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Yupei (Chinese: 玉佩; pinyin: Yùpèi) is a generic term for jade pendants. [1] Yupei were popular even before Confucius was born. [2]: 18 Jade culture is an important component of Chinese culture, [1] reflecting both the material and spiritual culture.
Upward pattern of a fire emblem, symbolized that the emperor led its people in making positive efforts Grain of rice (粉米, fěn mǐ) Symbolize nourishment and the country's agriculture, and also symbolizes that the emperor is the mainstay for the people. Axe (黼, fǔ) The Axe stands for “cut-off”; i.e. the emperor's power to act decisively
Oracle bone script for 玉 "jade".. The Chinese word yù 玉 "jade; gems of all kinds; (of women) beautiful; (courteous) your" has semantically broader meanings than English jade "any of various hard greenish gems used in jewelry and artistic carvings, including jadeite and nephrite; a green color of medium hue; made of jade; green like jade".
A bi is a flat jade disc with a circular hole in the centre. Neolithic bi are undecorated, while those of later periods of China, like the Zhou dynasty, bear increasingly ornate surface carving (particularly in a hexagonal pattern) whose motifs represented deities associated with the sky (four directions) as well as standing for qualities and powers the wearer wanted to invoke or embody.
Most of the jade work in Costa Rica was done with a particular type. It was a deep, blue-green color, and the same type the Olmecs used. In 1998 an enormous region of this particular jade was uncovered after a hurricane in Guatemala. The area is located in south east Guatemala In the Motagua River Valley.
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Yu tu (玉兔, lit. 'Jade rabbit') / Yue tu (月兔, lit. 'Moon rabbit') Jade rabbit in the moon disk Jade rabbit pounding medicine/ elixir of life Rabbits running amongst clouds Moon. [17] Tiger-like creature White tiger: Toad-like (or frog-like) creature Moon toad toad on a moon crescent Dancing frog [15] Three-legged toad Jin Chan (Golden toad)
The earliest cong were produced by the Xuejiagang culture and the Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BC); later examples date mainly from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. [2]Interest in the jade shape developed during the 12th–13th century Song dynasty.