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Understanding Jade
1. History of Jade
In Chinese, jade, pronounced as 'Yu', means "the royal gemstone" or "something precious." The Chinese character for jade is a five-stroke character that represents, physically, three pancake-shaped of pieces of jade connected with a string and suspended, perhaps as a wind chime. More details... In Asia, jade best symbolizes the essential aspects of Confucian culture, such as nobility, perfection, constancy, and immortality. Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) even concluded jade had many virtues, namely benevolence, fidelity, courtesy, etiquette, wisdom and sincerity, etc.
More details... Buddhism, a spiritual tradition that focuses on personal spiritual development and the attainment of a deep insight into the true nature of life, brought many aspects to jade art. With the inception of Buddhism, jade soon depicted pagodas, mountain masses, and religious symbols. Some jade carvings were dedicated to depicting Buddhist figures for worship and were placed at temples. The necessity for these carvings soon led to the expanding of dimensions for jade carvings. More details...
1. Jade & Buddha A Chinese character, also known as a Han character, is a logogram used in writing Chinese (hanzi). It is considered to be the world's longest continuously used writing system.Some Chinese characters are particularly loved by Chinese people. Among them, fu, lu, shou, xi and cai are always close to the common people and were spread widely and consistently, forming the core of a propitious jixiang culture. They are interrelated and interdependent with individually auspicious themes. More details... A string, tangling and twining, strings together the auspicious wishes, the long history of the Chinese culture and even the hearts of our Chinese people. Originated from the habit of making records by the knots of the rope, the Chinese knots have played a vital role in the Chinese culture, fully embodying the ingenuity and deftness of the working class. Every basic knot is named after either its outer form or the inner meaning. By combining different types of knots or by arranging them with other ornaments of auspicious patterns, the traditional and auspicious Chinese knots then come into being, featuring its unique configuration and profound connotation. More details... China has a great tradition of respecting nature. This love for nature is signified by various symbols and the values that are attached to them. The Chinese see these symbols as visual representations of their sacred feelings. In fact, of all the countries in the world, China probably has the most faith in its symbols, associating a number of them with wealth and prosperity, abundance, peace, and harmony. More details... The 12 lucky horoscope animal symbols of the Chinese Zodiac are popular themes of jade ornaments. According to Chinese astrology, a person's destiny can be determined by the cycle of the five elements (in order Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water in their Yin and Yang forms) with the cycle of the twelve Zodiac animal signs: the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep (ram or goat), monkey, rooster, dog, and boar. More details... |
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