DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2014.v02i04.014

Pages: 559-562

Jade culture in ancient China is a significant branch of traditional Chinese culture. With a long history and abundant contents, the profound jade culture occupies an important position in world civilization history. The essay illustrates Chinese jade culture as an independent and complete system through the textual research and analysis of cultural relics and historical data. Under the constant balance and effect of geographic history, social economy, Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism, it has successfully builded up a series of outstanding characteristics different from the jade culture in other area that is closely related to ceremonial culture, anthropomorphized and symbolic.