There are many kinds of table ornaments, which can be divided into metal ornaments, wooden ornaments and jade ornaments according to their materials! Jade animals are decorated with auspicious animals, such as dragons, phoenixes, kylin, rosefinches, and Exorcism; there are also realistic animals, such as chickens, geese, cattle, dogs, horses, bears, etc. The works can be divided into single piece, pair and set, such as eight geese, eight horses and bears. Materials are widely used, especially variegated materials.

    Jade ornaments are jade like products with more carving features. Jade ornaments were not developed in ancient times, but had great development in Ming and Qing Dynasties. After liberation, there was no room for the development of jade jewelry due to the lack of decoration and dressing up. Jade ornaments became the focus of the jade industry and achieved high achievements. Therefore, the technological quality and artistic quality of new jade ornaments were very high. Jade ornaments mainly include the following varieties:

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    Yushanzi is based on the original shape of jade and stone, and according to the composition rule of "Zhangshan, Zhishu, cunma, fenren", yushanzi expresses natural landscape, cultural landscape or historical scene, or relief or deep carving, The landscape, trees, buildings, birds, figures constitute the alternation of distant, medium and close range, so as to obtain a unified height of jade material, subject matter and craftsmanship. The small one is only more than ten centimeters in size, with white jade as the majority. It is delicate and exquisite, with a quiet, elegant and scholarly atmosphere. It is used for desk decoration. Large yushanzi has a grand scene and a magnificent momentum. Yushanzi is a traditional art of Yangzhou jade carving.

    Jade seat screen, also known as plug-in board, is a screen with thin and large pieces of jade material as the screen center, on which relief techniques are used to express landscape figures, and then the screen seat is matched with hardwood. Because the large jade material is rare, so the brand is more expensive. White jade, sapphire, jasper and jadeite are the main materials. It was found in the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

    Jade figures and ornaments: Buddha statues, immortals, mythical figures, ladies, old people, children, historical figures, modern figures and foreigners, etc. Character modeling requires attention to the figure, the depiction of the face, the expression of the character and the content of the plot. The main form of expression is round sculpture. Jadeite is one of the main jadeite materials, such as jadeite, jadeite, jade and so on.

    Jade flowers and birds can be divided into flowers, birds, flower bottles and so on. Materials are widely used, such as jadeite, coral, turquoise, agate, Xiuyu, etc. The themes are peony, rose, camellia, morning glory, Hemerocallis, plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, etc., and the popular combination flowers with auspicious meaning are often used, such as four gentlemen (plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum), three friends of the year (pine, bamboo, plum), happy eyebrows (plum blossom, magpie), etc. In order to enhance the living interest of the works, birds and Cordyceps are often provided in the flower room. Jade birds take all kinds of birds in nature as subject objects, and use realistic techniques to shape and perform arts to form a natural, vivid and fresh style of jade birds. In terms of materials, most of them are Xiuyu with clear colors and agate with bright colors. Birds such as Phoenix, crane, ribbon bird, egret and other birds stand upright on the branches or perch on the top of a tree, so it is called "tree bird". In the front of the jade vase, the flower vase and the flower vase are different in shape. The jade vase has a movable cover and a bore. The jade vase is hidden in the flowers. It is exquisitely made and is the main form of modern Jade Flower and bird ornaments.