中国有美玉.PDF

中国有美玉 Beautiful Jade in China 中国盛产美玉，有玉石王国之称。中国的玉历史源远流长，距今 已有七千多年的历史。在这绵延千百年的崇玉、尚玉、佩玉、藏玉、 赏玉的风尚中，中国人赋予了玉以灵性、礼教、德性等精神内涵，使 玉成为中国传统文化中的重要内容。 Known as “Jade-Kingdom”, China produces jade in great abundance with a long history able to be traced back to seven thousand years ago. In this millennia prevailed custom of worship, adornment, collection and appreciation of jade, Chinese endowed it with several spiritual connotations of intelligence, ritual and ethics, which make the jade an important content of traditional Chinese culture. 00 从女娲补天的传说说起 From the Chinese Myth: 玉 国 中C h i n e s Nüwa Mending the Heaven e J a d e 传说在远古时期，颛顼与共工 A s th e legend goe s, f ar b ack t o th e 为争帝位而争斗，共工被打败后一 ancient times Zhuanxu and Gonggong 怒之下撞向不周山。不周山就是现 were fighting for the throne. Defeated, 在的昆仑山，是天地之间的支柱。 Gonggong smashed his head in a fit of 不周山被共工撞断后，天地之间发 anger against Mount Buzhou – part of 生 了 巨 变 —— 天 空 向 西 北 方 向 倾 today ’ s Kunlun Mountain s, a pillar 斜，大地向东南方向塌陷，洪水泛 holding up the heaven. Then immediately 滥，大火蔓延，黎民百姓生活在水 the Mount Buzhou collapsed and caused 深火热之中。女娲不忍让子民们受 i m m e n s e c h a n g e b e t w e e n h e a v e n