Often a lot of friends ask: Are halcyon and jade one and the same? Actually, halcyon is a kind of jade, also call jadeite. Halcyon by a lot of tiny jadeite mineral composition, these are small mineral mutual like small felt bind interweaves together, very compact and strong, make halcyon already hard have tenacity again; Jadeite becomes green as a result of the element that contains a kind to call chromium, this kind of nature makes the facial expression that set bright-coloured beauty, as if have life. A lot of people call halcyon “ Yu Zhongzhi king “ .
Jade culture has history of more than 7000 years in China, only then at the The Neo-lithic Age, its history antedates the Oriental culture form such as pottery and porcelain, character, painterly, sculpture, building, silk, and had not cut off almost in this 7000. Scan widely whole world, still have a few places, resemble New Zealand, South America a few countries, jade culture ever also had appeared on the history, but flourishing temporarily terminative, china is only exceptional. Can saying Yu Wen is changed is the history one of the longest, ancient culture that can represent Oriental culture most.
In Hesperian eye, jade is can represent Chinese culture most, also have mysterious feeling most, they are very fathomless of natural to some kind material adore can continue thousands of years unexpectedly. The friend that they like to listen to China very much tells jade to have intelligence, jade can bless host, they may buy some of jade to China, go back tell family the friend: “We like diamond, the Chinese likes jade. The Chinese likes jade..
After all what is jade? Xu Shen of the Eastern Han Dynasty is in “ say civil solution word “ in the specific definition that has pair of jade: “Jade, shi Zhimei, the person that have 5 mind. “ that is to say beautiful rock, have the 5 mind of jade, can call jade. The Confucianist school of Chinese culture mainstream is sovereign to the evaluation of jade, think jade has Yu De, the person had ability of these great moral character of jade to become a man of noble character only, realize highest state of the person. So a definition of jade besides be “ Shi Zhimei person “ , still should provide jade “ 5 heart “ .
What is jade “ 5 heart “ ? “Moist with lukewarm, ren Zhifang also “ , gentle and moist have burnish, show jade be apt to grants v/arc bounties bestowed by a monarch or an official, be full of the heart of kindheartedness; “Manage from outside, in can knowing, justice square also “ , jade has taller diaphaneity, from exterior and OK the diagnostic grain that sees its interior is had, show jade is exhausted loyally heart; “Raise of its sound easy, only beyond is heard, zhi Zhifang also “ , if knock jade, can give out crystal and rising and falling euphonic sound, can pass very far place, show jade has wisdom and communicate the person all around; “Do not flinch and fold, of brave square also “ , have extremely tall tenacity and hardness, show jade has superhuman courage; “Acute cheap and do not jealousy, of clean square also “ , have fracture surface but the edge is not sharp however, show clean-fingered, ego restrains jade oneself not to injure another person however.
