History of the Jade Jade - Evolution of Yulong

The image of the zodiac Yuzhong Zhonglong was first seen in the Neolithic cultural sites in the Central Plains and Northeast China. Wang Long, for example, was discovered at the Hongshan Cultural Site dating back 7,000 years ago. The jade is made of Xiuyan jade, which has a large body and a large head. The eyes are vaguely raised. The neck is fluttered backwards with a wide-angle dragon hair. There is a perforation in the back of the neck and is used for wearing. It belongs to decorative jade.

Shangyu Yulong, more than unearthed at Yin Ruins cultural site in Anyang, Henan Province, Yu Yong unearthed in the tomb of the most typical. During this period, Yulong, the dragon body is short and has a single cloud pattern, heavy ring pattern, diamond pattern and other decorations. Shangyu jade dragon to sideways Yulong; one leg, one foot, to the body and legs separated by a negative line, Yulong perforation mostly in the tail or wide mouth, easy to carry the tether.

The Zhou dynasty was another heyday of the slavery regime in China after the Shang Dynasty. The social productive forces had made great progress compared with the Shang dynasty, and the development of the handicraft industry was more prosperous. The “Yufu” was the production workshop for the jade jewelry that was set up by the Zhou Dynasty Room. The Zhou Dynasty especially admired etiquette. Zhou Li was an important statute of the Zhou Dynasty. It conferred the idea and connotation of the jade and the jade, and opened up a new era of morality, religion, and politicization of the jade, which enabled the jade culture to develop into a The peak of the times.

The Yulong dragons of the Zhou Dynasty are lanky and longer than the Shang dynasty. They usually have a ring or semicircle; the jagged ridges appear on the dragon's back; the dragon's tail is thicker than the Shang dynasty and has no edge. The jade dragons of the Western Zhou Dynasty often sculpted with a single-turn method, one side was inclined into a knife, and the other was a negative engraved line, resulting in the effect of a striated bulge, commonly known as the “one slope” method. The decoration of the Yulong in the Zhou Dynasty is more complex than that of the Shang Dynasty, and a simple combination pattern is present. The Yin-Yang line is used in combination with curved lines. There are fewer straight lines.

The Year of the Dragon is approaching, and many of my friends are planning to buy Dragon-related zodiac jade, some intended for family or friends, and some intend to wear it. In the Chinese traditional zodiac jade culture, dragon gives people a dignified and honorable noble character. It is also a symbol of luck and success. The so-called “Real Dragon Emperor”, “Wang Zi Cheng Long”, “Long Feng Xiang Xiang”... Thousands of years In the past, the dragon has always been the mascot of the Chinese nation, and the jade, carved with dragons, is naturally loved by people.

In ancient Chinese myths and legends, Huangdi and Yandi were both "dragons." Naturally, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor are "the descendants of the dragon." According to legend, Huang Di thinks that the dragon's changes are endless, his supernatural powers are very much like the appearance of a dragon, so that his emperor Shi Huang painted dragon images on his clothes, painted with multicolored, this is the first “dragon robe” in Chinese history. ". Because the emperor claimed to be or was considered to be a "real dragon emperor", the dragon was an indispensable sign in his family: the emperor wore a dragon crown - a hat with a double dragon pattern; he wore a robe - before and after There is a dragon in the chest and a cloud of dragons. The waist is a dragon belt. The belt with the dragon as the main pattern is worn by the dragon and the Fengyu. These are all in the museum, in the imperial mausoleum, and in the folk art. I have seen it with my own eyes. As for the emperor's use of things, but also more related to the dragon: dragon case, dragon chair, dragon bed, dragon boat, dragons, etc., the emperor is uncomfortable called "the dragon body owes security", the emperor angry called "Long Yan furious."

Long, in China, everything is connected with the world. The reason why the dragon has this cultural symbolic meaning is that it has a great relationship with the legendary dragon in the sky, the chasing of the sea, and the incomparable supernatural power in the world. But more importantly, it is because of the thousands of dragons. The “exclusive patent” that has been the highest ruler of the Chinese slave and feudal society for years is synonymous with imperial power.

Another cultural symbolic significance of the dragon is outstanding and different. The dragon is a fetish, comparable to extraordinary people, so people often refer to those who are lofty, deeds, energy, ability, and achievement as “dragons”. At the time when Zhuge Liang was working in Nanyang, but he hadn't made any use of it, he had better control of Zhong Leyi and Mr. Wolong, which means that he has the ambition of Hongjun.

The earliest Yuzhe Yuzhong was Yulong, not only the most numerous, but also the most varied forms of expression. The round eagles, the enamel eagles, the embossments, the intaglios, the peony, the pendants, the enamels, the enamels, the rings, the lepers, the pipes, the cards, the bracelets, etc. It is very common, probably because the image of Yulong is the most magnificent and mysterious. It is also the representative of the Son of Heaven and is the god of cloud and rain. Therefore, under the basic survival requirements of the ancient people as food, it is the spirit of the people. The dragon is of course the most favored.