Why do people in China like jade? What does jade mean?
1. Blessed mind: bat, peach, ganoderma lucidum. Peach lives for a long time, but it looks like a heart. With the word "spirit" of Ganoderma lucidum, it means that happiness will make people smarter. This pattern is often used in round carvings and jade brands in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 2. Rejuvenation of crane and deer: crane and deer and pine trees. The ancients called the deer a "fairy beast", and in fairy tales, there was a birthday boy riding a sika deer; Deer and Lu are homophonic, and cranes are homophonic, so it means "Liuhe" is the same as spring (Liuhe refers to heaven and earth, east and west, north and south), and it is also said that it is rich and longevity. More common in jade screen and jade brand. 3. Two dragons playing with beads: two Yunlong and a fire bead. In Tongya, there is a saying that "the dragon ball is in the jaw", and the dragon ball is considered as a treasure ball, which can avoid fire and water. There are two dragons playing with beads, a group of dragons playing with beads, and Yunlong celebrating longevity, all of which mean auspicious and peaceful, and wish peace and longevity. From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, there were round carvings and jade plates. 4. Clouds are full of blessings: moire and bats. It is found on jade brands and snuff bottles in the late Qing Dynasty. Moire is like wishful thinking, which means continuous. Flowing clouds are full of blessings, that is, the meaning of constant blessings. 5. Fish dragons change: there is a Yunlong in the sky and a carp in the water; Yi Long was the first fish, and a carp climbed over the Longmen. In ancient legend, there was a story about carp jumping over the dragon gate. Anyone who can jump over the dragon gate can become a dragon. Those who can't jump over the dragon gate will return by counting the amount, so most of the carp in the Yellow River have red foreheads, and they are all fish that have never jumped over the dragon gate. Fish leaping over the dragon gate means that the road is clear and the change is soaring. There are round carved animals and jade brands, which are common in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 6. Fushou Qi Mei: Bat, peach, water chestnut and plum blossom. More common in jade brands. 7. Pine crane prolongs the year: cranes and pine trees. "Zi Shuo": "The length of pine trees." "reading notes? Ritual vessel: "The pine and cypress have a heart, and they will not change Ke Yiye for four hours." Pine is not only a symbol of longevity, but also a symbol of ambition and restraint. Therefore, prolonging the life of Songhe not only means prolonging life, but also means being noble. More common in jade screen and jade brand. 8. beaming: two magpies stand on the branches of plum blossoms. The ancients thought magpies could give good news, so they were called magpies, and two magpies meant double happiness. Mei is homophonic with the eyebrow, and the magpie is on the plum branch, which means "beaming with joy", "double happiness" and "good news for spring". It is found on flower inserts and jade brands in Qing Dynasty. In addition, if the design is a magpie and a leopard, it is called a "good news map". There are Qing dynasty round carvings and jade brands. The pattern is a spider hanging from a spider web, which is called "happiness falling from the sky", because Chinese folk customs call spiders "spiders". Mostly used in jade brands. The design of a badger and a magpie is called "Happy Land", which is found in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Two badgers are playing with each other, called "Happy Map", carved in the Ming and Qing Dynasties; When two boys smile at each other, it is called "happy meeting"; Four boys who are connected by hand and foot are called "four happy people", and jade carving people are mostly used. 9. Immediately seal Hou: There will be a bee and a monkey at once. Those who immediately seal (bees) Hou (monkeys) with the desire and pattern of immediately rising are called "generation Hou"; A maple tree with a seal and a monkey or a peak with a seal is called sealing Hou Gui seal and hanging seal to seal Hou. It is more common in round carved jade horses and hooks, and it is common in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 10. Good news is ternary: Magpie III, Guiyuan III or Yuanbao III. In the ancient imperial examination system, the first names of the provincial examination, the general examination and the palace examination were Xieyuan, Huiyuan and Champion, which were collectively called "Sanyuan". In the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examinations were based on the "three elements" before Tingshi, namely, the first place, the second place and the flower exploration. "Sanyuan" is the ladder that ancient literati dreamed of and ascended to the official position. Magpie is a lucky bird that announces good news. It means "Sanyuan" with three laurel yuan or three gold ingots, and it is a pattern that expresses hope and yearning. In addition, there are patterns such as "Sanyuan Jihe", "No.1 Scholar Jihe", "Linking with Sanyuan", and "Five Scholars Entering a Subject". Found in jade inlays and jade brands in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 1 1. Ma Gu offers his birthday; Fairy Magu holds a peach. Magu, a fairy in ancient fairy tales. Why do people in China like jade? What does jade mean? Ge Hong's Biography of Immortals says that she is a Jianchang native and lives in Guyushan, southeast of Mouzhou. When Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty was called by Wang Fangping, he surrendered to Cai Jingjia. At the age of eighteen or nineteen, he was able to throw rice into pearls. I said that I had seen the East China Sea turn into a mulberry field three times, and the water in Penglai was shallower than the time, and maybe it will turn to the ground again. Later generations used "vicissitudes of life" as a metaphor for the rapid change of the world. Her fingers are like bird's claws. When Cai Jing saw them, he thought, "When your back itches, you should use this claw to climb your back." It is also said that on March 3rd, the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West, she made wine with Ganoderma lucidum by the Jiangzhu River to celebrate her birthday. Therefore, in the old days, those who wished their women a birthday mostly used objects painted with Magu's birthday patterns as gifts. Found in jade screens and jade brands in Ming and Qing Dynasties. 12. Fu Lu Shou Xi: bats, deer, peaches and happy characters. In the past, people often used the "bat" of bats to mean the "blessing" of happiness; Borrowing "deer" means "Lu"; Shoutao means "longevity" and the word "happiness" is used to express the yearning for happiness, wealth, longevity and celebration. It is more common in jade brands in Ming and Qing dynasties. 14. Five Blessingg holds longevity: five bats have a birthday word. "book? Hong Fan: "Five Blessingg: First, longevity, second, wealth, third, Kangning, fourth, good morality, fifth, final life in the exam." Good virtue means good virtue; The end of the exam means that a good end does not die. And the design of "five blessings". Used for jade brands, it was common in Qing Dynasty. 15. Godson became famous: a rooster with a long neck and five chickens beside him. Teaching chickens (children) to crow with roosters means "teaching children to become famous". There are also patterns such as "Five sons get into the subject", "Teach a son to become a dragon", "Hope a son to become a dragon" and "One-product reign", which express ardent expectations for future generations to achieve successful results. Used for jade brand.