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Liangzhu Jade Carving
Most of Liangzhu jade carvings are Cong, Bi and Yue in grand and precise designs. The decorations are mostly mysterious human and beast figures, and incised carving and relief carving techniques are combined perfectly to represent the highest standard of jade carving at that time. Together with jade carvings of Hongshan Culture in the north, they created a bright chapter of jade carving in the Neolithic period. In summary, the jade carvings in Liangzhu Culture have the following characteristics: 1. the raw materials were mostly from local places and some of them are carved on soft jade; 2. the big jade carvings were mostly related to religion, worshipping and wealth, the decoration jade carvings were mostly small ones, and there was no jade carvings for production; 3. the jade carvings for ritual purposes were well designed and carved, and they were also grinded to make the surface smooth. Some unearthed jade carvings have a special shell, or glass shell, to protect the surface; 4. the decorations of jade carvings were mostly bass-relieves and incised carvings. The arcs and cuneal lines were obviously carved with hard tools; 5. beast face lines and face lines of mixed human and beast were very special and symmetrically designed, changing from simple to complex and from rough to fine; 6. the jade walls are mostly plain.
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