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6 unusual facts about Jade


Assorted Gems

All were named after precious jewels: eldest daughter Bi-chwi ("Jade"), eldest son San-ho ("Coral"), second daughter Ryu-bi ("Ruby"), and the youngest son, Ho-bak ("Amber").

Bulletproof Monk

The storyline opens in Tibet in 1943, wherein one of its protagonists, a Tibetan monk, is informed that he has fulfilled the prophecies made of him - he has fought an army of enemies while a flock of cranes circled above; fought for love at the palace of Jade; saved brothers whom he did not know from a family he never had; and forsaken his name.

Jade Ribbon Campaign

Considered to be the essence of heaven and earth, Jade is believed in many Asian cultures to bring good luck and longevity while deflecting negativity.

Jade's Crossing

Her mother, Caroline, subsequently campaigned for the crossing to be built, and won a Special Award at the 2003 Pride of Britain Awards for her efforts.

Mount Du

Dushan Jade is one of the four famous jades of China, and is now very rare.

Schedel Arboretum and Gardens

the Schedels had acquired many lovely possessions which they wished to display, such as Persian carpets, a world-class Jade collection, hand-wrought teak furniture, prayer rugs, Japanese silk embroidery, and a thousand-year-old Bronze sculpture.


1989 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation

The 1989 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation (Chinese: 1989年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) was held on January 1990 at the The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

Beihai Park

In Beihai Park, one could find Taihu rocks shipped from the Henan province and a variety of art collections ranging from jade jars from the Yuan-era to a collection of 495 steles bearing inscriptions by trees of hundreds of years old.

British Taekwondo Control Board

To date, three medals have been won (Sarah Stevenson - bronze 2008 Beijing Olympics, Jade Jones - Gold 2012 London Olympics and Lutalo Muhammad - Bronze London 2012).

Chalchiuhnenetzin

Chalchiuhnenetzin ("noble jade doll"; chal-cheeoo-neh-NEH-tseen) was an Aztec princess of Tenochtitlan and Queen consort of Tlatelolco, one altepetl - city-state.

Chang Jian

Chang Jian seems to be connected with the stratagem of "Tossing out a brick to get a jade gem" of the Thirty-Six Stratagems.

Crystal Jade Culinary Concept Holdings

That same year, it opened Crystal Jade Kitchen at Shaw House serving affordable Cantonese cuisine, such as noodles, jook, cze char and roasted meat.

Daniel Woods

On 19 June 2007, when he was traveling in the Rocky Mountain National Park in the area of Chaos Canyon, he made the first ascent of Jade, formerly named Green Project 45, a project he worked for several years with Dave Graham.

Freak the Freak Out

Justice continues singing as Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande, playing Jade West and Cat Valentine, come up on stage and dance beside her.

Gemcutter

Cabochons, smooth shaped gemstones without facets such as jade or turquoise and most gemstones, are shaped and polished in much the same manner, but are usually done by hand relying on the skill of the individual and the use of equipment similar to that shown as lapping equipment

Green Lama

Olson's story, "Shiva Enangered", tells one of the Lama's first adventures in Tibet and introduces the McGuffin known as the Jade Tablet, and explains the origins of the Lama's powers.

Jade Anderson

Youngest daughter of singer Jon Anderson and Jennifer, Jade Anderson's earliest musical work is on projects with her father, including appearances on his solo albums 3 Ships (1985), Change We Must (1994), Angels Embrace (1995), The Mother's Day Concert (2007; recorded live in 1996).

Jade burial suit

The discovery in 1968 of two complete jade suits in the tombs of Liu Sheng and Dou Wan in Mancheng, Hebei, finally proved their existence.

Jade Kindar-Martin

In the summer of 2004, Jade married fellow Cirque du Soleil performer and stunt woman Karine Mauffrey, high up in the air on a wire stretched over the grounds of the Château de Chantilly in Chantilly, France.

Jade use in Mesoamerica

The archaeological search for the Mesoamerican jade sources, which were largely lost at the time of the Maya collapse, began in 1799 when Alexander von Humboldt started his geological research in the New World.

Von Humboldt sought to determine whether or not Neolithic jadeite celts excavated from European Megalithic archaeological sites like Stonehenge and Carnac shared sources with the similar looking jade celts from Mesoamerica (they do not).

Jamie Tinkler

Also in 2003, Jamie Tinkler became a member of the band Pop! composed of Glenn Ball, Hannah Lewis, and Jade McGuire in addition to Tinkler.

Jonny's Golden Quest

Here, the girl is ultimately revealed to have been lying about her identity, and her parents are really Race and his romantic interest from two episodes of the original series, Jade (voice of JoBeth Williams).

Kachin Hills

According to the Kachin Hill Tribes Regulation of 1895, administrative responsibility was accepted by the British government on the left bank of the Irrawaddy for the country south of the Nmaikha, and on the right bank for the country south of a line drawn from the confluence of the Malikha and Nmaikha through the northern limit of the Laban district and including the jade mines.

Katsuya Kondō

Kondō collaborated with Ken'ichi Sakemi on a manga retelling of the Joan of Arc story, as well as doing the character designs for the Jade Cocoon video game series.

Kindred Spirit

A Kindred Spirit, a television drama series that was broadcast on TVB Jade in Hong Kong

King Ji of Zhou

Surviving historical records portray him travelling to the Shang capital to submit to Wu Yi and being rewarded with land, jade, and horses in 1118 BC.

Liangzhu

Liangzhu culture, a Neolithic jade culture in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Mambrui

In October 2010, the team went public about the discovery of an early 15th-century Chinese coin, the remains of an iron smelter accompanied by iron slag, and a jade-green shard of porcelain believed to come from Long Quan, a kiln that made porcelain exclusively for the royal family during the early Ming Dynasty.

Midwest Magic Jubilee

John Calvert, Justin willman, Jade, topas, Vito Lupo, Aye Jaye, Bob Little, peter White, and Hank Moorehouse.

Milk Inc.

Born 7 March 1963 in Simmern, Germany, Anita Dominika Cornelia van Lierop, better known as Nikkie Van Lierop, and by her artist name "Jade 4U" (Co-Founder of Lords of Acid.) In the spring of 1997 Praga Khan produced a remix of the song La Vache.

Nurhaci

In the beginning of the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones trades the remains of Nurhaci (contained in a small, ornate jade urn) for a diamond owned by the Chinese mobster Lao Che.

Oldenburg

The Jade University of Applied Sciences (Jade-Hochschule) The former Fachhochschule Oldenburg (until 1999) was founded in 1971, a merger of the previous engineering academy with the nautical college in Elsfleth.

Paradise Film Entertainment

Franco Roccaforte, Greg Centauro, CJ, Dora Venter, Jenny Baby, Jade Sin, Tiffany Rousso, Liz Honey, Regina Ice, Mya Diamond

Penne Dennison

In 1998-1999 she was the original co-host with Jade Gatt on the late night Live Music and News Program Ground Zero, later Joined by Ugly Phil O’Neil and Jackie O, televised live on the Ten Network between 1998-1999.

Portulacaria afra

Similar in appearance to the "jade plant" Crassula ovata (family Crassulaceae), P. afra has smaller and rounder pads and more compact growth (shorter internodal spaces, down to 1.5 mm).

Radio LaB

The station was once again managed by final year students – in 2005 Jade Orsmond, Alan Pilkington, Cyrella McGreevy, Jessica Jackson and Dan Prior (now at NME Radio).

Rob Oswald

He has previously been a member of various bands, including Mondo Generator, Nebula, Buttsteak, Lee Harvey Keitel Band, Stress Magnets and Jade.

Rob Yeung

He assisted Jade Goody in her search for a personal assistant in the 2006 Living series Jade's PA and Pete Burns in the 2007 series Pete's PA.

Robert Thurston

FASA signed an agreement with Roc Publishing in 1991 that kicked off with Robert Thurston's Legend of the Jade Phoenix series for Battletech (1991).

Sadi Ranson

After working at Conde Nast Publications, Ranson attended Boston University, returning to Conde Nast for several summers to work as a fashion assistant at Vogue magazine where she worked for Jade Hobson and Anna Wintour as well as other editors under the direction of then editor Grace Mirabella.

Stewart-Cassiar Highway

North of Jade City, Highway 37 travels another 120 km (75 mi) to its crossing of the 60th parallel into the Yukon Territory, becoming Yukon Highway 37 and terminating at a junction with the Alaska Highway near Upper Liard just 3.4 km (2.1 mi) later.

Summer Romance

Its popular songs include 拒絕再玩 (Don't Wanna Play Anymore), 無心睡眠 (Sleepless Night) which won the Jade Solid Gold Award for Best Song in 1987, 共同渡過 (Enduring Together), 夠了 (Enough), and 倩女幽魂 A Chinese Ghost Story which is the main theme for the blockbuster film starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong.

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

French singer-songwriter Dimie Cat pays a tribute to the American director through the film The Curse of the Jade Scorpion in the song Woody Woody, from the album ZigZag.

The Fionavar Tapestry

With all of their options exhausted, the Jade Emperor and the authorities of Heaven appealed to the Buddha, who arrived in an instant from his temple in the West.

The Mouldy Lovers

The Mouldy Lovers began in early 2010 in the Brisbane suburb of West End as a folk trio, composed of Louis Whelan, Jade Channells and Matt Hsu, regularly performing at markets and venues.

The Society For Truth And Light

In 2007, when it was again broadcast on TVB Jade Channel, a Christian lodged a complaint to the Broadcasting Authority about the "vulgar language" in the movie.

Uyu River

Hpakant, situated in the headwaters of the Uyu, is the only place in the world where the best quality jade known as jadeite is mined.

Weser Depression

The height of this peninsula, comprising Stadland and Butjadingen, lies between 0.8 metres under sea level (NN) and 1.2 metres above it (at a place on the 'neck' of the Jade Bight it reaches 2 metres).

Yu Baosi

Duan Jingzhu brings 200 fine horses from the north and the famous "Jade Lion" steed, intending to present it to Chao Gai, chief of the outlaw band at Liangshan Marsh.


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