What is the symbolism and meaning of Jade Bik?

In the traditional Chinese cultural concept, jade bik symbolizes good will and noble quality.

Bik is the grandest ceremonial weapon in ancient China, Zhou Ritual: "Ritual of Heaven with Cang Bik". Jade Bik, the most central jade artifact in the jade culture of ancient China, has a history that stretches over 5,000 years.

Uses of Jade Bik:

1, as a sacrificial vessel, used as sacrifices to heaven, gods, mountains, the sea, rivers, stars and so on.

2, as a ceremonial weapon, used as a gift to heaven or as a sign of identity ("Zhouli Chunguan Zongbo - Dengrui," the cloud: "the son of the executive Yi Bik, the man with the Pu Bik" and so on).

3, as jewelry.

4, as a scale for enameling.

These uses of jade biks almost all existed in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, and all can be evidenced in ancient documents and modern archaeological excavations.

Expanded Information:

Six Styles of Jade Jade Biks

1, Style 1: Jade Biks The surface is plain and without lines, also known as plain jade.

2. Second type: the surface of the jade jade jade bi is covered with a kind of decoration, such as bushel pattern, valley pattern, cloud pattern, tooth pattern, breast nail pattern, column star pattern, and a variety of openwork decoration. The Valley Pattern Jade Jubilee, excavated from the tomb of the King of the Southern Yue in Xianggang, Guangzhou, has an outer diameter of 11.6, an inner diameter of 4.3, and a thickness of 0.4 centimeters; it is made of celadon jade with white spots, and has the same pattern on both sides of the vessel, with the inner and outer edges covered with orderly valley patterns in a fine pattern.

3, three-style: multi-layer decoration jade jade, that is, in addition to the inner layer of simple grain pattern or bushel pattern, there is another layer of intertwined, well-distributed patterned animal-face pattern or phoenix-bird pattern, in addition to the two kinds of decorations between the two kinds of decorations decorated with a group of rope pattern.

Beast-faced, bushy, and corded jade jade bi, unearthed from a Han tomb in Mancheng, Hebei province, 21.2 outer diameter, 2.2 inner diameter, and 0.6 cm thick, in green jade, with the same decoration on both sides of the vessel, divided into two zones of inner and outer decoration, with beast-faced decoration on the outer zone, a cereal grain pattern on the inner zone, and corded decoration in the middle zone, with a well-defined carving pattern.

4. Type IV: Outline Jade Bits, i.e., various kinds of openwork decorations are attached to the outlines of the outer edges of the Type II and Type III Jade Bits. The openwork decorations include dragon and chi dragon motifs, as well as auspicious characters such as "long happiness," "long life," and "long life for children and grandchildren.

Double-dragon valley pattern bib, unearthed in a Han tomb in Mancheng, Hebei Province, with a length of 25.9, an outer diameter of 13.4, an inner diameter of 4.2, and a thickness of 0.6 centimeters, the jade is of crystal white quality, and the bib is faceted with a valley pattern on both sides with prongs around the rim and a translucent carving of double-dragon scrolling-cloud motifs on the top end of the bib, which is exquisite in its pattern and lively in its modeling, making it a rare piece of Han dynasty jade artifacts.

5. Five styles: the Shuanglianbi, which is composed of two jade jade biscuits of the same shape, externally cut and joined together. The unique shape of the vessel is rare, and so far only one has been unearthed from the tomb of the King of the South Vietnamese in Guangzhou, with a length of 12.4, a height of 7.6, a diameter of 6.2, a diameter of 2, and a thickness of 0.4 centimeters.

Yellowish-white nephrite, with white spots, the back of the seepage has been peeled, the two round biscuits cut and connected, connected to the upper and lower are carved with decorations, two biscuits of the same shape, decorated with valley pattern, the lower attached to a pair of wings opposite the carved phoenix and bird pattern, the upper part of the scrolling cloud pattern, the modeling is chic, for the Han jade rare.

6, six: heavy ring bik, that is, the jade bik carved into a large jade bik containing a small jade bik heavy ring. For example, one unearthed in Tomb No. 40 in Dingxian, Hebei Province, is 6.7 cm long and 3.6 cm wide, and the jade is greenish-brown in color, with the same decorations on both sides, containing small jade jade bibs with cloud motifs and large jade bibs with valley motifs on the outside of the outer bibs; the outer bibs are translucently carved with symmetrical phoenix and bird motifs, and the phoenix has rounded eyes and a pointed beak, and its body is curled up in a vivid image.

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