispensable part of China culture. Jade culture contains the patriotic national integrity of "Ning is a broken jade"; The unity and friendship fashion of "turning war into jade"; Selfless dedication of "moistening with warmth"; Integrity and integrity of "flaws don't cover up Yu"

Jade culture originated in the early Neolithic Age and continues to this day, which is a remarkable feature that distinguishes China culture from other civilizations in the world. China people regard jade as the crystallization of the essence of heaven and earth, which makes jade have unusual religious symbolic significance.

Jade taken from nature and pondered in the palace is regarded as a symbol of rank and status and an important part of the so-called "ritual system" to maintain social ruling order. At the same time, the special role of jade in funeral also makes jade have unparalleled mysterious religious significance.

Because of the appearance and color of jade, people attach some natural characteristics of jade itself to people's moral quality, and praise it as the virtue that a so-called "gentleman" should have, which is a great creation of China people. Therefore, jade is a vivid embodiment of the oriental spirit and the material basis of the essence of China cultural tradition.

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Jade, the beauty of stone! Among jade, Hetian jade has the most aesthetic significance and cultural connotation. As materials, they are delicate, moist, tough, stable, beautiful, durable and rare, and have scientific and technological value. The outside is warm, smooth, delicate and chic, but the inside is dazzling and radiant.

As a cultural symbol, it has a history of more than 8,000 years, and gradually evolved into the material basis of the essence of China culture, and also became a vivid materialized embodiment of the oriental spirit. Jade, like all things belonging to the material category, was just a tool to meet the needs of production and life at first.

Jade appeared in both the Neolithic Age and the Paleolithic Age, but jade and stone in this period are actually the same, both of which are used as human production tools to solve the survival problem. This is the predecessor of jade culture-jade.

Slowly, the ancient people with underdeveloped science and technology and limited knowledge of nature discovered that one of the stones made of utensils was a "magic jade", and when it was made into a special shape, it could be used to communicate with the gods of heaven and earth. As a result, jade was made into various sacrificial supplies to worship the gods of heaven and earth. This has developed to the stage of magic jade.

After the beginning of slave society, especially feudal society, there was a division of classes. At this time, jade is regarded as a ritual vessel, used in foreign exchanges, on the one hand to show its strength, on the other hand, it is also a symbol of identity and status.

At this time, Hetian jade has also become a symbol of politics, and there are relatively complete systems and requirements for sacrifice, etiquette and wearing. This is the era of Li Yu.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Confucius and Xu Shen in the Han Dynasty linked jade with morality, which was better than jade, and "jade virtue" was promoted to a new height. During this period, jade did have a spiritual connotation, and basically shaped the current jade culture.

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