Autumn and Winter Check-in Challenge Jade is one of the most precious treasures given by God to the world, as the old saying goes:** Valuable jade is priceless, it can be seen that jade is a more expensive thing, the ancient Chinese as early as the Neolithic period has begun to use jade processed jade jewelry, in the long years, the ancestors of our Chinese nation left us a lot of precious jade, is an important basis for our great ancient Chinese heritage, so we should keep these jade from all periods very well, leave it to our descendants, so that they can deeply understand how great our great ancestors are.
However, with the prosperity of the market economy, driven by huge interests, and the exquisite jade left by the ancients for us must be limited, so there will be a lot of antique jade, so how to distinguish and identify the old and new jade?
In fact, each era has the unique characteristics of jade in each era, as long as we have a deep understanding of the basic characteristics of jade in each era, in fact, it is still easy to distinguish and identify, for example, in the Neolithic period, China's more representative civilizations are, Hongshan culture, Cishan culture, Dadiwan culture, Yangshao culture, Majiayao culture, Longshan culture, etc., most of the jade characteristics of these periods are more abstract, and the jade quality is mostly the jade species in the local or similar areas of the cultural birthplace, and most of the products are made with relatively primitive tools in the process, so in terms of technology, the workmanship of this period is relatively simple and clumsy, especially in the polishing process and the Yin carving line, it is easy to find the work marks left during the production period.
From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Warring Han Dynasty, Chinese civilization has entered a very important period of integration in history, and most of the jade in this period is still represented by local jade materials, but at that time, people have begun to use more expensive jade to process and make jade, such as Xinjiang Hetian jade, which we are familiar with, in terms of technology, the surface of jade in this period began to appear more slender and dense geometric ornaments, and the jade shape is also more elegant, such as Cong, Zhang, wall and other more representative jade were made and used on a large scale in this period。
In the Han and Han dynasties, the shape of jade began to change, and it has begun to gradually change from ceremonial jade to the use of tools, with allegorical jade, such as jade cicadas and jade pigs, etc., and the form and style of jade bi have both geometric ornaments in ancient times and decorative ornaments such as various flowers and plants.
After the Han Dynasty and the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties, the form and workmanship of jade have undergone earth-shaking changes, and it has completely departed from the stone tools of the period, and began to appear a variety of shapes with beautiful meanings in people's lives.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the change of the social situation, the human race at that time has reached a period of considerable prosperity, although the previous Tang and Song dynasties in China had an important trade road "Silk Road" in ancient times, but the level of transportation at that time was limited, far less than the Ming and Qing dynasties can take the sea, external ** Therefore, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, China's jade in addition to the traditional cultural characteristics of our Chinese nation, a lot of jade is to better express the appreciation of some foreign artworks, such as the beautiful jade inlaid on the frame of the table clock from the West, and the expensive and special items of this item can be more appreciated.
Therefore, the jade of the Ming and Qing dynasties was mostly in the form of flower flakes, and of course, most of the jade quality was more superior Hetian jade, because the Xinjiang region at that time had long been a part of Chinese civilization, and it was easier to mine.