Huang (jade)

A huang (璜) is a Chinese arc-shaped jade artifact that was used as a pendant.

[1][2] Huang arcs were used in a jade pei ornament set (組玉佩),[3] which would be worn from the belt.

[4] The pendant set would emit a faint pleasant sound as the wearer walked, in line with the customs of Confucian etiquette.

[2] At the ends of a huang, there were often abstract heads of animals carved into the jade.

During the Eastern Zhou period, block-shaped tiger-like ends were often used in the huang, but these would develop into more-abstract notches.