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An inconspicuous stone called nephrite since the Neolithic times of the Yangshao culture has been very important in the Chinese culture. Even though nephrite and jadeite belong to one family called 'jade', they differ in hardness. Nephrite performed many functions in the Chinese culture, the most important among them are: symbolic and protective. Polishing the hard stone for the Confucianists was...
The Chinese not only esteemed jade for its preciousness and beauty but also perceived it as a stone of great symbolic importance. Among many symbolic meanings ascribed to jade, such as ritual and aesthetic, there is also one less known, i.e. medical. This paper examines the significance of jade as an elixir of immortality and describes the origin of this phenomenon connected with Taoist beliefs, its...
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