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4 days ago · In this post, we will learn the long history of Chinese jade, why jade is so important in Chinese traditions, how to tell if your Chinese jade is real, and other things you may need to know about jade and its relations with Chinese culture.
4 days ago · Chinese jade was attributed with magical powers, and was used in the Stone and Bronze Ages for large and impractical versions of everyday weapons and tools, as well as the bi disks and cong vessels. Later a range of objects and small sculptures were carved in jade, a difficult and time-consuming technique.
6 days ago · The Late Shang, also known as the Anyang period, is the earliest known literate civilization in China, spanning the reigns of the last nine kings of the Shang dynasty, beginning with Wu Ding in the second half of the 13th century BC and ending with the conquest of the Shang by the Zhou in the mid-11th century BC.
4 days ago · Terra-cotta army, life-size terra-cotta figures found in the tomb of the first Qin emperor, Qin Shi Huang (also called Shihuangdi), near Xi’an, Shaanxi province, China. The buried army faces east, poised for battle, about three-quarters of a mile from the outer wall of the tomb proper, guarding it.
3 days ago · The Xingan Tomb is a large Shang tomb at Xingan, Jiangxi Province, famous for its bronze culture. Up to now, 1,361 pieces of relics like bronze, pottery, stoneware and jade have been unearthed, among which 475 pieces are ritual bronzes. Among the vessels from this tomb, theDingvessels account for more than half of the total.
3 days ago · Bronze Age, third phase in the development of material culture among the ancient peoples of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, following the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods (Old Stone Age and New Stone Age, respectively). The term also denotes the first period in which metal was used.
5 days ago · Jade pieces owned by Chinese collector Wang Wei. [Photo/CGTN] China's art collection market was for a time depressed in the 20th Century due to wars and the slow economic development that followed. The past 30 to 40 years have seen it recovering, witnessed by jade collectors like Wang Wei.
