When jade artifacts are placed in front of you one by one, our experts need to analyze and study them one by one, and ultimately make the correct judgment to determine their authenticity. This is called ancient jade identification.

The responsibility of an expert in appraisal is significant. He is like a doctor and also like a judge. Any irresponsible diagnosis and misjudgment will have serious consequences and even lead to the end of life.

The Hongshan Culture dates back 5000-6000 years, and it is unrealistic to make a correct identification of Hongshan Culture jade artifacts solely based on subjective imagination without the existence of written records. A true expert in ancient jade appraisal must never engage in activities that are divorced from reality and subjective speculation, but must objectively analyze and understand problems with a historical, materialistic, and scientific attitude.

To study the ancient jade artifacts of Hongshan culture, one needs to delve into interdisciplinary knowledge. To truly achieve the correct identification of jade artifacts from the Hongshan Culture, it is necessary to first study and research anthropology, archaeology, meteorology, geology, mineralogy, physics, crafts, art, religion, etc., and even have a basic understanding and mastery of knowledge far beyond what is contained in the above disciplines, as this knowledge is closely related to our ancient jade identification work. Only by fully understanding the climate conditions, ecological environment changes, human survival and production methods, primitive religious consciousness and totemic views in northern China during ancient times, as well as the formation age and structure of jade, the mineral composition and hardness of jade, the principles of shrinkage and expansion of jade under external conditions, the craftsmanship and artistic conception of jade, the erosion and harm of various elements in soil to jade, and the chemical changes caused by the fusion of mineral composition and other substances in jade, can it be called a true scientific identification of Hongshan Culture jade.