(1) The word "emerald" was first used to refer to birds with red and turquoise feathers, called jade birds or "kingfishers", commonly known as "Yulang", which can still be seen in rivers and lakes of Quanxi.
(2) Using jadeite to refer to jade is a metaphor from the perspective of color: red-scarlet; Green emerald
(3) The world jadeite producing areas are: Myanmar, Russia, the United States (California), Guatemala, Japan and other places. The jadeite produced in Myanmar has the best quality, mainly produced in Gaoligong Mountain in Myitkyina, northern Myanmar, and the origin is Pagan.
2. The history of jadeite
(1) It is generally believed to belong to the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 200 years.
(2) Legend: Jade was discovered by caravans in Qing Dynasty, such as "Duan Jiayu".
(3) According to Zhang Zhubang's research (1995), it is believed that jadeite can be found in the Ming Dynasty 500 years ago. Cao Yun, the Qing Dynasty in Tengchong, said: "No one can be sure when the discovery of jade began, but in the form of new excavation, Xinshanyu was only 60 years old 500 years ago."
(4) However, in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the local people were still in the tribal period of slash and burn, and it was impossible to regard jade as a treasure.
(5) After the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu opened up the territory, levied land for three times, and Han people poured into Gaoligong Mountain and the Western Regions, bringing a lot of jade culture knowledge, which made the discovery of jadeite have an economic and cultural foundation.
(6) At the end of Ming Dynasty, jadeite, as a kind of handicraft and ornament, its quality appraisal, processing and price system have gradually matured;
(7) During the Qing Dynasty, with the collection of jadeite from emperors to officials to ordinary people, jadeite became a very precious jade treasure, and its preciousness almost surpassed that of Hetian jade in Xinjiang, which has been circulating for centuries, and became a treasure of prosperous times.
3. The development trend of Chinese jewelry.
(1) traditional ideas
White jade culture and morality with white as beauty.
Powerful people use yellow to symbolize the cultural view of power and wealth.
(2) The initial stage of reform and opening up-the period of letting a hundred flowers blossom.
While maintaining the traditional concept, a hundred schools of thought contend and a hundred flowers blossom, and all kinds of precious stones and jade are fully reflected.
(3) The mid-1990s-the period of white jewelry.
With the entry of Debir, diamonds and platinum occupy a large number of markets, and white is the beauty that has become the mainstream of the market.
(4) After 2002, people became more rational and fully explored the true cultural connotation of jewelry and jade, and colored gems, jadeite and colored gold gradually appeared.
With the arrival of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, jadeite has ushered in an unprecedented new development climax.
4. The output of jadeite
(1) Emeralds are produced in Myitkyina in northern Myanmar and Pakan in the Ulu River basin.
(2) In the past, jadeite was mainly processed and shipped from Tengchong, Yunnan. Therefore, jade is also called "Yunnan jade" abroad. Up to now, Yunnan still has the habit of buying jade.
Due to the coverage of the surface cortex, people can only guess the internal quality through the subtle performance characteristics of the epidermis, which makes the purchase of jadeite wool full of gambling, which is also commonly known as "gambling stone". "A fairy cannot break an inch of jade" and "win or lose with one knife".
(3) Bet stone = experience+courage+luck
"Bet on stone": It can make people rich instantly or poor overnight.
"The gambling nature of jade has attracted many competitive people to join the ranks of gambling stones, creating thrilling stories and mysterious legends for the jade industry."
Pagan is a smoke, moving mountains and rivers to dig jade;
How many heroes started and countless heroes fell to the ground;
Life is like a dream, how many years have I forgotten!