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Jiangxi Province extends south from the southern band of the Middle and Lower Yangtze River valleys. Geographically, Jiangxi is low at its center and high on its four sides.
Archaeological activity came late to Jiangxi, beginning with the discoveries of Rao Huiyuan in Qingjiang County.
Sites with jades of the Late Neolithic Period date derive from Fengcheng, Xunyu, De’an, Jing’an and Shantou in Guangfengshe. Jade types are few, and usually limited to single implements, such as the tube(cong), axe, axe(yue) and arc-shaped pendant(huang).The latter types reflect the influence of the Liangzhu Culture.
During the Shang Period Jiangxi serves as the center of the Wucheng Culture. The advanced level of this Bronze Age culture is reflected in the archeological discoveries at Wucheng site in Zhangshu and at Dayangzhou in Xin’gan.
The majority of jade types(jade is equivalent in meaning to beautiful stone) from the Dayangzhou burial include mostly tremolite nephrite and a small number consist of amlygonite, pyrophylite, turquoise, and crystal. Dayangzhou jades have two outstanding characteristics: one is that in form, décor, carving technique and style the jades reflect the Shang Culture of the Central Plain; Two, decorative features, including trapezoid, diamond,〝hui 回〞character pattern, and various angle type motifs, plus〝臣eye〞types reflect Erlitou Culture style and interest.
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