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.
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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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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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It means that raw jade itself is useless until its cut into jewelry and the like and a person can't do anything until they are taught.
Adventures of Superman - 1952 The Riddle of the Chinese Jade 1-20 was released on: USA: 30 January 1953