Working jade

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Working jade발음듣기

(Music) Jade working in China dates back more than 6000 years.발음듣기

The Chinese term for jade is Yù.발음듣기

This term refers to a variety of hard stones that are either transparent or semi-transparent.발음듣기

The two main stones are nephrite, found in many parts of the world, and jadeite.발음듣기

In China, the best nephrite is found in the river beds near Hetian in Xinjiang Province.발음듣기

Jadeite was imported from Burma, beginning around the 1700s.발음듣기

Jade is too hard to be carved.발음듣기

In the past, artists would shape jade by abrading it with various tools worked with sand and water.발음듣기

The working of jade can be seen as a three step process.발음듣기

Cutting the overall shape, abrading the details, and polishing the surface.발음듣기

This is Yun Sang Leung, a jade artist who lives in Niagara Falls, Canada.발음듣기

Mr. Leung apprenticed in Hong Kong and worked jade there for many years.발음듣기

(Sawing) He demonstrates the old method of using a bow and abrasives to saw a Talisman.발음듣기

Today artisans use power tools such as a dentist drill.발음듣기

The bits are covered with ground diamonds.발음듣기

Mr. Leung is demonstrating jade working using modern methods.발음듣기

He makes, however, an ancient shape.발음듣기

(Music) The cicada, modelled on one in the museum collection and about 200 years old, is associated with the concept of rebirth.발음듣기

Cicadas live under ground for years.발음듣기

In the final stage of their life, they emerge above ground.발음듣기

In ancient China, a cicada like this would have been placed on the tongue of a deceased person as a way of preserving the vital energy in the body.발음듣기

(Polishing sound) According to an old Chinese saying, gold is valuable but jade is invaluable.발음듣기

The book of rights, compiled about 2300 years ago, states if a ruler observes the rights of the state, white jade will appear in the valley.발음듣기

Confucius noted that the wise have likened jade to virtue.발음듣기

Jade is still highly valued by the Chinese.발음듣기

(Machine) Artisans produce both traditional and contemporary forms, employing modern technologies.발음듣기

Jade work is surely one of the world's oldest artistic traditions. (Music)발음듣기

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