玉琮

yùcóng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 jade cong (ancient ritual tube, square outside and round inside)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Yùcóng shì yì zhǒng wàimian fāng, lǐmian yuán de yùqì.
A cong is a jade object that is square on the outside and round on the inside.
HSK 7-9
Liángzhǔ Wénhuà de mùzàng lǐ chūtǔ le dàliàng yùcóng.
Large numbers of jade cong have been dug up from the graves of the Liangzhu culture.

Tips

culture
The shape is often read through the old belief that heaven is round and earth is square: in Zhou ritual the 璧 disc honoured heaven and the 琮 earth. The oldest and finest come from the Liangzhu culture of the lower Yangtze, about 5,000 years ago.

Stroke Order

玉 yù
琮 cóng