What are the characteristics of the shape and decoration of jade?

Charming modeling and exquisite decoration are important parts of jade art, and its era can be seen in its decorative style. Jade decoration in the Tang Dynasty before the deification class to the main pattern, the Tang and Song Dynasty to the realistic pattern of the main, the Ming and Qing Dynasty to the auspicious pattern of the main. The dragon pattern is the most prominent of the deification patterns, and people want to use the power of the dragon to achieve an ideal state. Followed by the phoenix pattern, coiled chi dragon pattern, taotie pattern, the evil spirits pattern, the unicorn pattern, etc., most of these patterns are the use of the form of the body, that is, the combination of real animals into an ideal animal image, thus broadening the field of decorative subject matter. Realistic tattoos are based on physical objects in the natural world and depict them, such as the faceted jade pendant of Liangzhu culture, the jade tortoise of Hongshan culture, and the lifelike images of birds, flowers, insects and fish. Auspicious patterns originated in the Neolithic era, the Han Dynasty has been popular, the development of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, reached the "figure must be intentional, meaning must be auspicious" degree. People will be natural objects and images of the allegorical harmonies as a spiritual support, in order to figure auspicious, auspicious meaning.