Transition of Aesthetic Experience of Chinese Traditional Jade Culture Discussing from the Ancient Custom of Eating Jade

Jade was a popular food in the Six Dynasties era.People think that the custom of eating jade destroyed a lot of jade，so the behaviour has been strongly criticized.But the custom of eating jade also has positive values.Firstly，this custom had a spirit of vulgar realism and destroyed the Confucian aesthetic of Bi－De that based on moralism and formalism.Secondly，it constructed the secular spirit values of jade aesthetic.Thirdly，it also created the conditions for the revival of the pre－Qin period’s life spirit，when people use jade analogy to describe beauty of personality.The beauty of jade is similar to the beauty of nature and personality which was highly appreciated in the Six Dynasties era.In classic aesthetic books like Shishuoxinyuand Wenxindiaolong，it can be found that aesthetic experience on jade and other arts achieve the same height.Therefore，the Six Dynasties era can not be considered as a decline period of jade art but an important period of aesthetic transition paradigm.