香港旅遊景點介紹---玉器市場(Jade Market )

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A visit to the Jade Market in Yau Ma Tei will provide an insight into something very important to Chinese people - Jade. The written character for jade means a combination of beauty and purity. The stone, in all its many hues and colours, is associated with long life and good health. It is smooth and cooling to the touch. Many people wear a jade bracelet to ward off all sorts of health hazards. Grandmothers routinely buy a piece of jade for newborns.

Located on Kansu and Battery streets, the Jade Market is a collection of around 400 stalls selling a wide range of jade pendants, rings, bracelets, carvings and ornaments. Open from 10am to 5pm, the market is also the main gathering place for buyers of this fine stone who today still communicate with secret hand signals when making a purchase.Nearby is Jade Street, located on Canton Road between Kansu Street and Jordan Road, where shops operate from every Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm. A giant jade stone weighing three tons has been placed at the junction of Canton Road and Jordan Road as a landmark.

Buying jade is really an art. Jade varies in colour from deep green through yellow and brown to white. The jade sold in Hong Kong is mostly jadeite from Myanmar, ranging from natural pieces to those impregnated with polymers or dyed to enhance the colour.  

Top quality jade is pure green and very expensive. Most pieces have a yellow tinge but no brown or grey should be in the finished piece. The best jadeite is semi-transparent. Opaque jadeite with cloudy patches typically has less value.

If you are not an expert, you can have your potential purchase tested at Jade Plaza.

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How To Get There
Jade Market and Jade Street
MTR Yau Ma Tei Station Exit C, walk along Nathan Road to Kansu Street. Walk along Kansu Street to Jade Market or continue along Kansu Street to Canton Road for 10 to 15 minutes.

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到玉器市場，您可以選購款式繁多的玉石飾品。「玉，石之美者」，集晶瑩、明潔、美麗於一體。玉石呈不同色澤，表面溫潤光滑，代表長壽和健康，因此許多中國人愛佩戴玉鐲子，不少家庭的奶奶也會給初生嬰兒送贈美玉。


玉器市場位於油麻地甘肅街及炮台街交界，場內約有400 個註冊玉器攤子，販售各式玉吊墜、玉戒指、玉鐲子、玉雕刻及玉擺設等，豐儉由人，營業時間為每日上午10:00至下午5:00。市場內還有不少玉石買家聚集，以既神祕又專業的手勢議價。附近的一段廣東道(介乎甘肅街和佐敦道之間)，亦是一條有名的「玉器街」，匯集了不少玉石商店。在廣東道與佐敦道的交界處，更擺放了一件三噸多重的玉石作為地標，倍添觀光趣味。營業時間為星期一至六上午10:00至下午4:00。


選購玉石是一門藝術，玉石的色澤多樣，主要為深綠、黃和白色。香港販售的玉石大多是來自緬甸的翡翠。
玉石飾品  頂級美玉呈翠綠色，價格不菲。大部分玉石成品帶黃色。最優質的翡翠質地細潤，具半透明感，而帶雲紋和斑點的翡翠，價值較低。


鑑別玉器是一種學問，如欲購買較貴重的玉器，最好有行家同行。

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如何前往玉器市場及玉器街
港鐵油麻地站C出口，沿彌敦道步行至甘肅街。再沿甘肅街步行至玉器市場，或一直走10至15分鐘至廣東道。