First, jade ritual vessels

Emperors, tribal chiefs and wizards all use special jade articles for "ceremonies" when offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, gods and ancestors.

The most typical jade ritual vessels are "six vessels", which are referred to as "six vessels" for short: Bi, Yan, Gui, Zhang, Hu and Huang.

Its standard colors and uses are: Heaven, Lidi, Qingdong, White, Libei and Libei.

Other jade ritual vessels include jade Qing, a percussion instrument for grand sacrificial activities, a jade book for recording sacrificial words and ceremonies, and Yulong for praying for rain and wind.

Second, Yu Ruiqi

"Shuo Wen Jie Zi" says: "Rui, Xin Yu." It is also explained that jade is called a ritual vessel when it is used for offering sacrifices to gods, and a Rui vessel when it is used as a "human-held" token, and "Rui is the floorboard of ghosts".

In other words, ancient emperors and officials used different jade articles they held or wore as keepsakes to distinguish their official ranks. This kind of jade is called rich jade.

The most typical jade-Ruiqi is "Six-Ruiqi". Six kinds of Rui vessels are made by changing the shape of Gui and the decorative pattern of jade in the six-ritual vessels for four times, thus making six kinds of Rui vessels for use by six officials.

Zhou Li Chun Gong Da Bo said: "Wang Zhi Zhengui, Gong Zhi Heng Gui, Hou Zhi Xin Gui, Zhi Bo Gonggui, the ancient treasure of purple, the universal treasure of the door." It can be seen that although the six rites originated from two of the six rites, their functions are completely different. Liu Rui is not usually abbreviated as Liu Rui, so Liu Qi refers to Liuli. Other jade articles include water (Hu) and hand boards used in court.

The Book of Rites says: "Well, the emperor used jade balls, the princes used elephants, the doctors used fish as bamboo, and the scholars used bamboo."

The word "ball" in the text is beautiful jade, which means: the emperor used beautiful jade, the vassal used ivory, and the doctor decorated bamboo with fish skin. There are Lingguan, Zhu Chao and so on.

Third, the law

The seal carved with jade is called the jade seal, and the jade seal used by emperors and queens is called the jade seal.

Fourth, jade ritual vessels

Jade ritual vessels, such as Yufu, Yuge, Yu Qi, Yudao and Yuyue, are often used in welcoming guests, fighting, banquets, weddings and funerals.

Five, jade ornaments-both men and women, used to wear the whole body, are classified as jewelry, such as:

Jade roast: annular, the meat (jade part) is bigger than the good (hollow round part).

Yuhuan: ring, meat is less than good.

Jade bracelet: ring.

Jade Jue: ring-shaped, leaving a gap.

Yu Ruyi: Ganoderma lucidum has a head shape and a handle.

Yu Pei: There are many kinds of sculptures in Yu Pei, including sacred objects, animals and plants.

Jade plate refers to: it is worn on the finger for protection when shooting arrows, and it is called jade plate in Gao Guyu.

Jade belt hook: used to buckle the belt.

Jade beads: made of jade beads or jade pieces, worn on the neck and chest.

Hosta: used for hair.

Six, jade decoration and hand play

Those that are larger than ornaments and can only be placed for viewing or playing are classified as ornaments and playing, such as jade mountain, jade pot, jade bottle, jade screen, jade fragrance, jade flower insert, jade man and jade beast.

Seven, jade life.

Utensils with practical functions in life, such as: jade bowl, jade chopsticks, jade pot, jade cup, jade feather, jade statue, jade washing and so on.