What is Jade Culture? What is the significance of jade culture in the history of China?

What is jade culture, it is Chinese traditional culture an important part of the culture, jade as the theme of jade culture, y affecting the ancient people Chinese people's ideology, and become Chinese culture indispensable part

It contains a patriotic national culture

It contains a patriotic national culture that would rather be broken for jade. p>A, jade culture

It contains the patriotic national temperament that would rather be broken for jade; the unity and fraternity style that transforms dryness into jade and silk; the selflessness and dedication virtue that moistens the warmth; the integrity and cleanliness of the flaws that do not cover up the weaknesses; the essence that meets the national spirit of the culture, is y inscribed in the inner world of the country, and enriches the national aesthetic point of view.

It originated in the early Neolithic period and continues to this day, running through the Central Plains, the barbarians, through the North and South, through the up and down 5,000 years of cultural history, and is still favored by sculptors, painters, artists, and common people, which shows the unique charm of the jade culture, with its far-reaching influence.

Second, the connotation of jade culture

Appreciation of ancient Chinese jade, we should not only appreciate its inner beauty but also pay attention to its outer beauty; not only to study its potential value of craftsmanship, but also to study their profound cultural connotations, which has a long history and far-reaching influence. It has y influenced the development of Chinese history, politics, culture and art. At the same time, it also affects the concepts and literati masterpieces of the generations of China and the political codes of all dynasties.

In terms of history, I think we should have heard the story of He Shi Bik, and He Shi Bik is an exquisite jade, there is a smith found a stone in which there may be a piece of jade, so decided to risk his life to the king of Chu, but the king of Chu did not know that there is a jade thought it was just a piece of ordinary stone change that he is the crime of deceiving the king, it will be chopped off the hand, but the jade smith! Still defy the risk of death to draw on the last open exquisite jade, because the craftsman is and the ancient called He Shi Bi. This is the origin of the He Shi Bik. After the king of Qin heard of the virtues of He Shi Bi, then sent an envoy to Chu chu change later there Lin Xiangru out of Qin things. This shows the importance of jade to the aristocracy.

A person's connotation lies in a person's inner character, a cultural connotation lies in its inner beauty, many poets have left the words of jade, such as jasper make-up a tree high, the spring breeze not to the Jade Gate Pass. Here the Jade Gate Pass refers to a city is not real jade, but it has a guardian of the country's heavy responsibility with patriotic feelings.

Another kind of jade is called Hetian jade, which is from the Kunlun Mountains and is also known as Kunlun jade, is recognized as a precious jade, real jade, is a realm that has undergone a long period of accumulated experience and has been subjected to a long period of Chinese culture and fusion of a kind of realm that is the highest level of the Chinese jade culture to identify the real jade and non-jade. It is the highest level of Chinese jade culture to distinguish between genuine jade and non-jade, and it is a kind of unique cultural charm that was developed along with the ancient imperial jade. Ancient Imperial Jade is the exclusive jade of the aristocratic royal family, and is a status symbol of jade culture.

Three, why the jade culture has that connotation

Like the modern statement that "the devil has to have the devil's momentum," then jade also has its unique momentum.

Jade was considered by the ancients to be the crystallization of the essence of heaven and earth, a mysterious treasure given to them by nature, and therefore a mystical symbol in some religions, it symbolizes the purity of white and flawlessness, and the power of the aristocrats, and it has a special significance in funerals and burials, and the ancient aristocracy and royal families would have some accompanying burials with this embodiment. The appearance and color of jade reflects the ancient people's understanding of a gentleman, believing that the pure white and flawlessness of jade is the embodiment of a gentleman's morality. Jade is therefore a vivid physical embodiment of the Oriental spirit, and is the root of Chinese material culture. It is one of the connotations of the spiritual culture of the Chinese people.