The history of jewelry culture in the primitive period of China

One thousand eight thousand years ago, mankind had the original first piece of jewelry. Beginning in the primitive period, Chinese jade jewelry culture was popular in human life, and the manufacture of gold and silver jewelry began from the Shang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, gold, silver, pearls, and precious stones were matched with each other to reach the peak period. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Chinese jewellery reached a new peak, especially the royal gold and silver jewelry formed a more perfect system. During the Ming Dynasty, the royal family was transferred from all over the country to the master of the gold-making process. It was specially set up for the supervision of the court’s silver bureau for the use of emperors and princes. So far, to the modern, the blending of Chinese and Western jewellery culture has made the development of jewellery go from the original witchcraft and worship to a fashion wear for people's lives.

Bijoli is deeply impressed by the exquisite and rich connotation of jewelry crafts in China. With the determination to inherit the long-distance culture of jewellery, Bao Zhuoli selects some representatives of various dynasty jewelry to classify the cultural content displayed, and introduces it to the exhibition. It is for the people who love jewelry to communicate and learn.

Primitive period - the origin of jewelry

Primitive awareness of primitive witchcraft, imitation and totem worship and aesthetics. The Hongshan culture, represented by the unearthed jade cloud jade, horseshoe hoop, jade pig dragon and other jade groups, all show the traditions of sacrificing ancestors, worshiping gods and making jade costumes.

The earliest jewellery modern bone ornaments that humans have discovered so far

Zhoukoudian cave man ornaments. Shining and radiant, the picture shows the fangs of the genus. The ancient human beings that were worn 18,000 years ago have been decorated with animal teeth. The primitive humans punched and dyed the animal teeth into red, hanging on the neck to make decorations and witchcraft worship.

Hongshan "C" shaped jade dragon

Red mountain

Jade Pig Dragon

Hongshan Yulong is the creation of ancestors, conveying the spiritual pursuit of the ancestors of Hongshan. Hongshan Yulong is divided into two types: the jade pig dragon and the "C" shape jade dragon. They hope that they can give people protection and spiritual dependence from different aspects. Yulong is the heavy weapon in Hongshan ancient jade.

Animal shape jade

Made of yellow-green jade, the shape is an animal shape with a distorted body. The center has a round hole and a hole in the back for fine hanging. Some people at the head of the beast think that they are like pigs, and they have big eyes and a kiss.

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镂雕龙形玉佩

Feng Shouyi

This jade is a pair, the dragon-shaped dragon body is distorted, and the hollow-shaped carved pattern is decorated; the phoenix-shaped jade material is milky white, flake-shaped, openwork and openwork, the phoenix bird's head is crowned, the curved neck is thick, the wings are curled, the workmanship is fine, and the vividness is vivid.

Yuzhu string

This string of more than 100 jade beads, mainly white jade, polished smooth, connected into a string.

There are many jade pendants in Hongshan culture, which are representative of heart, axe, shovel and natural.

Big jade tube

Both ends of the jade tube are inclined, and a hole is worn inside. If the corresponding 茬 is connected by the jade tube, a ring with no gap between the tube and the tube can be formed, and stringed with a string, it is a project of a large jade tube. Decoration.

Yuxi Hongshan Culture

8000 years ago, in the primitive period, people used jade carvings to make jade as an ornament. The jade is a charm that is stuck on the earlobe of the human ear, reflecting the ancient people's pursuit of beauty.

Yuhuan: Yuhuan is polished, work fine, and the surface is warm and crystal clear.

Surface jade

Hook cloud jade

The hook-shaped jade is the epitome of the pig dragon, the deer king, and the god bird. It is a device that prays for the wind and the rain, and worships the ancestors to remove all evil demons. The ancients believed that only strange shapes could accommodate indescribable connotations and special functions.