Exhibition on Fine Jade Unearthed in Nanyang Area Opens in Changsha (4)

An exhibition on fine jade unearthed in Henan’s Nanyang area opened at the Changsha Museum on April 19. It is Hunan’s first exhibition featuring ancient jade in recent two decades. The exhibition displays 169 pieces (sets) of exquisite and rare jade ranging from the Neolithic Age (10,000 BC-2,000 BC) to the Han Dynasty (206 BC- 220 AD).

The exhibition is divided into the following four parts:

The first part: Jade was transformed from production tools and ornaments into sacred objects to communicate with gods in the Neolithic Age.

The second part: Jade was regarded as a symbol of royalty and an important carrier of the national etiquette system in the Xia (2100 BC-1600 BC), Shang (1600 BC-1100 BC) and Zhou (1100 BC-256 BC) dynasties.

The third part: The rise of Confucianism exerted important influence on the development of jade culture during the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC–476 BC) and the Warring States Period (475 BC-221 BC).

The fourth part: Jade was used as funerary objects in funeral rites in the past dynasties.

The exhibition is open to the public until July 21, 2019. 

Source: en.changsha.gov.cn