Chinese Jade?
[2008-06-18 16:02:01]

Q: I am an asian and was wondering, what is the symbolic meaning to a jade turning white?

A: It means someone doctored the low-level white jade with a polymer to make it appear to be the more expensive green jade. See this link;

http://www.mingjade.com/

Garden & Landscape »

How can i produce chinese jade seeds?
[2007-10-21 11:40:11]
Antique Chinese Jade Relief Pendant

I bought a mature chinese jade tree at wal-mart and it had white blooms, do i need to polinate it so it can produce seeds or is it able to produce seeds on its own, and how will i know if seeds are growing? I live in canada, im in zone 5.


There are many comments and quite a bit of information about jade plants on this site:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/9/
No seeds, propagation is done through cuttings. When I lived in southern California, we had a

King Jade II owner regrets bringing sex offender to Grafton
GRAFTON, Mass. - Nathan Nguyen, owner and manager of Grafton's King Jade II Restaurant, is having second thoughts about the delivery driver he recently hired.

Robert Victor Dumont, 67, of 234 Church Avenue, Northbridge, is a Level 3 sex offender recently hired by the King Jade II Chinese Restaurant at 78 Worcester Street, Grafton. The announcement of his registration with Grafton Police as the town of Grafton's fifth Level 3 sex offender caused a stir at the restaurant within hours.

Nguyen said he has already had so many complaints at his Grafton branch that he has decided not to

Mythology & Folklore »

What do the different shapes of carved Chinese jade signify?
[2006-06-28 20:37:07]
Antique Chinese Jade Relief Pendant

I know that the hand-carved shapes of Chinese jade stand for different things. The animals of the Chinese zodiac are representative of themselves, for example. But there are other shapes... butterfly, vase, etc. and I was told that each of them had


Yes, almost everything is symbolic of something in Chinese culture! It would take a THICK book to even begin to scratch the surface of Chinese symbolism & motifs!

I've listed a few common symbols and their general meaning:

Fashion & Accessories »

Do you like to buy chinese jade product on ebay?
[2007-11-09 02:56:38]
Antique Chinese Jade Relief Pendant

Hi, I wanna run a store about jade product on ebay such as jewelry,decoration,typical chinese things.
so, if you are surffing on ebay , occasionally discover a nice thing that come from China, would you pay for it?
If you don't , why?


I would never buy jade on the internet, I need to see the quality in person, and to be assured that its not fake.

Chinese Jade - News
Innovative "lucky coin" building under way in China
"It's a real fusion of Western and Chinese design," says chief project engineer Wang Zhanshan. "The distinctive feature of the building is that it is shaped like an old Chinese jade or a waterwheel and also has good feng shui for attracting fortune.

As Myanmar opens up to West, relations with China begin to fray
On Lashio's main road to China, trucks rumble by all day. Those from China are packed with refrigerators, televisions, and other consumer goods. Those leaving are clogged with timber, bags of cheap coal and other resources. Smugglers run drugs, jade

Record Turnout for Asia's Largest Spring Jewellery Fair
The Designer Galleria is a showcase of hip collections, while specialt y interests are represented in the Antique & Vintage Jewellery Galleria, the Hall of Jade Jewellery, the Hall of Time, for watches and clocks, and the Exclusive Showroom,

90 seconds at 9 am with BNZ
The current VC of Canterbury Uni and former CEO of Jade Software. Was acting RBNZ Governor in 2002 before Bollard's appointment. Unlucky to miss out then. Wild card overseas candidate. Tim Geithner needs a job. So does Dominique Strauss Kahn.

China soon will overtake India as top gold market
China became the world's largest market for gold jewelry in the second half of 2011 as demand rose in every quarter, the World Gold Council said in its annual report. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A customer takes a picture of jade necklaces in a booth from

Death sentence for businesswoman arouses opposition in China
Death sentence for businesswoman arouses opposition in China Chinese businesswoman Wu Ying, convicted of illegally raising funds and defrauding investors and sentenced to death, is seen here in April 2009 during her trial in the city of Jinhua in Zhejiang province. The death penalty was confirmed by a higher