There is jade in Mount Tai, but many people don’t know it.
Taishan jade is produced in the foothills of Mount Tai and was formed in the Xidian subunit of the Nanluopo superunit during the Fuping period of the Archaean Neoarchaean, about 2.536 billion years ago.
In the Zen ceremony mentioned above, there is a link called "Burn Jade". "Burn jade is a jade used to offer sacrifices to gods in ancient times. After the sacrifice, it is burned and smoke rises." At that time, due to the long distance and limited manpower, the Hotan jade produced in Xinjiang could not reach the Central Plains.
According to the important ancient book of the pre-Qin Dynasty, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas": "There are many jade on Mount Tai... The water around it comes out, and flows eastward into the river, and there are many jade in it." Therefore, Taishan jade is also defined as a royal jade species.
"Confucius' Family Sayings"
In Chapter 36, Questioning Jade, Confucius replied to Zigong that gentlemen in ancient times compared jade to morality and symbolized virtue. . The eleven qualities of jade, including benevolence, wisdom, righteousness, propriety, music, loyalty, faith, heaven, earth, virtue, and Tao, are consistent with those of a gentleman. Therefore, a gentleman is like jade.
Hundreds of millions of years of natural baptism, the origin of the sacred mountain, the influence of famous emperors and emperors in the past dynasties, and the rendering of literati and poets combined with the natural aura have made Taishan jade form its unique history and culture.
For thousands of years, allusions and proverbs such as Heavy as Mount Tai, Safe as Mount Tai, Steady as Mount Tai, Mount Tai and Beidou have been widely circulated and become an integral part of the Chinese national spirit. The noble sentiments of Taishan jade, which would rather be destroyed than broken, broken rather than bent, and unyielding, inspire the Chinese people to strive for the great cause of the nation. People admire Mount Tai, praise Mount Tai jade, and use Mount Tai jade to express their hopes and wishes.