摘 要: | GOLD may be the worldacknowledged interna-tional hard currency,but within the contextof millennia-old Chi-nese culture, jade is infinitely more pre-cious. There is an ancient Chinese say-ing: "Gold may be evaluated, but jade ispriceless."In the China of 8,000 years ago,jade was regarded as a distillation ofthe essences of heaven and earth, andhence sacred. Its dominant role with-in Chinese history and culture makesjade and jade craft a symbol of Chi-nese civilization. Whereas Westernpre-hi…
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