Why do Chinese people admire and be obsessed with jadeite among so many other jades?

Jadeite, as a representative of jade culture, is a jade-loving nation with a 7,000-year history of jade culture. Our ancestors created the brilliant ancient jade culture, white jade culture and jadeite culture. From ancient jade and white jade to jadeite hundreds of years ago, it has been widely recognized by the world. Jade is loved by people of all ethnic groups, forming a broad and profound Chinese jade culture. Jade is the essence of mountains, rivers and land, and jade culture is the product of the perfect combination of national wisdom and the essence of mountains, rivers and land. Jade culture is inherited from ancient Chinese traditional culture and is a high-level development of jade culture. It integrates Chinese traditional culture, history, religion, politics and economy, fully reflecting the profoundness of Chinese civilization. In the process of continuous understanding and development of jadeite, jadeite has pushed China's traditional jade culture to its peak. The green color of jade best reflects the personality of the Chinese nation, which is the spirit of peace, hard work and self-improvement; the green color of jade is the main color of nature, representing youth, exuberance, upwardness, and love of life, and it well highlights the hardworking and courageous spirit of the Chinese nation; the green of jade is so mysterious and profound, implicit and dignified, pure and soft, it represents a yearning, a natural force, and a traditional Chinese cultural philosophy and aesthetics. Jade is mainly green, and all colors are compatible and different, representing the unity of the many ethnic groups in our country. It can be said that jade is the soul of China and jadeite is the treasure of China.

Our ancestors believed that jade was a charming and beautiful stone that had some mysterious connection with nature and the universe. They respected it for its beauty and feared it for its love. When the ancestors patiently and meticulously polished those beautiful, crystal-clear stones into meaningful shapes for use in sacrifices and decorations, it illustrated humanity's unique imagination and pursuit of beauty, and represented the beliefs and aesthetic aspirations in people's minds. The beauty and hardness of jade are naturally associated with the supreme ancestors, the supreme natural forces, and the supreme ghosts and gods in the thoughts of ancient people. A large number of ancient written records and some unearthed cultural relics have proved such a historical fact: a piece of jade or ornament expresses the most primitive aesthetic consciousness, the earliest belief and piety, and is constantly given new meanings and plays new roles in the course of historical development. After years of history, my country's unique jade culture has gradually formed.

Jadeite is a representative of jade culture. Since the 19th century, jadeite has been widely circulated among the royal family and the people until today. Since jade artworks are the development of ancient jade culture and the integration of Chinese traditional culture and art, the artistic research on jade has high value both in the history of art and in the history of the development of Chinese civilization. From the discussion of jade in "Classic of Mountains and Seas - Classic of Western Mountains", to the discussions on jade culture in "The Book of Songs" and "Dream of Red Mansions", to the modern research on jade love, jade carving and jade wearing, jade has always been a synonym for many virtues and a symbol of truth, goodness and beauty.

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