The Review Of The Chu Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade In Eastern Zhou Dynasty

The paper is the study of the Chu Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade in Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and discusses the conception, archaeological discoveries, classification, cultural connotations and North-South differences of the Chu Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade in Eastern Zhou Dynasty.At frist, Dragon And Phoenix appeared as clan totem. It was defined until Han Dynasty. And it was a symbol of royal power. After several thousands of years of development, Dragon And Phoenix has became a synonym of happiness, lucky and graceful. It is impossible to be replaced.Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade was found in the Chu can be divided into ritual objects, adornment, articles for daily use and so on. And we can summarize further that jade of the Chu place extra emphasis on the dynamic in shape and complicated on the decoration. It is Unique. It is their characteristics. It is difference with Central vassal state’s jade obviously. So it becomes typical representative of Southern Jade. But subdivided Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade of the Chu has differences, it is a development track.Society gives rich cultural connotations to jade in Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The Chu was affected deeply, so they ruled strictly.The Chu Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade have moral, religion, aesthetic, political. So we can discover the heart of the people of Chu by the Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade.People of Chu advocate Phoenix, but Dragon Engraved Jade is more than Phoenix Engraved Jade. So we can think that People of Chu like Dragon And Phoenix. It is because their people from different part, advocating witchery, a symbol of royal power, wily national character and distinctive aesthetic taste. But they adored Phoenix because the ethnic composition, religion, political situation and so on. Statistical data shows Dragon Engraved Jade is more than Phoenix Engraved Jade, it mainly because the political situation in that time.A large number of physical is the basis for contradistinction between The Chu Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade and the Central vassal countries. Then we can summary that The Chu Dragon And Phoenix Engraved Jade integrate the Central vassal countries’Jade and add their unique aesthetic. It becomes elegant and lissome feature.