Jade Story丨Behind the Jade Bracelet is a Microcosm of China's Millennium Culture

The Culture of Jade Bracelets

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Chinese people uniquely love jade. They love not only the enchanting green color, but also the stories, culture and legends behind jade. Jade is alive. If you love it, even if it has scars, it will slowly heal. Only people who understand jade can interpret the spiritual wisdom of jade and love jade as they love life.

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Jade culture is a microcosm of China's 7,000-year-old culture. The Chinese nation loves jade with great sincerity, obsession and craziness, and thus formed the traditional Chinese concept of using jade, which is to respect jade, love jade, wear jade, appreciate jade and play with jade. In ancient China, people used jade's warm color to represent kindness, its tough texture to symbolize wisdom, its non-injurious edges to represent fairness and justice, and its clear and pleasant sound when struck to reflect the virtue of integrity.

The Story of the Jade Bracelet

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There has been a saying among the people that jade can ward off disasters and evil spirits, and wearing a jade bracelet can help the owner resolve all negative influences and protect the wearer's auspicious blessings. We often hear that someone encounters an accidental accident and finds that he or she is miraculously unharmed, except that his or her beloved jade bracelet is damaged in the accident. Or someone bought a bracelet in the early years, the quality of which was not very good originally, but in recent years it has become more and more sour with wear, and it has become more and more green, which means that the person must be blessed with great fortune. In fact, although these claims have no scientific basis, they are not groundless. Jade itself is a natural crystal that has absorbed the essence of heaven and earth and has been nurtured for thousands of years. It is rich in minerals. When worn close to the body for a long time, it can promote microcirculation through the human body's magnetic field. As the saying goes, people nourish jade and jade nourishes people.

Jade has high hardness and rich colors. The warmth of jade is in line with the traditional temperament of oriental women, and can better set off the skin tone of Chinese women, making the wearer gentle, tough, virtuous and elegant. From ancient times to the present, many thoughtful and interesting women like to wear jade bracelets.

The story behind the jade bracelet

Soong Mei-ling

As a pioneer in jade fashion in the 20th century, Soong Mei-ling collected a lot of jade throughout her life. The most famous of them was the jade twisted bracelet she often wore. In the mid-1930s, Tie Baoding, the jade king in Beijing, bought a piece of jade material. The emerald green color was excellent. Although it had some flaws, skilled craftsmen carved it into a pair of twisted bracelets, which concealed the flaws and highlighted the emerald green. The style was novel, the emerald green color was bright and watery. Tie Baoding sold the bracelet to Du Yuesheng for 40,000 yuan, and Du gave it to his wife. When Soong Mei-ling saw Mrs. Du wearing the bracelet, she fell in love with it at first sight and couldn't let it go. Seeing how obsessed Soong Mei-ling was with it, Mrs. Du had to give it up. Soong May-ling was extremely fond of jade and often wore it to various important occasions. Jade accompanied her throughout her long years until her death in 2003. It can be seen that among the many jade items, jade bracelets are the most loved by women. They seem to be the most spiritual and have the ability to recognize people.

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In ancient times, when powerful people got married, their mothers would usually give their daughters a pair of jade bracelets, wishing them a happy marriage, a harmonious life together. It also implies that the husband the daughter marries is a gentle, modest and elegant gentleman.

Times change, but the beautiful meaning of bracelets remains unchanged. Whether it is parents expressing their blessings to their married daughter, lovers conveying silent love, or children offering their love to their mother, jade bracelets can act as a messenger to depict this pure and beautiful emotional sustenance.

Jade bracelets have been loved by countless women throughout the ages. They are not only a symbol of beautiful meaning, but also a witness to the development of history. Research shows that jade bracelets originated from jade ritual objects - jade bi and jade cong - from the late Neolithic period. Flat bracelets originated from the deformation of jade bi and jade bi, such as jade yuan and jade ring; thick bracelets originated from jade cong. The evolution of bracelets has also experienced the gradual sublimation of totems, contracts, decorations, and art. Its functionality, aesthetics, and practicality have been continuously refined with the progress of the times in the course of history. From the earliest singleness to today's richness and variety, it has been personalized according to occasions, locations, identities, moods, and other factors.

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