Does Yunnan Emerald Produce Emerald in Yunnan?

In recent years, with the hot jade. Yunnan, which is known as "the land of jade", has basically become synonymous with Chinese jade jewelry. There is a saying in this, called "Beauty jade out of Yunnan, True jade in Yunnan, Buy jade to Yunnan." Does this mean that Yunnan jade is really produced in Yunnan?

The article titled “The Names of Yunyu”, “Mingshi” and “Green Jade” on the “Forum of the Palace Museum”, No. 4 in 2010 is a study written by Mr. Yang Boda, a jade expert. Emerald article. In the article, the words “yunyu” and “yunshi” in the Qing Dynasty were described as the alias of a local Yunnan official who referred to the emerald produced in Myanmar. They turned Burmese jade into the jade produced in Yunnan. Shang Gong to the court. Therefore, according to Mr. Yang’s idea, jade is produced in Myanmar. Yunnan does not produce jade. The so-called "Yun Yu" was the name of a local Yunnan official who referred to the jade produced in Myanmar.

However, this argument does not make sense from a historical point of view. As we all know, the Qing Dynasty was an extremely feudal, decadent and dark dynasty. If these local officials so named the emerald produced in Myanmar as "Yunyu" and the tribute to the court with the name "Yunyu," then would they not have committed the crime of bullying the king? At that time, not only were they not guaranteed by the people themselves, but they could also be involved in many people related to themselves. Therefore, whether Yunnan jade was produced in Myanmar or Yunnan had to start from the dividing line between the two countries at that time. Historically, many areas in northern Myanmar are actually under Chinese jurisdiction. Including the misty river basin that now produces jade in the Pakan area. In the Wuluo River Valley, the Wanli Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Yunnan Yongchang House. In the early and middle period of the Qing Dynasty, this area also belonged to the Chinese territory and was under the jurisdiction of Yunnan. Later, after the British invaded Burma, they placed Pakhan and other emeralds in Myanmar.

Thus, the emerald before the middle of the Qing Dynasty was indeed produced in Yunnan, China. At the time, local officials called Yunyu and Yunshi indeed the emeralds in Yunnan. If it is not produced in Yunnan, it will not be tribute to the imperial court as a local tribute. Unless he didn't want to live almost. This shows that Yunnan's history has indeed produced jadeite jade. The emerald jade of the Qing Dynasty was produced in Yunnan. It was only during the late Qing Dynasty that the place where jade was produced was placed in Burma's Myanmar jurisdiction. Today's jadeite production is in Myanmar, and Yunnan is China's largest sales center for jadeite jade.