The history of Jade is perhaps as long as the Chinese civilization. The Chinese love jade not only for its beauty, but also for its culture, meaning and humanity. As jade stands for beauty, grace and purity, it has been used in many Chinese idioms to signify beautiful things or people. Jade is the most highly prized material for the Chinese; it is placed above silver and gold.
Beautiful ornaments, sculptures, vases, even portraits of deities, landscapes and houses, studded with green, pink white and brown jades are easily available in all jewelry stores and shopping malls.
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