For 5,000 years, the tomb hid a large stone dragon — but not anymore. Archaeologists spent four months excavating the ancient stone tomb in Chifeng and found dozens of jade artifacts ...

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With jade material, artisans often sculpt ancient relics in Chinese culture, engrave Chinese calligraphy and Buddhist scriptures, and then polish to show the stone veins on the motifs. The artifacts ...

On the mountainside, a stone dragon ... in both Han (Chinese) and Manchu languages. Both inscriptions are in the handwriting of Emperor Qianlong. In ancient times, the Jade Spring Mountain ...

The Chinese associate jade with clarity of mind and purity of spirit. Some of the ancient symbolic motifs still used in modern jade carvings (both nephrite and jadeite) include: Bat—happiness ...