Jadeite is also known as Burmese jade. The correct definition of jadeite is a fibrous aggregate composed of pyroxene minerals,. Jadeite is formed in the geological process of jade-grade stone polycrystalline aggregate, mainly composed of jadeite or jadeite and sodium (sodium chromite) and sodium calcium pyroxene (chlorite), can contain hornblende, feldspar, chromite, limonite and so on.
Anciently the jade was a bird that lived in the south and was very beautiful in color, usually blue, green, red, brown and other colors. Generally the male of this bird is red, that is called "philippe", and the female is green, that is called "cui". Cun Kai Tai written by the "Teng Yue local history" records: "Teng for the number of mining, jade workers thousands, making objects, selling Dian Yuan province." High-grade fine jade, mostly to the east of Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang, Kyoto. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 100 jade workshops and more than 3,000 jade carvers in Tengchong alone. "Ding Yuan Ware sells high-quality jade from all provinces, mostly from the east of Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Kyoto, and the "Inch Kaitai" and "Tengchong Local Records" jades are produced in the area of Mongkung and Myitkyina in Burma, only 150 kilometers from the Yunnan border. It is only 150 kilometers away from the border of Yunnan. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, this area was under the jurisdiction of the Yongchang Government (now Baoshan City, Yunnan Province). Due to historical reasons, known as the "Oriental Treasure" jadeite through the Yunnan Tengchong, Ruili and other border cities into China, has been four or five hundred years of history.