Jade has always held a special place in Chinese culture. From ancient times its value has been considered to be greater than gold or silver. Beginning in the Neolithic period, the stone was carved into shapes such as discs (bi) or square tubes (cong) and placed on the body of the deceased within the tomb. Believed to have special protective powers, jade was thought to preserve the body from decomposition as well as to protect it from evil spirits. The stone culture has existed in china for thousands of years. From the dawn of civilization, the Hongshan people in northeastern china and Mongolian areas began to use jade gemstones to make tools for hunting and farming. Afterwards they find some of the gemstones are so beautiful that they carved them into beautiful shape and use them as jewelries as well as ritual and burial utensils. They made jade BI disc, Cong as well as Huang to explore the mysterious nature. The history of jade also reflects the process of Chinese science and technology development in ancient times. The "boar-dragon" is from the Neolithic Hongshan culture, dating c.3600-3000 BC. This fine example is so named because its "head" resembles a boar. However, it has also been called a "bear-dragon" given that some see greater similarity with a bear. It is believed to use for worshiping, receiving prayers for protection and safety. Definition: Late Neolithic period [4700-2920 B.C.] culture in China, primarily the Manchurian area including Liaoning province and Inner Mongolia; known for ceremonial complexes, jade, copper, perhaps bronze working.  Hongshan Culture traces back to 4500 and 8500 years ago. Jade in Hongshan Culture was used as the media between humans and the heaven, as ritual objects, as the symbol of power, also as ornaments. There are approximately 300 piece of original Hongshan Culture jades discovered to this date and considered priceless. HongShan Culture art provides a distinctive style that has been modeled after since 1000 years ago, or Song Dynasty. HongShan jade statues development using the ancient technique and material (also called Ebony Jade) reached a prime during Mid to Late Qing dynasty. Although there are no unified criteria, the appreciation of Hongshan jade ware, or ancient jade ware as a whole, has some fundamental rules. Besides the nature of the material, shape, craft, craftsmanship, the characteristic of the time, one standard should usually be met, that is, the piece should display a sheen or luster, an oily-like layer, called pike, or baojiang in Chinese, covering the entire surface.  The ritual ceremony is sort of pretty important social and religious activity and it definitely played a crucial role in the Hongshan people’s life. What impressed me most is always the highly sophisticated jade shaping and polishing skill of Hongshan people. And I feel sort of thrilled whenever I lay my eyes on them. Even sometimes I feel that I would have had them thousands years ago! I wouldn’t be surprised if my customers told me that the age and the nature and the innovative hands of the Hongshan people have endowed this masterpiece with eternal beauty and luster.