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When was jadeite introduced to China?
1. At the latest in the Song Dynasty, jadeite was introduced to China, but the quantity was very small. After the Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, the exchange of jadeite culture between China and Myanmar became more and more frequent, and more jadeite raw stones and products were introduced into China.

2. According to the records in ancient books, jadeite began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it has not been excavated in the archaeological field of jadeite cultural relics in Han Dynasty or Song Dynasty, so the earliest time when jadeite flowed into China still needs to be verified by archaeologists.

3. According to the investigation in Yunnan and Hebei, as early as the Ming Dynasty, Tengchong, Yunnan Province entered Meng Gong, a jade distribution center in Myanmar, to do business. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the jade industry in Tengchong, Yunnan had reached a certain scale.

4. In the book History of Science and Technology in China, British historian Lee Yue Se believes that jadeite was introduced to China from Myanmar via Yunnan after the 8th century/kloc-0. The study of ancient jade in China shows that there are few jadeite products in ancient jade. Although there are some literature records and a few archaeological discoveries, it is still inconclusive whether it is really Burmese jade.