The material of jadeite and the modeling of cabbage began to be popular in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. The theme of cabbage and grass insects was common in professional grass insect paintings from Yuan Dynasty to early Ming Dynasty, and it has always been an auspicious theme welcomed by the people.

In addition, cabbage-leaf vegetables have also been used by Du Fu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, as a metaphor for the harsh political environment and the lack of talent. In the tradition of literati painting, they have also been cited as the theme of painting to express similar feelings and secretly admonish the fatuity of politicians.

In an imperial poem entitled "Tiaohe Jade Carving, Frosting and Songhua Inserting" written in Qianlong forty years (1775), Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty, as an emperor, was wary of the tradition that garden officials in Du Fu's poems did not know the metaphor of fine vegetables as an artistic admonition. As the poem goes, "He hetian produced jade, so he joined hands, and Wu Jiang made materials and made utensils properly. Antique cooking is a novelty, but if the atmosphere is enhanced, what can be done? The leaves are wrapped in roots, and the heart is empty. The elegant flower arrangement is a cauliflower, and the peach and Sydney are ashamed and graceful. The people don't have such a beautiful color, and the art admonishes or smiles at me. "

2. Technical level

"Pretty color" is a general professional term in the jade industry, which means that the color on a piece of jade is used very skillfully, and the natural color of jade is used for carving. Such jade carving works can be called "pretty color". It may also be that the color of this piece of jade is just similar to that of cabbage worms, so the craftsman will follow the trend and make the work more interesting.

However, it is believed that both the craftsman in this palace workshop and the jade craftsman who makes jade cabbage are just creative and skillful, and they are created to meet the preferences of sponsors, and because they have not left relevant information records, they also leave viewers more room for imagination.

Knot and Baidu Encyclopedia "Jade Cabbage" and "Pretty Color" are simply edited.