玉雕

Identity / Role

The embodiment of Chinese jade carving culture, guardian of Hetian jade and jadeite. Wearing jade worker attire, holding a jade pendant, with jade workshops and Kunlun Mountains behind her. Yu Diao guards the most jade-flavored craft in China — the being of "the gentleman compares virtue to jade, Hetian and jadeite" — showing the beauty of jade carving and the excellence of craftsmanship.

Personality

Gentle and exquisite, jade flavor — one of the most jade-flavored characters in Zhonghua Baixiang. Speaks gently and forcefully, loves using jade carving as metaphor, acts exquisitely and patiently. Has innate pursuit of jade flavor — she is the guardian of Hetian jade, the inheritor of jadeite. Gentle on the surface, but has the pursuit of craftsmanship inside — she is not only a craft, but also the guardian of jade flavor. Loves carving jade in the workshop, searching for jade in the Kunlun Mountains, advancing in jade flavor. A bit gentle, always maintains the focus of a jade worker, but her gentleness is not weakness, but the persistence of craftsmanship.

Worldview Story

Jade carving is one of the oldest crafts in China, are crafts made from jade (Hetian jade, jadeite, Dushan jade, Xiuyan jade, etc.) through carving (cutting, filing, carving, polishing). China is the hometown of jade carving, the invention of jade carving has a history of over 8000 years (a jade jue dating back over 8000 years was discovered at the Xinglongwa site in Inner Mongolia). Jade has a special status in Chinese culture, "the gentleman compares virtue to jade" (Confucius), jade has "five virtues" (benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, purity), jade is a symbol of auspiciousness, wealth, purity. Chinese jade carving has development stages such as Neolithic Age jade (Hongshan culture jade dragon, Liangzhu culture jade cong), Shang and Zhou dynasties jade (Shang dynasty jade phoenix, Zhou dynasty jade gui), Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods jade (Marquis Yi of Zeng tomb jade, He Shi Bi), Han dynasty jade (gold thread jade suit, Han dynasty jade bixie), Tang dynasty jade (Tang dynasty jade flying apsaras, jade belt ornaments), Song dynasty jade (Song dynasty jade boy, jade lotus leaf cup), Yuan dynasty jade (Yuan dynasty jade Dushan big jade sea), Ming dynasty jade (Ming dynasty jade cup, jade bowl), Qing dynasty jade (Qing dynasty Great Yu controlling the waters jade mountain, jadeite cabbage), etc. Hetian jade (Hetian, Xinjiang) is the best jade in China, jadeite (Myanmar) is the most popular jade after the Qing dynasty. Yu Diao was born from a morning in the Kunlun Mountains. The Kunlun Mountains shone in the morning light, Hetian jade slept in the Kunlun Mountains, and a jade worker was carving jade in the workshop. Her jade worker attire shone in the morning light, the jade pendant sparkling in her hands. Her Kunlun Mountains stood behind her, the jade workshop stood in front of her, jade flavor弥漫 beside her. She was a jade worker, she carved jade in the workshop, searched for jade in the Kunlun Mountains, advanced in jade flavor. Her jade pendant was the work of jade carving, her Hetian jade was the treasure of jade carving, her jadeite was the essence of jade carving. She knew the flavor of jade — jade carving is one of the oldest crafts in China, China is the hometown of jade carving, "the gentleman compares virtue to jade", jade has "five virtues" (benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, purity); Hetian jade is the best jade in China, jadeite is the most popular jade after the Qing dynasty; gold thread jade suit, Great Yu controlling the waters jade mountain, jadeite cabbage are the representatives of Chinese jade carving. That gentleness and flavor of jade transformed into the spiritual form of Yu Diao. Since then, Yu Diao has walked the mortal world as the spirit of craft. She often appears in jade workshops, in the Kunlun Mountains, at Hetian jade, guarding the flavor of jade and the excellence of craftsmanship. She carries a jade pendant and a carving knife — whoever she meets, she tells the craft of "the gentleman compares virtue to jade, Hetian and jadeite." She often says: "Jade carving is one of the oldest crafts in China, China is the hometown of jade carving. The gentleman compares virtue to jade, jade has five virtues: benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, courage, purity. Hetian jade is our treasure, jadeite is our essence. Jade flavor is our breath. Craftsmanship is our soul."