Of the nine jade carving awards, if you can win three or more, you are not far from becoming a master!

Let’s take a look at the nine most prestigious jade carving awards in China.

1. China Jade Carving Natural Craftsmanship Award

The Tiangong Award for Chinese Jade Carvings is a national professional evaluation activity hosted by the China Jewelry and Jade Association (hereinafter referred to as China Jewelry Association). Highlight authority, fairness, historicity, guidance and participation. Focus on cultural promotion and talent discovery.

▲ "Picturesque Landscapes" Wang Guoqing and Lin Xinxing | 2020 Tiangong Award Gold

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the association's charter, the China Gem Association has formulated selection methods and implementation rules, and established the China Jade and Stone Sculpture Tiangong Award Selection Organizing Committee, which is responsible for all specific work of the selection activities. Generally speaking, the selection activity is organized once a year.

2. China Jade Hundred Flowers Award

The Chinese Jade (Stone) Artifacts “Hundred Flowers Award” is the only national award and nationwide award in the Chinese jade carving industry. It is highly authoritative, extremely professional and has a broad regional appeal. With the development of China's economy and the prosperity of its cultural industries, the jade carving industry has also presented a new situation with precious products emerging in large numbers and a hundred flowers blooming.

▲ "Dongtian Fudi" by Zhang Bingguang | 2016 Baihua Award Gold Prize

The "Hundred Flowers Award" was approved by the former State Economic Commission and the Ministry of Light Industry in 1981 and is the highest award in China's arts and crafts industry. Over the years, the selection of the "Hundred Flowers Awards" has greatly inspired the enthusiasm of relevant companies and creative designers, and has effectively promoted the development of China's arts and crafts industry.

3. Shanghai Jade Carving Divine Craftsmanship Award

The "Shengong Award" is the largest and highest-level award in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region, jointly organized by the Shanghai Haipai Jade Carving Cultural Association and several other organizations. It is also one of the most influential jade carving selection awards. Based in Shanghai and radiating across the country, we adhere to the main theme of "innovation, humanity, simplicity and refinement" to spread and promote Chinese jade culture.

▲"Mountain Watch at Night" Yuan Yao, Zhu Xiwei | 2020 Shengong Award Special Gold Award

4. Suzhou Lu Zigang Cup

Lu Zigang was a sculptor and jade craftsman during the Jiajing and Wanli periods of the Ming Dynasty. Lu Zigang learned his craft in a jade workshop in Hengtang outside Suzhou since he was a child. He grew up to be an expert in jade carving with quite comprehensive skills. He is proficient in convex patterns, hollow carving, and incised line carving. He is especially good at the technique of plane reduction, which can sometimes create an artistic effect similar to bas-relief.

▲"Boundless Buddha Dharma" by Fu Xuefei | 2020 Lu Zigang Cup Gold Award

The "Zigang Cup" Jade Carving Exhibition was founded by the Jade Carving Professional Committee of Suzhou Arts and Crafts Industry Association in 2008. It is held annually to build a platform for exhibition and skill exchange for the majority of jade carving practitioners. By introducing new products and new people, it promotes the inheritance, innovation and development of contemporary Suzhou jade carving.

5. Caiyun Cup Master Award

The Yunnan Jade Carving Masters' Works Exhibition is a jade carving event hosted by the Provincial Cultural and Industrial Office, the Provincial Stone Industry Joint Conference, the Provincial Arts and Crafts Industry Association and other departments, and co-organized by media such as the Yunnan Daily Newspaper Group, Yunnan People's Broadcasting Station, and Yunnan Television.

▲《Unstained by Dust》Yu Fengye and Chen Qizhen | Gold Award of the Fifth Jincaiyun Cup

6. Guangdong Jade Soul Award

The "Jade Soul Award" is sponsored by the Guangdong Jewelry and Jade Association. It represents the highest level and most authoritative jade carving award in the jewelry and jade industry in Guangdong Province. The winning works of the "Jade Soul Award" will be recommended to participate in the selection of the "Tiangong Award", the highest award in the national jade carving industry, and will have a wide influence across the country.

▲ "Green Tara" Lao Jiang (Huang Xiaopeng) | 2020 Jade Soul Award Gold

7. Bian He Cup Jade Carving Competition

It is hosted by the Tengchong County Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Tengchong County People's Government, the Yunnan Jewelry Association and the Yunnan Tourism Industry Group. It is named after China's "Jade Saint" and the highest award "Bian He Cup" of "China's No. 1 Jade City". It aims to improve the processing technology level of the jade industry, enhance the intrinsic quality of the Tengyue jade brand, cultivate senior jade processing talents, and promote the development of Tengchong's jade industry to keep pace with the developed coastal areas.

▲"The Sun of the Tribe" Wang Chaoyang | The First Bian He Cup Gold Award

8. National Jade Star Award for Jade Carving

In July 2010, the China Gem Association and the Xiuyan County People's Government jointly organized the first national jade carving "Jade Star Award" selection event. This is the second national authoritative jade carving selection event launched by the China Gem Association after the "Tiangong Award". It is also the first beneficial attempt by the China Gem Association to comprehensively and deeply cooperate with local governments to organize jade carving selection activities.

▲"Debate with Scholars" Yin Bingwu | 2017 Jade Star Award Gold

9. China Jade Carving Yuhua Award

The "Chinese Jade Sculpture 'Yuhua Award' Selection" event is sponsored by the China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association, hosted by the Nanyang Municipal People's Government and the Jade Branch of the China Jewelry and Jade Jewelry Industry Association, and co-organized by the Zhenping County People's Government and the Zhenping County Gem and Jade Association.

▲ "Avalokitesvara" | 2021 Yuhuajiang Gold Award

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