What is the significance of the Jade Dollar? (with pictures)

Taking its harmony, that is all the coquettish carving of the head of the red jade pieces contain auspicious symbolism, meaning all things are as they should be.

such as: I Ruyi (goose Ruyi), praying mantis: means family prosperity. Bamboo: meaning peace and prosperity.

Jade has five virtues: benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and cleanliness.

Modern jade carving is divided into southern and northern schools. The southern school is represented by Yangzhou and is characterized by delicate images. The northern school, represented by Beijing, is characterized by roughness and grandeur.

The beauty of jade is distinctly different from that of diamonds and colored gemstones. The beauty of diamonds lies in its hardness, clarity and brightness, the beauty of colored gemstones lies in its voluptuousness and colorfulness, while the beauty of jade lies in its delicacy, warmth and subtle elegance.

In Western gemmology, the English name for jade is Jade, which originated from the Spanish invaders, who named the jade looted from Mexico as Pieda be ijade, with jade (ijade) being the last word of the word.

China is the earliest and most extensive country in the world to mine and use jade. There are many records in ancient books and a variety of names, such as water jade, relic jade, peyote jade, fragrant jade, soft jade and so on. A tremolite nephrite jade block unearthed at the Chahai site in Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, about 8,000 years old (Early Neolithic), is the earliest real jade artifact known in the world so far. China's most famous jade is Xinjiang Hotan Jade, which, along with Henan Dushan Jade, Liaoning Xiuyan Jade and Hubei Turquoise, is known as China's four great jades.

Jade is one of the more noble of the ores. Jade is rich in a variety of trace elements such as zinc, iron, copper, manganese, magnesium, cobalt, selenium, chromium, titanium, lithium, calcium, potassium and sodium. The moistness of jade can eliminate the restless heart, the color of jade can delight the bored heart, and the purity of jade can purify the dirty heart. That is why gentlemen love jade, hoping to find the natural aura in jade. Jade is the beauty of stone, and its color is positively moist and its quality is pure. The same is true for precious stones. The value of its high and low does not depend entirely on the ingredients, jadeite white jade in the majority of worthless. Like people, which nation are out of heroes.

Reference Jade Baidu Encyclopedia