This book shows the important contribution of Liangzhu civilization to the development of Chinese civilization through discussions on the status of jade in Chinese civilization, the typicality of jade used in Liangzhu, the jade age and the origin of Chinese civilization. Jade culture is an important cultural gene of Chinese civilization. In the Liangzhu Era, more than 5,000 years ago, a jade system was formed to symbolize identity and rank, with jade cong（琮） symbolizing theocracy, jade yue（钺） symbolizing militACary power and royal power, as well as jade bi（璧） and jade headdresses. The ritual system embodied in groups of jade ritual vessels created the tradition of Chinese civilization of "contain the etiquette on the artifacts".

Fang Xingming, archaeologist, born in 1967, the director of the Zhejiang provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. He has participated in archaeological excavations of important sites such as Fenghua-Mingshanhou (1989), Xiaoshan-Kuahuqiao (1990), Huzhou-Qiucheng (1992), Liangzhu-Miaoqian (1992), Tongxiang-Pu’anqiao (1995-1998), and Liangzhu-Yaoshan (1995-1998). He was responsible for the excavation of important sites such as the fifth to sixth times of Liangzhu-Miaoqian (2000), Huzhou-Pishan (2004-2005), Haining-Xiaodouli (2009-2010), Tonglu-Fangjiazhou (2010-2011), Anji-Anle for the third time (2014-2015), and Deqing-Zhongchuming (2017-2018). At the same time, he was responsible for the compilation and publication of large-scale archaeological reports such as FANSHAN, MIAOQIAN, PISHAN and XIAODOULI, and enjoys a high reputation in the Chinese archaeological community.