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Jadeite Chinese

January 7th, 2010

Angie

Jadeite Chinese

Peach Wood & Yellow Willow Comb With Oriental Braid And Jadeite Stone

$21.99

Beautifully soft wood comb with pleasant aromatic smell and unique decorative design….

Jade came into fashion

It is said that in the early 13th century, a Yunan salt merchant made from a stone Myanmar. The green stone Lucent won the Chinese love jade instantly. This stone is the jade, because it has beautiful color, rare production, vitreous luster, texture humidity, more toughness and hardness, it was called "jadeite", also known as the "king of jade."

The origin of most of jade is scarce in the mountainous areas, although there can see ghosts and demons, wolves and tigers, when Deep in the mountains, often can not see the sun in the forest without limits, the road that the applicant for jade happen; The River Dew fog, muddy swollen river, the summer day in the stormy weather, soak the raise on the surface water everywhere, the continuing rise of the smoke when the smoke rose three feet high, it does not disperse, the man in the boat can not see the five fingers, as if a fog to enter five miles. Except that the smoke of malaria, mosquitoes and Python, the environment is very poor, in addition, the tool is primitive, the dry season is very short, the merchandise is missing, then the jade mining is very difficult.

Until the 18th century with the development of science and technology, then the jade just entered Yunnan Chinese massively. Although Jade introducing the application was only 300 ~ 400 years, because people who like Jade entrusted to cultural connotation mysterious its short history and splendid jade is enough to inspire others, and with other jade was the continuity of the Chinese jade culture. The Ming Dynasty, jade Burmese appeared in our country; Qing Dynasty, for the affection of the nobility (especially of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty canonized and Empress Dowager Cixi love hobby), it was called "Imperial Jade".

Therefore, the price has sharply jade rose, became the best quality products in the jadeite. Jade closely linked to people's lives in the minds of people, it is not only a beautiful stone, but also the mystical belief and attaches the request. Both the old and new, people like jade, jade jade happy, playing, "the gentleman without reason, jade does not leave the body. " Today, jade is most popular with Chinese and South Korea, the port of jade and jade love becomes a kind of modern fashion.