The interpretation of animal shaped jades and jadesJade articles shaped like animals had rich meanings:
* * 1. Meaning **
1. * * Butterfly shape **
- The homonym "Fu" implied happiness and good fortune.
- Its tenacious vitality symbolized vitality and vitality. The process of the caterpillar breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly symbolized growth and transformation, symbolizing hope and courage. Its beautiful body color and agile posture also symbolized a free and easy attitude towards life.
2. * * Leopard Style **
- It was the Lightning Killer of the grasslands. It symbolized strength, courage, unlimited potential, and the spirit of adventure and hard work. It was also a symbol of wisdom and strength.
3. * * Pixiu Style **
- It was an auspicious beast that brought fortune. It meant that it was loyal to its master and invincible. It had the meaning of attracting wealth and making a fortune. It was suitable for people in the business world.
4. * * Golden Toad Style **
- It meant that money was rolling in, and its shape was mostly related to gold coins and ingots.
5. * * Dragon shape **
- Since ancient times, it was a divine beast, symbolizing powerful strength. It was the guardian god of the wearer, implying wealth, prosperity, and the role of expelling evil.
6. * * Phoenix Style **
- In the ancient totem era, it was regarded as a divine bird and was worshipped. It was said that it could bring peace and happiness to the people. It was a symbol of good luck and celebration. The dragon and phoenix represented blessings for beauty and beauty.
7. * * Magpie Style **
- Because the name had the word "happy", wearing jade jewelry with the theme of magpie would always be accompanied by happiness. It was often carved with other elements to express rich auspicious meanings such as happy on the branch, magpie climbing the plum tree, etc.
8. * * Peacock Style **
- The symbol is auspicious and has the effect of warding off evil spirits. The peacock spreading its tail means auspicious and spiritual.
9. * * Horned Dragon Style **
- The legendary hornless dragon, in the old civilization, represented the divine, strength, power, and the demeanor of a king. It was fickle and could ward off evil and avoid disasters, meaning beauty and good luck.
10. * * Lion Style **
- As the king of beasts, it represented an extremely high official position and could ward off evil spirits and protect the right path. The jade lion symbolized a generous official salary, might, valor, vitality, and satisfaction in everything.
11. * * Kylin Style **
- The symbol of giving birth to a child, longevity, can pray for the owner to work smoothly, talented.
12. * * Crane Style **
- It symbolized longevity and was known as a first-grade bird. It meant that a first-grade bird was in power or promoted to a higher grade. When paired with pine trees, it meant that pine cranes could prolong life. When paired with deer and parasol trees, it meant that cranes and deer could live together in spring.
13. * * Carp Style **
- It symbolized the carp jumping over the dragon gate, symbolizing the rise of the imperial examination, promotion, and other things. It could also be compared to moving against the current and striving for progress. The dragon-headed fish symbolized rising.
14. * * Seahorse Style **
- The heavenly horses and seahorses symbolized the royal family's mighty power that could reach the sky and enter the sea. They were the embodiment of good luck in ancient myths.
15. * * Zodiac (like a tiger)**
- Different zodiac signs may have different symbolic meanings or characteristics given by people. For example, zodiac tigers may not like to owe favors, trouble others, flatter others, scheme against others, be similar to others, scheme against others, and so on. For some zodiac-shaped jade, it might be related to the zodiac culture, such as being the mascot of the zodiac owner.
* * 2. Historical development **
1. * * Origin **
- As early as the Neolith Age, there were already works with animals as the subject of jade carvings. For example, a large number of jade animal ornaments were found in Neolith cultural sites such as Hongshan Culture and Liangzhu Culture, reflecting the early dependence and competition between humans and animals.
2. * * Special features of each period **
- * * Hongshan Culture **: Most of them are animal sculptures. For example, the famous "China's First Jade Dragon" is in the shape of a "C". It has an elegant shape and may be a symbol of power or tribal totem owned by tribal leaders. The "Jade Pig Dragon" has a fat head and big ears. Its body is curled up in the shape of a "C". It may be an amulet or funerary object used by ancient ancestors to ward off evil spirits and pray for good luck.
- Liangzhu Culture: There are animal pendants in the shape of fish, frog, bird, turtle, and so on. The jade fish is realistic, and the frog and turtle pendants have unique unearthed ruins and modeling features.
- * * Shang Dynasty to Han Dynasty **: In the Shang Dynasty, the animal ornaments carved in jade were mainly deer, rabbits, tigers, birds and other hunting objects, with concise and exquisite patterns. In the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period, the animal jade pendants were miniaturized, with more reliefs and fewer round carvings. In the Warring States Period and the Han Dynasty, the animal ornaments carved in jade had a wide range of subjects, including the appearance of divine beasts such as exorcism and Tianlu. There were reliefs and round carvings, with abstract and realistic styles and both form and spirit. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the divine beasts such as exorcism and Tianlu were still the main ones, but the craftsmanship level was not as good as that of the Han Dynasty.
- * * Tang and Song Dynasties **: The theme of animal jade pendants changed greatly. The Tianlu Pendant and the Evil Repelling Pendant almost disappeared. They were replaced by camels, peacocks, and other accessories. The style was mainly realistic. The carvings were rough and free, and the lines were concise and vivid.
- * * Liao, Jin, Yuan period **: The animal jade pendant presents a unique ethnic customs, and the "Spring Water Jade" and "Autumn Mountain Jade" are the most distinctive.
- * * Ming and Qing Dynasties **: The variety and quantity of animal jade pendants exceeded any previous era. There were divine beast pendants, zodiac pendants, poultry pendants, etc., mainly small round carvings. The palace jade pendants were exquisitely carved, and the folk jade pendants were simple and simple.
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