Overview of the Hometown of Jade Carving in China

Zhenping jade carving products are made from a wide range of materials of the highest quality. There are Brazilian agate, Canadian jasper, Russian white jade, Burmese jadeite, Afghan jade, Liaoning jade. In March 1995, Zhenping County was jointly named the "Hometown of Jade Carving in China" by the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Economic Development Research Center of the State Council and other five departments. ".

Zhenping Jade Carving is a general term for jade carving crafts and arts in Zhenping County, Nanyang City, Henan Province. Zhenping jade carving processing industry has a long history. According to excavated artifacts, jade carving production originated in the Western Han Dynasty, and the raw materials used were mainly Nanyang Dushan Jade and Northeastern Cui Jade. Zhenping jade carvings are famous for their delicate carvings and novel shapes. In the past, the products were jade bracelets, jewelry, and cigarette holders, but nowadays they are capable of producing complex and fine jade bottles, ring stoves, birds, animals, and figures, etc., which are characterized by realistic modeling, appropriate proportions, obvious features, clear hierarchies, and proper layouts.

Testimony, jade carving production originated in the Western Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 1,000 years, the Song and Yuan Dynasties jade carving production began to take shape, and since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has become a major industry in the county, and there are export businesses. After the establishment of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, successive county committees and governments in Zhenping have been very supportive of the development of the jade carving industry, formulated a series of preferential policies to stimulate the development of the jade carving industry, and held eight consecutive sessions of the Zhenping International Jade Sculpture Festival in 1993, which has led to the significant development of the jade carving industry. There are 10 townships engaged in jade carving production, with 48 specialized villages, nearly 10,000 jade carving processing enterprises, of which 40 are important enterprises, employing more than 100,000 people, with an individual processing output value of about 1 billion yuan.

In order to strengthen the management of the jade carving industry in the county, the Zhenping County Party Committee and the county government set up the "Zhenping County Jade Carving Industry Management Bureau" in May 2000, and the relevant townships set up jade carving industry management offices. At the same time, it also started with the establishment of leading enterprises, forming the "Henan Zhenping Jade God Crafts Co. Ltd.", "Zhenping Huayi Co., Ltd.", "Zhenping Shifosi Jade Factory" and other 10 enterprises, townships (towns), villages (specialty markets) were established branches and subsidiaries. Through the active efforts of the whole county, Zhenping has rapidly transformed jade carving, a traditional technical advantage, into an industrial advantage, and the jade carving industry has shown unprecedented splendor, initially forming a raw material -- design -- production -- production -Training - Testing - Branding - Packaging - Sales as one The complete industrial chain.