Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A turtle-shaped oblate vessel and a jade stick from the Lingjiatan site in Anhui province is on display at Anhui Museum in Hefei, on Dec 6, 2022. CHINA DAILY "This unique jadeware is abundant, with more than 50 pieces found to date — a substantial number considering the scarcity of Hongshan culture jade," he explained. Unlike other jade that features intricate designs, the hoof-shaped pieces are simple and hollow, with one end beveled and the other end flat, often punctuated with small borings on both sides of the smaller end. Based on their observations, Zhang Jingguo, the lead excavator, and Taiwan jade experts Deng Shuping and Huang Cuimei, said that the three jade pieces were a turtle and two turtle-shaped oblate vessels with flat mouths at one end and beveled mouths at the other end, which instantly reminded them of the jade artifacts of the Hongshan culture.

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A tradition set in stone
1 month ago

A tradition set in stone

China Daily  

Jade, deeply rooted in culture, continues to fascinate as it embodies myth and reality, Zhao Xu reports. For Chinese people, there's one particular type of stone that holds a tender place in their collective memory: jade. Since its discovery millennia ago — with the earliest traces of jade use in China dating back nearly 9,000 years — it has been …

A tradition set in stone
1 month ago

A tradition set in stone

China Daily  

Jade, deeply rooted in culture, continues to fascinate as it embodies myth and reality, Zhao Xu reports. For Chinese people, there's one particular type of stone that holds a tender place in their collective memory: jade. Since its discovery millennia ago — with the earliest traces of jade use in China dating back nearly 9,000 years — it has been …

A tradition set in stone
1 month ago

A tradition set in stone

China Daily  

Jade, deeply rooted in culture, continues to fascinate as it embodies myth and reality, Zhao Xu reports. For Chinese people, there's one particular type of stone that holds a tender place in their collective memory: jade. Since its discovery millennia ago — with the earliest traces of jade use in China dating back nearly 9,000 years — it has been …

Mysterious 5,000-year-old jade dragons could reveal origins of Chinese civilisation
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mysterious 5,000-year-old jade dragons could reveal origins of Chinese civilisation

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have unearthed over 100 strange Stone Age jade artefacts in …

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site

Daily Mail  

A 5,000-year-old discovery made at an ancient burial site in Northern China could finally reveal how Chinese civilizations formed. Archaeologists found three dragons among 100 jade relics at an ancient burial site in China The relics were found beneath a circular tomb at the Yuanbaoshan burial site The team determined that the Hongshan civilization may have exchanged artistic ideas with …

Experts hope cultural exhibit inspires youth
3 months ago

Experts hope cultural exhibit inspires youth

China Daily  

Visitors appreciate a jade dragon on display at an exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District on Tuesday. The Hong Kong Palace Museum has opened an exhibition featuring over 100 precious artifacts that span 5,800 years of history, marking one of the most comprehensive displays of the origins and early development of Chinese civilization. …

Over 100 Neolithic jade relics unearthed
3 months ago

Over 100 Neolithic jade relics unearthed

China Daily  

Updated: Sep 23, 2024 By Fang Aiqing in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and YUAN HUI in Hohhot China Daily Jade artifacts used in sacrifice are unearthed in July at the Yuanbaoshan archaeological site. Three jade dragons of different colors and sizes, and each around 5,000 years old, were among the more than 100 jade relics of the Hongshan Culture recently unearthed …

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily  

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily  

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily  

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Shandong artifacts debut in Hong Kong

China Daily  

Artifacts from Shandong province are on show at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Center. WANG SHEN/XINHUA Around 200 pieces of artifacts from East China's Shandong province are on display for the first time in Hong Kong from May 28. Through a parallel display of major archaeological discoveries made in Hong Kong and Shandong, respectively, dating to three historical periods, the …

A gripping mystery
7 months, 3 weeks ago

A gripping mystery

China Daily  

Elephant tusks lying inside a pit at Sanxingdui. "Jade zhang had been offered by the Sanxingdui people as a form of sacrifice to the mountains," says Hu, pointing to one unearthed from the site that bears the repeating pattern of man and mountain, the latter having a forked zhang erected at its foot. "Given the grand, standing figure's presumed role …

Nation's rich cultural heritage continues to captivate
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Nation's rich cultural heritage continues to captivate

China Daily  

Hang Kan, head of the Yungang Research Institute, discusses methods of restoring wall paintings at the institute in Datong, Shanxi province, last month. ZHAN YAN/XINHUA "Museums have become one of the most important tourist destinations for Chinese people," said Pan, explaining that people's demand for visiting museums surged last year, especially during the summer vacation when families flocked to museums. …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade cong from Qijia culture. "As to bi, although they were much more ubiquitous during the period, the bigger ones that were clearly ritualistic rather than ornamental seem to have made their first appearance in Miaodigou culture around 3500 BC, where they were buried separately from the jade cong." "The two were later combined in Qijia culture, clearly serving as …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade disc from Qijia culture. Reflecting on the symbolism of the iconic Liangzhu jade cong, Fang believes that they amount to an enunciation of "the Liangzhu people's view of the universe". "While the cong-style bracelets continued to exist toward the end of the Liangzhu culture, the Liangzhu jade cong gradually stopped being pieces of ornamental art to take on other, …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade hu in the shape of a tiger, dated to between 2200 and 1800 BC. "From the Yellow River Basin to the Yangtze River Basin and then the Pearl River Basin in southern China and continental Southeast Asia including Vietnam, the jade zhang has proven as effective a traveler as other types of ritual jade, most notably cong and bi," …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Narrative arc set in stone
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Narrative arc set in stone

China Daily  

Jade huang in the shape of a doubleheaded dragon, from the Warring States Period. 'With the help of jade, people who inhabited the vast area of prehistoric China had engaged in spiritual and artistic exchanges, exchanges that would eventually allow them to acquire a common cultural identity without which the notion of China would not have existed," says Teng Shu-ping, …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Lore of the rings
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lore of the rings

China Daily  

A jade disc with grooved concentric circles from the Shang Dynasty. Exquisite jade discs and rings help illustrate how ancient Chinese civilizations learned to shape intractable natural resources, and in doing so, developed a thriving culture that still resonates today, Zhao Xu reports. If there's one type of item that embodies the ancient Chinese jade story, it could well be …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade tiger from the Guo state burial ground, Western Zhou Dynasty. During construction work in 1968, the grand burial chamber of a Han Dynasty vassal king named Liu Sheng was discovered in Mancheng county, Hebei province, 700 kilometers from the Guo state burial ground. Yet standing head and shoulders above them all is a jade shroud composed of more …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade seated figurine from Han Dynasty vassal king Liu Sheng's burial chamber. Two mythical animals, as well as a seated figurine from the burial chamber of Liu Sheng, all featured in the exhibition, are believed to have been carved out of Hotan jade in the initial few years after this discovery. "Ever since then, Hotan jade has remained hugely …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade tiger from the Guo state burial ground, Western Zhou Dynasty. During construction work in 1968, the grand burial chamber of a Han Dynasty vassal king named Liu Sheng was discovered in Mancheng county, Hebei province, 700 kilometers from the Guo state burial ground. Yet standing head and shoulders above them all is a jade shroud composed of more …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade double-dragon decorative plaque, from the early Han Dynasty. Zuo Jun, curator That spirit, a mixture of idealism and heroism, had coursed through every form of art created during those years, with pride molten into bronze and a sense of verve dancing on the pure surface of jade. A reverence toward jade was still there, but it was coupled …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade seated figurine from Han Dynasty vassal king Liu Sheng's burial chamber. Two mythical animals, as well as a seated figurine from the burial chamber of Liu Sheng, all featured in the exhibition, are believed to have been carved out of Hotan jade in the initial few years after this discovery. "Ever since then, Hotan jade has remained hugely …

Paved with jade
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A jade double-dragon decorative plaque, from the early Han Dynasty. Zuo Jun, curator That spirit, a mixture of idealism and heroism, had coursed through every form of art created during those years, with pride molten into bronze and a sense of verve dancing on the pure surface of jade. A reverence toward jade was still there, but it was coupled …

Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A jade turtle from the Lingjiatan site is on show at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Feb 2, 2022. DING HAIXIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Recent archaeological research has busted a myth about unique pieces of jade that are among the most enigmatic artifacts of the Hongshan culture. These ancient treasures, made of local greenish nephrite and mostly resembling a horse …

Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A tubular jade artifact of the Hongshan culture is displayed in an exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Nov 10. These ancient jade pieces have emerged as powerful conduits connecting the culture's people with the mystical world of the turtle spirits, unveiling a captivating chapter in the cultural and spiritual heritage of ancient China. Guo said …

Research reveals clues to jade mystery
11 months, 1 week ago

Research reveals clues to jade mystery

China Daily  

A jade turtle from the Lingjiatan site is on show at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Feb 2, 2022. DING HAIXIU/FOR CHINA DAILY Recent archaeological research has busted a myth about unique pieces of jade that are among the most enigmatic artifacts of the Hongshan culture. These ancient treasures, made of local greenish nephrite and mostly resembling a horse …

Circles of influence
1 year, 4 months ago

Circles of influence

China Daily  

Jade dragons unearthed from various archaeological sites: a jade bracelet with dragon head design from Liangzhu in Zhejiang province. Startlingly similar jade artifacts — unearthed thousands of kilometers apart and from different eras — have provided a key to understanding how the nation's earliest societies inspired and interacted with one another, Zhao Xu reports. In the summer of 1983, 40-year-old …

Circles of influence
1 year, 4 months ago

Circles of influence

China Daily  

Jade dragons unearthed from various archaeological sites: a jade bracelet with dragon head design from Liangzhu in Zhejiang province. Startlingly similar jade artifacts — unearthed thousands of kilometers apart and from different eras — have provided a key to understanding how the nation's earliest societies inspired and interacted with one another, Zhao Xu reports. In the summer of 1983, 40-year-old …

Exquisite jade artifacts on display at Shanxi Museum
1 year, 4 months ago

Exquisite jade artifacts on display at Shanxi Museum

China Daily  

A group of jade artifacts were found in the tomb of Marquis Mu of Jin, the ninth dominator of the Jin Kingdom of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the province's Quwo county. At an ongoing exhibition held at the Shanxi Museum in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, visitors can see some exquisite jade artifacts. The relics had been found during the fourth …

Western Han Dynasty jade pendant reflects a pursuit of beautiful things
1 year, 4 months ago

Western Han Dynasty jade pendant reflects a pursuit of beautiful things

China Daily  

A Western Han Dynasty jade pendant with openwork carving patterns of a dragon in the inner ring, and a phoenix facing it in the outer ring The dragon and phoenix are auspicious motifs in traditional Chinese culture. Take a look at the Western Han Dynasty jade pendant, boasting an openwork carving design! With exquisite patterns, quaint structure and superb craftsmanship, …

Out of the mists of time
1 year, 6 months ago

Out of the mists of time

China Daily  

A dragon-shaped jade item unearthed from Banlashan in Chaoyang city, Liaoning province. CHINA DAILY Discovery of new archaeological site sheds more light on Hongshan Culture, Zhou Huiying and Wu Yong report. A large Hongshan settlement site has been discovered in Shangchaoyanggou village, just 6.5 kilometers from the Niuheliang archaeological site in Chaoyang city, Northeast China's Liaoning province, according to the …

What's on
1 year, 9 months ago

What's on

China Daily  

A Shining Star, an ongoing exhibition at Anhui Museum, centers on the glories of Lingjiatan that thrived over a span of five centuries. Lingjiatan relics A relic site showing human activity some 5,000 years ago was revealed in Lingjiatan village, Anhui province, in 1987. A Shining Star, an exhibition at Anhui Museum, centers on the glories of Lingjiatan that thrived …

Beloved creature
1 year, 9 months ago

Beloved creature

China Daily  

An artistic performance re-creates the grandeur of a renowned Tang Dynasty painting. For those eager to dive deeper into the rich history and culture surrounding the creature, as part of the Chinese zodiac, Tu Nian Tu Bao Bei — a seven-episode program that premiered on CCTV-14 and now available on CCTV's website — offers a fun and informative way to …

Beloved creature
1 year, 9 months ago

Beloved creature

China Daily  

An artistic performance re-creates the grandeur of a renowned Tang Dynasty painting. For those eager to dive deeper into the rich history and culture surrounding the creature, as part of the Chinese zodiac, Tu Nian Tu Bao Bei — a seven-episode program that premiered on CCTV-14 and now available on CCTV's website — offers a fun and informative way to …

Beloved creature
1 year, 9 months ago

Beloved creature

China Daily  

An artistic performance re-creates the grandeur of a renowned Tang Dynasty painting. For those eager to dive deeper into the rich history and culture surrounding the creature, as part of the Chinese zodiac, Tu Nian Tu Bao Bei — a seven-episode program that premiered on CCTV-14 and now available on CCTV's website — offers a fun and informative way to …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

The Bicun site in Lyuliang, Shanxi province. A palace, whose design can be seen in imperial cities in later dynasties, and exquisite pottery may provide clues to a previously unimaginable power hub on the edge of Loess Plateau. Wang Wei, director of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Academic Division of History and a leading expert in the origins-tracing program, …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization
1 year, 11 months ago

New light shed on beginnings of Chinese civilization

China Daily  

An arc-shaped jade ornament known as huang was unearthed at the Lingjiatan site in Hanshan county, Anhui province. Archaeologists enjoy fruitful year with series of discoveries While jade holds vital clues to civilizations in China dating back thousands of years, it also plays an important role in present-day life. Last year, a ceremonial jade artifact known as a bi was …

New findings unveiled at Lingjiatan relics site
1 year, 11 months ago

New findings unveiled at Lingjiatan relics site

China Daily  

A jade ware unearthed at the site. New findings have emerged at the Lingjiatan relics site in Ma'anshan, East China's Anhui province, says the provincial cultural relics and archaeology institute. Several jade and stone relics were unearthed at the site, including the largest stone tool known as a yue and the largest jade ornament known as a huang in the …

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