Jade is most highly valued in Chinese culture today. The philosopher Confucius reportedly expressed this fascination by making jade a metaphor for virtue, kindness, wisdom, justice, civility, music, sincerity, truth, Heaven and Earth.
Chinese jade symbolizes beauty, nobility, hardness, durability and perfection. You can get more information about Chinese jade at the Wikipedia. Once on the website, type "Chinese jade" into the search field at the top of the page and press enter to bring up the information.
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Jade is also commonly known as soft jade, or traditional jade. Since the Chinese didn't have jadite until the Qing dynasty, (1271-1368) so they only knew of hard jade and soft jade.
Also, in the Chinese culture, they have a saying about Jade that goes as follows. "Gold has a value, but jade is invaluable." Meaning that Jade in the chinese culture is, well, invaluable.
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Jade symbolizes prosperity, success, and good luck
because its helpful in every day life
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In the Chinese zodiac, the year of your birth will carry an animal correlation, as I am born in 1968. I am the year of the monkey. Therefore, the form of a monkey carved in jade, is ,in my opinion, a celebration of this birth year. {There could also be a jade horse, a jade rooster, a jade dog, etc.}
white jade is precious and can be very valuable.
It is the name of a poem by a Chinese poet named Tu Fu.
The ancient Chinese believed that jade had magical properties. In ancient Chinese times, jade was used to preserve the dead.
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3000 B.C. by the Chinese
There are many themes in The Jade Peony, such as Chinese Culture, relationships, sexism.. and the list goes on.
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The Chinese believe that jade preserved the body from decay
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Adventures of Superman - 1952 The Riddle of the Chinese Jade 1-20 was released on: USA: 30 January 1953