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For thousands of years, our predecessors in the area of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei lived a rich life on fertile land, worked hard ,and created a brilliant ancient civilization ,leaving posterity with a rich and multi-faceted cultural heritage. One of the most brilliant stars of this cultural heritage is the ancient art of working jade.
1. Beijing Area
Archaeological data of Shang and Zhou eras include representative jades from a Shang tomb at Liujianhe in Pinggu and from Western Zhou tombs with in the Stage Yan Cemetery.
2. Tianjin Area
Tianjin City, neighboring the Bohai and northeast of the Huabei plain, although historically and culturally rich with remains, excavated jades are few. The earliest jades unearthed, are those in the form of slit rings and spoons, discovered at the Neolithic site of Niudaokou, Baodi County.
3. Heibei Area
A rich number of jades has been unearthed from sites in Hebei datin to the Neolithic period .The earliest jades from this area, including slit rings, ornaments and stone animals, were excavated in 2003 at Beifudi in Yixian County, and date approximately 8,000 years ago. In 1995, Longshan Culture jades, including a spade, a tablet(gui) shaped implement, jade and stone cong (tube) were excavated at Dachengshan, Tanshan.
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