On The Folk Custom Of Jade Worship In Ancient China

The folk custom of jade worship has formatted on the based of the fact that people worship jade, it is a kind of spiritual folk custom. In the Chinese traditional culture, jade culture of china is able to exist early and spread continuously without decline, the folk custom of jade worship is one of important contents. The folk custom of jade worship has existed in prehistoric society and had important statue in the Chinese traditional culture. The folk custom of jade worship of the ancient china has three developed stages, namely the jade for gods, the jade for king or emperor and the jade for the folk. The stage of the jade for gods occurred about B.C 6000. At this stage, the owner of jadeware offered sacrifices to gods or ancestors by jadeware, and through it they conveyed the idea from gods that they knew. The stage of the jade for king or emperor had predominated from the Xia Dynasty to the Five Dynasty(A.D 907–960), the jade for king reached the peak in the Zhou Dynasty and lasted by the form of the jade for emperor in the period of the Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty. Till Song Dynasty, the stage of the jade for folk had occurred, and it ended in Qing Dynasty. At the stage of the jade for king or emperor, jadeware mainly served the purpose of king or emperor. Although the jadeware still served the purpose of emperor at the stage of the jade for folk, it mainly served the purpose of folk. The jade for folk has been compatible with the jade for emperor was compatible till Qing Dynasty and it was close to the folk life. The folk custom of jade worship of ancient china reached the peak in Qing Dynasty.The folk custom of jade worship has essential distinction with superstition, and it is a kind of outstanding cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. It has various culture meanings(beautify, avoidance of supernatural beings, auspices, status, political power, traditional culture) and it has played aesthetic, inspiring and agglomerate functions ,etc. The studying of the folk custom of jade worship in ancient china has had special value. It is significant for carrying forward national culture, promoting the research of folk custom, strengthening national aesthetic consciousness and developing national cohesion.The present, there is at an early stage of the study of the folk custom of jade worship. The systematic study of the article try to use the multi-disciplinary way(the theories and methods of folklore, etc).In terms of folk custom history, the article carried on discussing on the questions, such as content, origin, development, nature, function, position, and the studying meanings of the folk custom of jade worship, etc. The article particularly study the contact of the folk custom of jade worship and excellent tradition culture in china, ancient ritual system, folk custom of dragon worship, folk custom of phoenix worship, auspicious culture, etc. The article has tried to make the past serve the present and contributed it towards the construction of socialist culture by the study on the folk custom of jade worship of ancient china.