As the top jade material of Hetian Qingyu, jasper is also known as "green jasper", because of its unique thick green, it is known in the industry as "spinach green without lights", its color is pure and consistent, the color is calm and contains rigidity, the luster is warm and moist, and it is closer to nature than green jade.
The biggest advantage of jasper is that the particles are extremely fine and the toughness is superior, which means eternal green and endless life, and it is famous for being used by the gold and jade medals of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Spinach green without lights
Because of its unique fineness and toughness, jasper is the most suitable jade for making thin tire utensils, which can vividly show the excellent material properties of jasper, which was favored by emperors in ancient times, and is also a jade collector and market fan in modern times.
2013 Tiangong Gold Award "Auspicious Amphora"
Each piece of jasper rough can take on spinach green without a light, so it also gives the jade master a great opportunity to display his talents. The deep and pure color makes the jade carved by the masters domineering and heavy, and the delicate and warm texture can show the exquisite carving technology of the masters, allowing the masters to create breathtaking exquisite jade.
2013 Tiangong Gold Award "Four Sheep Fangzun"
In the face of the selection of such a major domestic award as the "Tiangong Award", many craftsmen and carving masters have refined jasper material into a tool to show extraordinary creation and craftsmanship.
2016 Tiangong Gold Award "Standing Bird Kettle"
In addition, in the previous "Tiangong Award" and other major domestic awards, there have been awards for jasper carving works, in addition to many craftsmen and jade carvers to promote, choose this material to show their exquisite carving technology.
2018 Tiangong Award Bronze Medal Work "Standing Bird Kettle"
Therefore, jasper is also known as "master jade", that is, jade that is "born for the master".
Materials for the 2008 Olympic gold and jade medals
Because the green jade is generally larger, a large piece of material often has multiple grades of germplasm, and the green material is the companion material of the green jade, there is no fixed position, there is no fixed size, it is extremely difficult to take out a larger and more complete piece of jade, so the whole piece of jade material becomes particularly rare, and high-quality jade material is more unattainable.
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is a great historical moment for China to realize the dream of the Olympic Games in its 100th anniversary, and the gold and jade medals have broken the shackles of the single material of the medals of previous Olympic Games and become a precious Olympic cultural heritage.
Gold-encrusted jade medals
Among them, the material of hetian jade ring on the bronze medal of gold inlaid jade medal is the natural high-quality Hetian jade jasper selected, which means to commemorate China's century-old Olympic dream with the highest specification and highest quality jade.
The deep green color of the jasper medal symbolizes the thickness of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, inherits the 8,000 years of jade culture, and becomes the most beautiful scenery in the Olympic cultural heritage, and at the same time, it also makes China's gold and jade shine in the world!