The coming lunar year of the Metal Rabbit will be an excellent year to invest in a good piece of jade jewellery. Like the previous year of
the Tiger, the elements of 2011 are Metal
and Wood signifying the great value of
green-coloured earth treasure. Green jade symbolizes the great wealth of the earth hidden inside special
JADE
A GREAT YEAR TO INVEST IN
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n the old days, Chinese women always wore jade to indicate their status as ladies, i.e. as coming from noble family backgrounds. Even the ordinary folk - those belonging to trading or commercial families, who had the wealth but not the status of nobility - would celebrate the weddings of their daughters (and sons) by presenting the bride with a piece of jade to indicate their marital status. Men wore jade to signify their rank and importance in the civil and
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military hierarchies and many of the rank badges of the later Ching Dynasty had specially carved jade pieces sewn onto the embroidered insignias. Te wearing of jade thus has always signified someone of high social status so that over the years, jade has come to be regarded not just as a status symbol but also as a specially precious
piece of jewellery
that would protect the wearer from bad people. It became so important that a man’s wives and daughters would almost certainly have some
rocks that are carefully brought above ground, cut, shaped and then polished to become valuable showpieces
worn by both men and women alike. Actually, anytime is a great time to start wearing jade, a stone so precious it is regarded as the stone
of heaven, bridging the realms of the Gods with that of humans.
jade jewellery on their bodies worn either as a belt ornament, a hair pin or as necklaces and rings.
JADE BANGLES Of all the jade items in a man or woman’s treasure chest however, few pieces rank higher than a jade bangle, for the Chinese - practical people that they are - know full well that it takes a very large piece of good jade with suitable colour from which to carve out a bangle. They believe that when a jade bangle is worn on the hand touching the skin and unadulterated with any gold or other precious stones, it emits an invisible aura of energy that not only lightens the surrounding area;
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