An important tomb has been discovered near an altar, in which archaeologists discovered funerary objects, including a jade yue axe and a tortoise shell. Gu says that in ancient China, yue axes ...

Ancient Chinese believed that jade could preserve the body. If jade is placed in all bodily orifices, the dead would be ...

In Chinese, yumen means "jade gate". Raw jade once traveled through the corridor, part of the ancient Silk Road, to workshops where it was transformed into exquisite ritual and ornamental pieces.

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of Chinese ceramics, "Together with the classical and modern paintings and ...

Visitors view a jade dragon of the Hongshan culture at ... have offered new evidence of the brilliance of ancient Chinese civilization. These discoveries mark the largest number of such artifacts ...

The astonishing Chinese collections in the Palace museums ... "This stand is made of ancient jade, but the jade bowl that once went with it is long gone. As one cannot show a stand without a ...

Of emperors and dynasties - see how ancient jade and gold, dragons and cranes are used in eye-catching, new ways The history of jewellery in China is long and well documented, with pieces dating ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful ... Narrator: People also used the precious stone jade to create beautiful jewellery and treasures.