玉璧是一种中央有穿孔的扁平状圆形玉器，为我国传统的玉礼器之一，也是“六瑞”之一。 

中国古人认为"天圆地方"，所以用来祭天的玉璧也是圆的，它是一个圆形的玉片，中间为一个圆形的孔。"圆美"是中国古代美学中的重要范畴之一。"圆"代表了圆满、圆通或圆彻，具有无限的包容性和变通性。《周易》认为，宇宙万物都在永恒不断地进行着循环往复的圆周运动，任何自然现象和社会事物的发生、发展和灭亡都在这样一种圆周运动中进行，如日月星辰的运转、四季的更替、昼夜的交替等等，人们将天、人看作是一个整体，也将整个世界看作一个既融合着阴阳、动静、刚柔等对立因素但同时又归于统一的大圆。

"圆"代表了古人对天地自然的敬畏之心，并将这种感情赋予玉璧之上，希望能通过玉璧与上天实现沟通。

玉璧的用途，按古文献记载和后人推测，一为祭器，用作祭天、祭神、祭山、祭海、祭河、祭星等。二为礼器，用作礼天或作为身份的标志（《周礼春官宗伯·典瑞》所云："子执毅璧，男执蒲璧"之类）。三为佩饰。四作珐码用的衡。五作辟邪和防腐用。玉璧的这些用途在春秋战国时代几乎都存在，都可以从古文献及现代考古发掘实物中找到证据。

此件藏品重约1250g,直径约20.1cm，用玉选料极精，制作工艺极细，花纹形式多变，饰纹种类极为丰富。玉石行有句行话，叫做“玉必有工；工必有意；意必吉祥”。吉祥图案来自于人们的信仰、民间传说、动植物的谐音和暗喻等。只有了解了中国的传统文化，就会对玉石图案有更广泛的了解。吉祥瑞图是中国传统装饰艺术图形的一种通过动物、植物、飞禽、鱼类、器物、人、神、圣、仙佛的神话与传说，以图文、谐音等形式作为祥瑞标志。表现了人的愿望、追求、寄托和向往。

Jade Bi is a kind of flat round jade with perforation in the center. It is one of China's traditional jade rites and one of the "six auspicious".

 

The ancient Chinese believed that "the sky is round and the place is round", so the jade Bi used to worship the sky is also round. It is a circular jade piece with a circular hole in the middle“ "Round beauty" is one of the important categories in ancient Chinese aesthetics "Circle" represents perfection, roundness or roundness, with infinite inclusiveness and flexibility《 According to the book of changes, everything in the universe is moving in a circular motion forever. The occurrence, development and extinction of any natural phenomenon and social things are carried out in such a circular motion, such as the operation of the sun, moon and stars, the replacement of the four seasons, the alternation of day and night, etc. people regard heaven and man as a whole, It also regards the whole world as a great circle that combines Yin and Yang, dynamic and static, rigid and flexible and other opposing factors, but at the same time belongs to unity.

 

"Circle" represents the ancient people's awe of the nature of heaven and earth, and endows this feeling to the jade Bi, hoping to communicate with heaven through the jade Bi.

 

According to ancient literature records and future generatio