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The jade of the Shang Dynasty, this is so special, as long as such a jade is obtained in China, it must be a national treasure!

Even if Jin Muchen doesn't understand jade, he also knows the status of Shang Dynasty jade in the history of Chinese jade development. It can be said that this is the ancestor of Chinese jade, which is not an exaggeration at all. Toli Literature Network

As we all know, Chinese people love jade, and the era of playing with jade is very long, which can be seen from the jade unearthed during the Hongshan culture period.

And the Hongshan culture, that is the culture that has been positioned by many Chinese historians as the origin of our Chinese culture.

We Chinese people often say that our history and culture last for five thousand years. This so-called five thousand years requires cultural relics and five thousand years recorded in documents.

And as early as 5,000 years ago, human beings living in mainland China did not have writing, so how can we say that we have cultural heritage at that time?

This mainly depends on the historical relics unearthed in that era, and the cultural relics that can represent human civilization are also the production tools and life tools used by human beings at that time.

The earliest cultural relics found on our country's soil are the relics of the Hongshan Culture, which is also the earliest record of human civilization in our country.

The birthplace of this Hongshan culture is in the northeastern part of what is now Liao@Ning? and Inner@Mongolia, so to be precise, our Chinese civilization originated from the Yellow River area, that is not correct, in fact, our civilization , should have originated in the modern Liao@ning and Inner@northeastern Mongolia.

As for why it moved eastward to the Yellow River area, it will depend on the research and reasoning of historians. But for now. No reasonable inferences have been drawn yet.

And there is the exact beginning of the literature or the era of written records in our country. In fact, it should be more than 4,000 years ago, that is, the beginning of the Xia Dynasty.

But the people of the Xia Dynasty did not actually play with jade. Even if they did, they were very rare. So far, only ancient jades of the Xia Dynasty have been found in modern He@bei.

And our country really began to play jade dynasties. It should have started in the Shang Dynasty, and the Shamanism of the Shang Dynasty was prosperous. Many jade wares existed in the form of magic tools used by shamans at that time. The shapes of many jade carvings were the shapes that shamans could customize back then.

And these jade wares, even if thousands of museums, large and small in China, add up to only a few hundred pieces in total, and these jade wares are almost the same as bronze wares in the domestic antique circle. Definitely a minefield.

The country has expressly stipulated that it is forbidden to circulate. You play with the ancient jade of the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the ancient jade of the Shang Dynasty, as long as you touch it, it is illegal, and it is a thunderbolt. If someone reports it, it is appropriate to catch it.

Because the jade wares of this era are so important, and they have extraordinary historical and scientific significance, because most of the words in that era existed in the form of oracle bone inscriptions, and it is difficult to decipher those words.

But if you decipher the symbols on the jade, it will be relatively simple, and maybe you can learn more about the living conditions of people at that time without deciphering the symbols on the jade, so it is precisely because these jades have extraordinary archaeological , and historical significance, the status of these jade articles in the history of Chinese jade articles is particularly important.

Unlike the ancient jades of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, most of the jade at that time were ornaments, small playthings for literati and literati. The role of decoration and playing is more important, and there is not much historical and archaeological value, so the country Only then will jade wares of that period be allowed to circulate on the market.

Looking at the rows of ancient jades from the Shang Dynasty on the bookshelf in front of him, Jin Muchen felt that his mind was numb, this is a priceless treasure!

Not to mention the appearance and quality of these jade articles, just talk about Paul. Singer's vision is really good, because judging from the gems and jewels that these jade wares shine, these jades are basically treasures, and I can't go wrong.

The first thing Jin Muchen saw was a bull's head carved from sapphire jade. When Jin Muchen saw this, he knew that it was a typical masterpiece of jade in the Shang Dynasty, a magic weapon specially used by wizards.

When the wizards at that time were psychic, they liked to use this kind of jade bull head as a magic weapon, and the people of the Shang Dynasty also believed this, so the bull head can often be seen on the jade and bronze articles of the Shang Dynasty found in China. manifestation.

So this bull's head is a typical masterpiece of Shang Dynasty jade!

And next to the bull's head, there is a jade tiger, the carving is also vivid, especially in the tiger's tail and the carving on the tiger's head. That kind, on the other side, there is also a jade tortoise. The carving is also very good. Even the neck and back shell of the jade tortoise are clearly carved. It can be seen that when these jade wares were carved, Zhuoyu's master is very troublesome.

These things are definitely not treasures that ordinary wizards can afford, but they must be treasures that can only be used by great wizards at that time. This can be judged just by looking at the shape of the utensils and the craftsmanship.

Because in the Shang Dynasty, it was still the Bronze Age. At that time, there was no iron, and copper was too soft to cut jade. Therefore, jade masters generally used hard wooden sticks, dipped in agate powder or crystal powder, and placed them on the jade. A little bit of frustration, it will take a long time to make a jade.

The three small jade articles in front of them were so exquisitely crafted, which was simply unimaginable at that time.

Jin Muchen took out a high-powered magnifying glass and carefully inspected the surrounding areas of the patterns on the jade bull head, jade turtle, and jade tiger, and indeed found a large number of irregular wear marks.

Seeing these wear marks, Jin Muchen can basically conclude that these jade wares must be the correct instruments used by the great witches of the Shang Dynasty.

A great witch who can use such exquisite instruments must have an extraordinary identity, at least it must be used by a national teacher back then, that is, a person who had to please the kings of Shang at that time.

You must know that the status of wizards in those days was not low, because they were not only able to pretend to be ghosts, but also had a lot of witch doctor skills, that is, relying on jumping gods, or making some fake medicines to save people.

In such a ignorant age, the one who can save people is the immortal, so even the king of Shang sometimes dare not offend such a great witch.

For a person with such a status, is it still simple for a jade tool that has been used?

Although it is now banned in China for some people to play jade articles of the Shang Dynasty, because the Chinese like jade, they already like it to the core, so even though the state explicitly prohibits the circulation of this thing on the market, in fact, some people will collect it secretly.

After all, this thing is not the same as bronze wares that have no mass foundation, and the state generally adopts an attitude of opening one eye and closing one eye.

Therefore, such jade articles are still very popular in China, and the price is not low. With just three pieces, it is possible to tens of millions of them casually.

Even though the quality of these jade wares is not as good as that of Hetian jade, which is hailed by the Chinese, and the carving work is incomparable with the jade wares in the peak period of the Qing Dynasty, but its historical status is there, which has established its status in the domestic black market.

This is the ancestor of Chinese jade, so the price is also expensive.

Qing Dynasty jades of this size, even if they are white suet and carved by famous artists, can be bought for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But there are so many pieces in front of you, don't look at the rough carving, and don't look at the poor quality of the jade, but as long as you take it out, there will definitely be countless people carrying millions of cash and begging you to buy them. There is no other reason. The status of the rivers and lakes is there!

Don't say anything, just accept it, it's all $20,000 a piece anyway!

Fang Bo saw that Jin Muchen was pulling the pieces of jade into the cloth pocket in his hand, the corners of his mouth twitched, he raised his hand and gave him a chestnut: "You should be gentle! ?"

Jin Muchen could only crook his mouth and deal with it. At this time, his mental head was all on the jade objects in front of him.

This Paul. Singer's name as an expert in Chinese antiques is really not for nothing. If you look at how many pieces of Shang Dynasty jade we have collected in China, I don't know how many pits we have dug from Shaan@xi, Shan@xi, and He@nan. How many people's graves have been dug.

But what's so special, people have set up a whole bookshelf!

There are various kinds of jade articles, which can be said to be dazzling. Some people in China have them here, but they don't have them in China. They also have them here.

In addition to the typical representatives of the three Shang Dynasty jade articles, Jin Muchen also saw several other representatives, such as the Shang Dynasty Jade Ge, Jade Axe, Jade Knife, Jade Tomahawk, Jade Shovel, Jade Adze, these are all weapons and tools representative.

At that time, because the main metal ware was bronze ware, and bronze ware was relatively soft, in order to pursue a harder effect, people would use jade ware to make some weapons and tools.

Of course, such weapons and tools~www.wuxiaspot.com~ are not available to ordinary people. At that time, even the softer bronzes were not yet popularized in ordinary people's homes, not to mention such jade weapons and tool?

So there is no doubt that these were used by the princes and nobles at that time. This can be judged from the fact that these weapons and tools have very beautiful patterns.

Ordinary people can't even afford ordinary bronze kitchen knives, so why do they still want to carve flowers on jade weapons and tools?

Next are some decorative jade ware, such as jade cong, jade gui, jade huang, jade rabbit, jade handle-shaped ware, jade cylinder-shaped ware, etc. There are no less than 100 pieces of these alone. Jin Muchen saw these things and felt I was already crying myself.

His attitude is that none of them can be missing, but if he takes all of them, it will exceed the limit of 100 pieces, but there are still more than a dozen dynasties and their representative works waiting for him? How can this be done? (To be continued...) WWW.GEILIWX.COM happy reading every day