The research of the Liangzhu Culture culminated with the discovery of the elite cemeteries at the Fanshan and Yaoshan Sites in 1986 and 1987, respectively. The rich elite tombs, buried with thousands of jade items and interred in enormous artificial platforms are the fruit of well-organized, multipleoperational, and laborious production by the Liangzhu society as well as a null
Preface Yan Wenming
001 Introduction Fang Xiangming/Xia Yong/Chen Minghui
007 I Sacred Motif-Complete Image and Its Transformation
018 1-1 Sacred motif
056 I-2 Dragon head motif
061 11 Funeral rites of the King-Actor of the God
062 n-i Head Ornaments
098 II-2 Necklace Ornaments
114 II-3 Arm bracelet
136 II-4 0ther ornaments
147 m Cong-the theocracy and the cosmology,heaven and earth
148 ni-i Cong
182 III-2 Cong-stylistic jade objects
194 III-3 Cong-stylistic awl-shaped object
202 III-4 Cong-stylistic cylindrical objects
211 IV B/-the symbol of wealth
219 V Jade yue and sceptre
220 V-i Jade yue sceptre
240 V-2 Luxurious sceptre
250 V-3 0ther sceptre
255 VI Jade ritual utensils
256 VI-i Spindle whorl and loom
262 VI-2 Jade implements
266 VI-3 Spoon food utensils
270 VI-4 Jade inlaid wooden blank lacquer
276 Appendix
The burial plan and the line graph of the main objects of Yaoshan and Fanshan
297 Postscript