Hetian jade's "national stone" history

Wenrun Ruyu has always been the description of the gentleman by the ancients. This gentle word is used in Hetian jade, which is more appropriate. However, for those of us who live in coastal cities, because of the lack of collection and appreciation, we always equate jade with jade, and ignore another branch of jade. Hetian jade is a traditional Chinese jade.

In fact, Hetian jade has a history of at least 7,000 years in China. In the Neolithic Age, the ancestors of the Kunlun Mountains discovered Hetian jade. In ancient books, Kunlun Mountain was once called the “mountain jade mountain” or “wan”. The ancestor of the mountain." In the Qianlong period, Hetian jade received unprecedented treatment because of Qianlong's obsession, but because of the Empress Dowager Cixi's love for the emerald, the emerald seemed to be more famous in the following years.

In "Thousand Characters", there is such a sentence "Jinshan Lishui, Jade Kunlun", which refers to Hetian jade produced in the Kunlun Mountains of Xinjiang. In the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, Hetian jade was transported from Xinjiang, Qianlitun, through Gansu, Shaanxi or Shanxi all the way to Shangyin Wangdu, Anyang, Henan. The slave owners and nobles at that time were proud to wear Hetian jade, not only wearing them, but also dying. After the same funeral.

Hetian jade is not only used to tribute to the royal palace aristocracy, but also serves as a gem and friendship medium to the East and West countries, which forms the jade road of the oldest Hetian jade transportation channel in China. It has been extending westward to the Central Asian region, the predecessor of the "Silk Road".

In the later history and culture, the deep-rooted national psychology of the whole people's love of jade and jade is formed. No matter the sacrifices, various ceremonies, or emperors, they must use jade, and there is a complete set of regulations. Jade culture becomes China. An important part of civilization. At the end of October 2003, after several years of the selection of China's “Guoyu”, Xinjiang Hetianyu won the title of “Jade” and was officially named “China National Stone” by China Gemstone Association.