Tengchong has therefore become the birthplace of jade processing industry, and jade carving is the first cornerstone of Tengchong's industrial and economic development. Tengchong jade carving has a history of more than 400 years. Its connotation is rich, its functions are extensive, its craftsmanship is exquisite, and it is very famous in the jade carving industry in China.
Jade culture originated from the jade culture in the Central Plains, but it has a unique inheritance and development, with the color of regional culture. No matter who you are, if you stay in Tengchong for a period of time, you will definitely feel the profound and strong local flavor of this culture from your daily life. Since ancient times, Tengyue people have worshipped and loved jade.
Tengchong, a famous city in the southwest! As early as the Qing Dynasty, the mining area producing jadeite belonged to the jurisdiction of China; However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the British colonization of Myanmar, the emerald mining area was placed under Myanmar, so there has been a saying that "jade comes out of Yunnan" since ancient times.
But historically, jade and Yunnan have a deep historical origin. According to the records in Zhi Heng, Yuhai, Yunnan, "Jade came out of the South Jinsha River, which was originally Tengyue", that is, the area of Lu Wu Valley in Myanmar where jadeite was mined, which was once under the jurisdiction of Yongchang Prefecture in Yunnan during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.