Compared with nephrite in other areas at home and abroad, Hetian jade has more colors and formed its own series. The colors of tremolite jade in the world are basically white, blue, yellow, black and blue (green), and there are some intermediate colors, because the iron content is very low.

Hetian jade belongs to micro-transparent body. Under the general enterprising degree, you can penetrate the light, but you can't see the object clearly. Generally speaking, high transparency is also called sufficient water head. Although the water head is enough to set off the texture and color of jade, not all jade with high transparency is good.

Hetian jade luster belongs to oily luster, which is very soft, neither thick nor light, that is, there is no crystal inspiration of strong light, nor wax texture of weak light. The ancients called Hetian jade "moist", that is, its luster is oily and gives people a moist feeling, especially the suet jade in Hetian jade, which is famous for its moist luster like suet.

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Hetian jade culture

1, political culture

When jade just appeared, it was only used as a production tool and a primitive ornament. With the development of production, there has been polarization between the rich and the poor, class and country, and hierarchical concept. Slowly, this rare, beautiful and durable jade has become a special item enjoyed by the ruling class and has been given special significance.

2. Moral quality

Morality endows jade culture with morality from the moment it comes into being. The so-called "a gentleman is better than jade, and a gentleman wears jade" all personifies jade.

The moral connotation of jade originated in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Since then, a whole set of moral concepts of jade has been developed, and it has been conceptualized and systematized after Confucius founded Confucianism. The Confucian concept of using jade has been running through the feudal society of China and deeply rooted in people's hearts. Confucian morality is famous for covering benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith.

3. Cultural values

Hetian jade is used as a metaphor for a gentleman, and it is also often used as a token of love between lovers.

Generally speaking, "seed" is mainly aimed at plants, refers to the seeds produced by plants, and also contains the meaning of inoculation, which is a process of plant life. "Zi" mainly refers to animals, which has two meanings according to pronunciation: when pronounced as "Zi", it means young; When reading "in", it generally refers to young people or animals.

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