1. Chinese jade culture is unique to China and the oldest harmonious culture in the world.
As early as 7000- 10000 years ago, the influence of jade as a chopping tool on people's lives began to appear. Her appearance and use made people gradually enter civilization from the era of eating blood and drinking blood, which is the earliest embryonic form of jade culture in China. When a substance appears as a culture, it needs to be practiced constantly in the process of labor. Jade culture has gradually formed from jade articles and has gone through such a process. At the same time, this development process has also hatched the core idea of Chinese civilization advocating nature and paying attention to harmony.
Since ancient times, trees without roots and sources without roots cannot survive, and culture without carriers is also empty. To turn abstraction into concreteness, there must be a loadable subject. The carrier of Chinese jade culture is Hetian jade in China.
Hetian jade, produced in Hotan, Xinjiang, China, is a unique mineral resource in China, but it is not a regional brand, but a brand of the Chinese nation. Hetian jade, as a treasure of the Chinese nation, should be introduced to the world as a brand of China. The establishment of brand depends on people's cherish and promotion. Why didn't Hetian jade go abroad and go to the world? That's because no one knew her value at first, and then people gradually realized her economic value, but her humanistic value has been ignored by people.
Any brand must have a carrier, and any culture must have symbols. With the rise of culture and economy in China. Chinese jade culture will become one of the most powerful cultural brands in the world.
Everything and people related to jade in the world are beautiful, happy and happy. Jade gives people a beautiful vision and imagination. Chinese jade culture has always emphasized the word "harmony", while ancient jade culture emphasized "jade virtue". I think modern jade culture should advocate "jade harmony", which runs through the development of Chinese jade culture. Harmony is to bring happiness, pleasure and convenience to others. Harmony is an atmosphere, harmony is a civilization and harmony is a dedication. Everything, things and jade are naturally harmonious, and she can give you good wishes.
People use mirrors because they can let people know the defects of appearance. A gentleman takes jade as virtue because jade can reflect people's hearts. At the same time, people attach some natural characteristics of jade itself to people's moral quality, and give jade a personalized and moral idea of "jade virtue" to advocate and praise it. The virtue of a gentleman is superior to jade, and jade's five virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage and purity" have become the highest standard of ancient moral requirements.
Second, Chinese jade culture comes from the practicality of Hetian jade discovered by primitive people in their labor, and the aesthetics of Hetian jade discovered by civilized people in their labor.
Every culture has its own rules. Chinese jade culture is a summary of the practicality of Hetian jade discovered by primitive people in the process of chopping wood, hunting and lighting fire. A material and culture can't serve mankind, and it is totally worthless. Primitive people created culture in the process of using Hetian jade. At that time, the culture was primitive jade culture, and the culture came from labor. Labor can create both culture and civilization. The appearance of characters is the best record of culture; The formation of the country has made the spread of jade culture reach a higher level, and human civilization has since highlighted human subjectivity. All this is not only the function of Hetian jade in the process of labor, but also the great changes in people's ideology and aesthetic consciousness because of its beauty. It is precisely because of these great changes that Confucian culture personified jade with Confucius as the representative, endowed her with spirit and thought, and made jade a contrast of people's moral sentiments, so all materials and thoughts came from the practicality and aesthetics of Hetian jade.
Thirdly, Chinese jade culture is not only the culture of China, but also the culture of the world.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese characters were simplified, and the word "or" in the word "country" became "jade". This shows that people gradually begin to realize that there is no country without jade, and jade has culture, spirit and thought. A society without culture, spirit and thought cannot be called a country. Jade is material and intangible. The spirit of the Chinese nation is the spirit of jade, and the totem of the Chinese nation is Hetian jade.
The birth of Chinese jade culture is an important origin of world theology. As early as the Wu language period, witches sacrificed jade to the gods, and jade was a possession of the gods. Since then, there has been a connection between jade and god, which has an unusual religious significance. People's worship of jade in this period represents the sacrifice and worship of heaven and god, which is above all else. Jade girl has become the embodiment of "the messenger of God" in people's minds. National belief began in Wu Yu's time and produced the earliest theological theory in the world. Similarly, China's jade culture is the origin of world politics. During the feudal dynasty, because of its unique beauty and scarce resources, jade naturally became the exclusive pet of the royal family and the upper ruling class, thus giving it the attribute of power and status symbol. This is the "Wang Yu era". During the period of Yu Wang, jade was integrated into the ancient national politics of China and made into a jade seal. As one of the symbols of the ruling class, only when the ruler has mastered the imperial seal can he truly master the political power. Similarly, she is also the origin of world economics. The oldest coins were made of jade, and then gradually began to circulate in people's daily life. She is the foundation of world economics. In addition, jade is inextricably linked with music and art. In the development of China culture and world culture, the influence of jade is everywhere. Therefore, Chinese jade culture is the culture of China and the culture of the world.
Fourthly, Chinese jade culture has derived the earliest and most classic investment idea and business idea in the world, that is, "gold is hidden in troubled times, and jade is hidden in prosperous times".
Chinese jade culture has derived the earliest and most classic investment concept in the world-"Gold in troubled times and jade in prosperous times", which vividly illustrates the relationship between investment and management. This sentence tells us that in different social backgrounds, the subject of investment should be different. In troubled times, people invest in gold because it is easy to carry; In peacetime, people need not only material needs, but also spiritual satisfaction. Therefore, it has become a fashion to collect some classic, meaningful, rare, non-renewable and high-quality rare treasures, such as jade and jadeite. Now many investment products in the world are tied by politics. The most advanced investment strategy in modern times is to invest in natural minerals and products that are naturally generated and not artificially over-modified. Therefore, investors should be different in different times and backgrounds.
Once you have a good understanding of the investment background, everyone will realize that only jade and gold are the best investors in the world. Many gems are artificial beauty, and Hetian jade is natural beauty. We don't reject artificial beauty, but we advocate "original ecology, natural beauty" No matter what the background, non-renewable mineral resources in nature are the safest and most reassuring investment. Most artificial material resources are likely to be reduced in price.
Gold and jade in "Gold comes out in troubled times and jade comes out in prosperous times" have become the representatives of tangible value and intangible value. We should learn to invest in things with tangible value and learn to invest in things with intangible value. In primitive times, people only invested their wealth in tangible materials, often ignoring the intangible value contained in some materials. In a civilized period, people should invest their wealth in people and culture with intangible value. Turn tangible into intangible, and understand that only intangible can promote tangible. Learning to invest is a great thing. In the creative period of prosperous times, jadeite, as a collection of intangible value, will become a good investment direction.
Fifthly, Chinese jade culture expounds the valuable theory of material and the priceless theory of culture for the first time; Firstly, the theory of material price and the theory of cultural value are expounded. First of all, it is expounded that human beings should seek immateriality from material and intangible from tangible.
As the old saying goes, gold is valuable and jade is priceless. From this sentence, we can know that Chinese jade culture first expounded the valuable theory of matter and the priceless theory of culture. Gold is valuable because it is a substance. And jade is immaterial, so jade is priceless. Jade is priceless, because it has immateriality and culture, and culture is priceless. Therefore, the earliest explanation of price and value comes from China, jade culture in China, and "gold is valuable, but jade is priceless".
Chinese jade culture first expounds the theory of material price and the theory of cultural value. Price gives the ultimate ownership of material, and culture includes not only price, but also intangible values such as humanity, thought and spirit. So, culture is priceless, so what is the cultural carrier of China? That is Hetian jade in China.
Chinese jade culture first expounds that human beings should look for immateriality from matter. Jade was used as a tool at first, and then people gradually discovered her beauty, and culture came into being in the process of using and discovering beauty. We should be good at looking for her culture in the material, looking for the immaterial in the material, and pursuing the intangible from the tangible.
The relationship between price and value, material and immaterial, tangible and intangible all comes from "gold is valuable, jade is priceless". She told us that people initially pursue tangible things, but ultimately they pursue intangible thoughts, culture and spirit.
6. Chinese jade culture and its carrier Hetian jade can bring people creativity and encourage people to innovate.
Hetian jade is the carrier of Chinese jade culture, which can bring innovation and make people constantly reflect and create. In 2006, the author divided Chinese jade culture into China ancient jade culture and China modern jade culture. The carrier of ancient jade culture in China is jade transformed from jade, and its theoretical basis is "the jade is uncut, and it is not a tool". Under the guidance of the concept of "beautiful jade is not cut", China modern jade culture has created original works of art and products of China modern jade culture, making it the carrier of China modern jade culture.
Modern society is characterized by the lack of resources, the indifference between people and the disharmonious melody in society. Therefore, modern jade culture advocates the idea of "harmony between jade", emphasizes the harmony between people, people and nature, people and society, and advocates "original ecology and natural beauty". Ancient jade culture in China is the foundation of Chinese jade culture, while modern jade culture in China is an extension of ancient jade culture in China and a continuation, promotion and inheritance of Chinese jade culture. Therefore, there is no distinction between ancient jade culture in China and modern jade culture in China.
The creative artworks and products of modern jade culture in China created under the guidance of the concept of "beautiful jade does not grind" adhere to the green design of "circular creativity", and its main treasure, the original stone of Hetian jade seed in China, can be re-created and reused, which is endowed with new life. This is also the embodiment of harmony between man and nature and between man and society, and it is also a good way and idea to protect and carefully use limited natural resources.
Summing up the above six points, but not limited to the above six points, we can proudly say that Chinese jade culture is the root of China culture and the soul of world culture. Her revival is of irreplaceable significance to the development of Chinese civilization. As China people, we should strive and be proud that we, China and the world have such a profound cultural foundation and soul!