{"id":"EA-NIUHELIANG-001","label":"Niuheliang white-jade board","people_or_site":"Niuheliang Locality 5 (N5SCZ1)","country_current":"China","historic_region":"Niuheliang Locality 5, Chaoyang, Liaoning; late Hongshan culture","macroregion":"East Asia / China","local_name":"长条板状器","source_term":"changtiao banzhuang qi (long board-shaped object)","source_language":"Chinese; English site synthesis","object_description":"A long, board-shaped strip of white jade from upper-layer cairn no. 1 at Niuheliang Locality 5. Length 9.4 cm; upper width 1.9 cm; lower width 2.5 cm; thickness 0.6 cm. Plain and unperforated.","function_summary":"Catalogued as a long board-shaped jade object; original use unrecorded.","attestation_type":"archaeological_find","source_key":"niuheliang_2012_n5scz1_2_board_jade","source_type":"secondary_repost","source_url":"https://kknews.cc/culture/89jn4x4.html","page_or_plate":"Object 373; N5SCZ1:2","map_confidence":"low","plot_status":"candidate_only","coordinate_basis":"UNESCO coordinate for the Niuheliang archaeological complex (41°16′15″ N, 119°27′9″ E); the public record does not isolate the exact N5SCZ1 artifact coordinate.","jade_complex_role":"watch","blurb":"Millennia after the slender pierced jade blades of Chahai and Xinglongwa, this undecorated white-jade strip entered an upper cairn at Niuheliang. It extends their line into late Hongshan times: the older blade reduced to a pale, exact board in the same ceremonial landscape as clay goddesses, coiled jade dragons and paired round-and-square altars. Much later, Chinese artists personified that geometry as serpent-bodied Nüwa opening her compasses—but the jade itself carries no inscription or named deity.","pull_quote":"","pull_quote_translation":"","pull_quote_cite":"","term_gloss":"长条 chángtiáo “long strip” + 板状 bǎnzhuàng “board-shaped” + 器 qì “object”: the excavators' plain descriptive name.","cls":"unknown","class_label":"Function not recorded","color":"#6B7884","is_candidate":true,"flags":["snake"],"f_jade_complex":true,"f_women_taboo":false,"f_women_special":false,"f_snake":true,"f_archaeology":true,"archaeology_kind":"object","date_display":"c. 3500–3000 BC","date_qualification":"Site/cairn horizon; object not directly dated.","date_basis":"site_horizon","date_confidence":"medium","date_citation":"niuheliang_2012_n5scz1_2_board_jade, Niuheliang excavation report (1983–2003), object 373; UNESCO Tentative List 5804","sources":[{"citation":"Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Niuheliang: Hongshan Culture Site Excavation Report (1983-2003), 3 vols (Cultural Relics Press, 2012), object 373, N5SCZ1:2; UNESCO Tentative List 5804","url":"https://kknews.cc/culture/89jn4x4.html"}],"source_citations":"Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Niuheliang: Hongshan Culture Site Excavation Report (1983-2003), 3 vols (Cultural Relics Press, 2012), object 373, N5SCZ1:2; UNESCO Tentative List 5804","source_display":"Liaoning Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Niuheliang: Hongshan Culture Site Excavation Report (1983-2003), 3 vols (Cultural Relics Press, 2012), object 373, N5SCZ1:2; UNESCO Tentative List 5804","date_citation_display":"Niuheliang excavation report (1983–2003), object 373; UNESCO Tentative List 5804","object_display":"A long, board-shaped strip of white jade from upper-layer cairn no. 1 at Niuheliang Locality 5. Length 9.4 cm; upper width 1.9 cm; lower width 2.5 cm; thickness 0.6 cm. Plain and unperforated.","function_display":"Catalogued as a long board-shaped jade object; original use unrecorded.","confidence_display":"low","attestation_label":"archaeological find","etymology_hedge":"","people_key":"niuheliang","display_name":"Niuheliang white-jade board","image":{"full":"assets/objects/jade_candidates/local_review/ea-xinglongwa-chahai-001-fig6.png","thumb":"assets/objects/jade_candidates/local_review/thumbs/ea-xinglongwa-chahai-001-fig6_thumb.png","alt":"Two elongated, willow-leaf-shaped jade blades of the Xinglongwa culture, each pierced near its narrow top, shown against a dark background.","credit":"China Cultural Relics News (中国文物报), 23 April 2024","license":"In copyright — newspaper figure, rehosted at low resolution for non-commercial research","source_page":"http://www.zhongguowenwubao.com/portal/DigitPager/paperDetail/publishdate/2024-04-23/paperId/20663/id/104845","rehosted":true,"representative":true,"caption":"Two older willow-leaf jade blades of the Xinglongwa culture, each pierced at its narrow top.","pool_id":"auto-jade_candidates--local_review--ea-xinglongwa-chahai-001-fig6","last_modified":"2026-08-22"},"slug":"ea-niuheliang-001-niuheliang-locality-5-n5scz1"}