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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City' has mentioned 'Jade' in the following places:
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The Liangzhu culture (/xcbx88ljxc9x91xcbx90xc5x8bxcbx88dxcax92uxcbx90/; 3400xe2x80x932250 BC) was the last Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China. | WIKI |
The culture was highly stratified, as jade, silk, ivory and lacquer artifacts were found exclusively in elite burials, while pottery was more commonly found in the burial plots of poorer individuals. | WIKI |
Contents 1 Disappearance 2 City-building and agriculture 3 Artifacts and technology 4 Jade work 5 Religion 6 Genetic studies 7 See also 8 References 8.1 Footnotes 8.2 Sources | WIKI |
Also discovered inside and outside the city are a large number of utensils for production, living, military and ritual purposes represented by numerous delicate Liangzhu jade wares of cultural profoundness; the remains including city walls, foundations of large structures, tombs, altars, residences, docks and workshops. | WIKI |
Jade work[edit] | WIKI |
Jade bi from the Liangzhu culture. | WIKI |
The jade from this culture is characterized by finely worked large ritual jades, commonly incised with the taotie motif. | WIKI |
Jade pendants were also found, designed with engraved representations of small birds, turtles and fish. | WIKI |
Many Liangzhu jade artefacts had a white milky bone-like aspect due to its tremolite rock origin and influence of water-based fluids at the burial sites, although jade made from actinolite and serpentine were also commonly found. | WIKI |
[19] Jade artifacts unearthed from Liangzhu sites are said to have been influential on the development of other neolithic cultures in China: "The impactful legacy of Liangzhu Culture is seen in Longshan in Shandong, Taosi in Shanxi, Qijia in Ganqing and many other sites in northern Shaanxi, where cong tubes, bi disks and other jade objects reminiscent of Liangzhu Culture have been unearthed. | WIKI |
"[20][21] Liangzhu jade work is also said to have had a lasting influence on ritual objects in later periods of Chinese culture. | WIKI |
The Liangzhu "ancient city" or Liangzhu site-complex controlled the best jade products, but less important centers also produced elite crafts, which lead researchers to believe the Liangzhu culture was not a simple pyramid structure society in terms of status levels. | WIKI |
Many minor centers had access to their own jade (nephrite). | WIKI |
However, the Liangzhu elites at the ancient city communicated and exchanged goods with elites from other parts of the Liangzhu world (and also in other regions of Longshan-era China) and set the criteria of what jade should look like. | WIKI |
The Liangzhu did not seem to be importers of jade, even though they did export it extensively. | WIKI |
3300-2300 BCE, the Peripheral Water Conservancy System with complex functions and socially-graded cemeteries (including an altar), and the excavated objects represented by series of jade artefacts symbolizing the belief system, as well as its early age, the property represents the remarkable contributions made by the Yangtze River Basin to the origins of Chinese civilization. | UNESCO |
the City Site, the Peripheral Water Conservancy System, the socially-graded cemeteries (including an altar), and excavated objects represented by jade artefacts, as well as the natural topography that is directly linked to the function of the sites. | UNESCO |
The objects unearthed from the four areas represented by jade artefacts authentically preserve the shape, categories, decorative patterns, functions, materials and the complex processing technologies and exquisite craftsmanship of the artefacts. | UNESCO |