Jade Huang - Liangzhu Culture (2500~3000B.C.)
良渚文化 (2500~3000B.C.)玉璜
It measures 7.48 cm x 2.94 cm x 0.31 cm and weighs 12.3 grams.
在新石器時代出土玉器種類中玉璜佔有一席之地，而且出土數量較多，分佈區域較廣，延續時間較長。《說文解字》中：“璜，半璧也”又釋“環，璧也”。玉璜是古代玉器的重要組成部分，到周代更成為為玉禮器中“六器”（璧、琮、圭、琥、璋、璜）之一。並成為“君子無故玉不去身”的“德佩”之核心。《周禮•大宗伯》載曰：“以玉作六器，以禮天地四方。以蒼壁禮天，以黃琮禮地，以青圭禮東方，以赤璋禮南方，以白琥禮西方，以玄璜禮北方。”可見玉璜在古代社會中重要地位。
Jade huang ornament possesses a niche in the jade wares unearthed from the Neolithic Age, characterized by large quantity, wide distribution and long duration. Jade huang ornament plays an important role in the ancient jade wares. With the deep research of archaeological relics of the Neolithic Age recent years, jade huang display an ascending tendency both towards quantity and variety. And the academic circle has steered the direction of jade huang research from researching by means of historical documents to interpreting jade huang using archaeological typology, gender archaeology, thus implementing a deep research on the metaphysical meaning of jade huang in the Neolithic Age.
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