What are the Four Great Jades of China

The four great jades of China are Hetian Jade, Xiuyan Jade, Dushan Jade and Lantian Jade.

1, Hotan Jade

Hotan Jade is produced in the area around the Kunlun Mountains, of which Hotan White Jade is known as the National Jade by the people of the country, and it is regarded as the first of the four great jades of ancient times. Hotan Jade is a high-grade jade among the jades, and it is one of the candidates for the national stone of China. Nowadays, the name of Hotan Jade in the national standard does not have the meaning of origin, that is, no matter produced in Xinjiang, Sichuan Tuojiang, Qinghai, Liaoning, Guizhou, Russia, Canada, South Korea, and its main component is containing more than 95% of tremolite can be known as Hotan Jade, jewelry appraisal certificates can be labeled Hotan Jade.

2. Xiuyan Jade

The Liaodong jade "Connie Ying" is Xiuyan Jade. Xiuyan Jade is produced in Xiuyan County, Liaoning Province, and is divided into two categories: old jade and jasper. Old jade is simple, heavy, and yellowish-white in color. Jasper is solid, warm, delicate and rounded, mostly green to lake green, the deeper the green, the more translucent it is, the more prized it is. Cuiyu jade carving crafts are vividly modeled, meticulously carved and rounded, and can use a variety of techniques to turn a flaw into a flaw, such as an illusory gentleman.

3. Dushan Jade

Dushan Jade, also known as "Nanyang Jade" or "Henan Jade", is a unique variety of jade in China, with a tough, slightly dense, delicate and supple texture, and a mottled color that is almost as accurate as jadeite. There are six kinds of pigments: green, blue, yellow, purple, red and white, and their performance is colorful. Fat white like white clouds, emerald green like emerald, such as a clean and noble gentleman.

4, Lantian Jade

Lantian Jade is one of the earliest jade species developed and utilized in China, with a history of more than 4,000 years. This kind of jade is produced in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province, and Lantian County is also named after the abundance of Lantian Jade. In ancient times, it was said that "the beauty of jade is blue", and the blue here is not the blue that is recognized nowadays, but a kind of green to the extreme (the ancient people believed that the extreme of green is blue, and the extreme of red is violet), so it is called Lantian Jade, which is the beauty of the jade produced in the area.

Grades of Jade:

1. White Jade

White Jade is different in color, texture and luster due to different contents, abnormalities in structure and construction, and different locks, cracks and impurities. Theoretically speaking, white jade is not the whiter the better, white jade must be moist, white but not moist is not good white jade.

2, jasper

jasper and green jade, its color is moist spinach green for the top and green with gray for the next crystal. The quality is soft and even, the texture is dense and delicate, moist and glossy, translucent grease-wax-like luster.

3, green and white jade

Green and white jade is the transition between white jade and green jade, and is the more numerous varieties of Hetian jade. The color of greenish-white jade is white as the base color, white with green, flashing yellow and green, with soft and even texture and greasy-waxy luster.

4. Green Jade

The color ranges from light green to dark green, with bamboo leaf green as the base color. The color of green jade is green, the texture is tough, moist and glossy, soft and even, greasy or waxy luster.

5, topaz

Topaz from light yellow to deep yellow, "yellow as steamed pear" color is the best. Topaz color is deep yellow, soft and uniform, dense and delicate texture, tough, moist and glossy, translucent grease - wax-like luster.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - The Four Famous Jades