Jade articles induced by a primitive and hazy sense of beauty appeared and have undergone twists and turns in their development of more than 7 000 years from simple decorations to sacrificial 5 ritual articles in ancient times and to symbolic fittings for lofty morality , and finally for art works of various types and varieties. They profoundly reflected the social consciousness of different historical stages. Especially in a certain stage of development, people made the natural properties of jade moralized, enabling it to play special role in political, religious, ideological and cultural spheres and develop a unique function that other art works could not do. In the world cultural history,this cultural phenomenon has never been known in other countries and regions,and embodies a distinctive national character.