The custom of burying with jade has a long history, and "jade burial" has appeared in the late primitive society. The ancients regarded jade as a mountain and river spiritual essence that absorbed the essence of the yin and yang of heaven and earth, and believed that only by using jade to block the nine tricks of the human body, the effect of incorruptible corpses could be achieved. Jade, jade plug, jade grip, jade covering, etc. came into being, and eventually developed to the use of jade clothes to dress the body of the corpse. This is another manifestation of the ancients' deification of jade. Influenced by the pre-Qin Confucian "precious jade" and the idea of filial piety, the royal family and nobles not only did not leave the jade before they died, but also buried with a large number of jade objects after death. Funerary jade reached its peak in the Han Dynasty.
▌[Spring and Autumn] Jade deer
Length 2.2cm Height 1.6cm Thickness 0.35cm
Tomb No. 1 of Zuozhuang Village, Yuehe Town, Tongbai County, Nanyang City, was excavated. White jade, partly black lacquered, warm and transparent. The fawn stands upright, with two short horns, an open mouth, and a curved neck.
▌ [Western Zhou] Jade hand held
Length 8.9 cm Diameter 2.4 to 2.7 cm
Tomb No. 202 of the Wanjiayuan Tomb in Nanyang City was excavated. Held in pairs, yellow-green, visible black spots, polished throughout. One end is slightly thicker, the other is slightly thinner, and the middle is tied at the waist. One is a cylinder and the other is slightly flattened. There is a bull nostril on the top and bottom surface.
▌[Spring and Autumn] Dragon pattern jade ring
Outer diameter 10.55 cm Inner diameter 6.15 cm Thickness 0.2 ~ 0.3 cm Tomb No. 1 of Zuozhuang Village, Yuehe Town, Tongbai County, Nanyang City was excavated. black. The front is decorated with double hooks and yin lines engraved with dragon head patterns, divided into two layers, each layer is 12, the dragon head pattern is not very regular, the size of the width and narrowness are different. On the flesh of the back there are nine lines of yin carved that are perpendicular to the good diameter, or full, or half, or a little. It should be a burial jade.
▌ [Han] Jade Beast
Length 3.35cm Width 1.9cm Height 2.1cm
Tomb No. 26 of the Riverfront Residential Community of Tianguan Group in Nanyang City was excavated. Black, round sculpture, reclining position. Tiger-shaped head, long ears, flexed body, long tail. It should ward off evil spirits for the legendary divine beasts. The shape is vivid, the image is conveyed, and the animal form is vivid and vivid with a few knives, which embodies the concise technique of "Han Eight Knives"
▌[Spring and Autumn] Dragon pattern jade ge
Length 23.7cm Width 9.1cm Thickness 0.7cm
Tomb No. 1 of Zuozhuang Village, Yuehe Town, Tongbai County, Nanyang City, was excavated. Altered Anshan Rock, milky white, black Qin. Flat body, curved front, the rear has three single-sided drilling, straight inside. Both sides of the instrument are engraved with yin engraving, and the ornamentation is basically the same. In the middle of the aid, the gui head shaped front and the direct aid have a hu-shaped go-shaped pattern, and the go-shaped pattern is decorated with dragon patterns and simplified dragon patterns. The go-shaped pattern is simplified with a dragon pattern, oval order. The inner rear is decorated with animal face patterns and cloud patterns, and one side is decorated with a simplified dragon pattern on each side of the animal face pattern. The ge is exquisitely shaped and exquisitely decorated, which is a rare boutique.
This article is excerpted from the 8th issue of the "Collection" magazine in 2019 "Jade out of the Mountains and Rivers: Exhibition of Ancient Jade Excavated in Nanyang Area", please pay attention to the current issue of the magazine for more content.