Dated to around 9,000 years ago, the jade jue, or “slit ring”, was found at the Xiaonanshan site dubbed “the cradle of Chinese jade culture”. Along with the jade slit rings, archaeologists have unearthed more than 200 pieces of jadeware.
湖北省社会科学院楚文化研究所 赵越卞和献玉(制图 刘阳)问:完璧归赵的故事家喻户晓,和氏璧也因此成为历史上著名的宝玉代表,那么它究竟是怎么来的,又与楚国有什么关系呢?答:在湖北省南漳县的荆山南麓有一座玉印岩,又名“抱璞岩”,相传正是和氏璧的产地。