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The yellow jade beast face has a dense texture and a beautiful yellow jade color. The entire piece is in the shape of a beast face, with a pair of large round eyes, and the upper part of the eyes is pulled outward into sharp angles. The oval mouth is horizontally long, and the bottom is inclined upwards from both sides. Its shape is rare, and can refer to the trident jade artifact unearthed from Tomb 28 at the Xindili Site in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province. The animal surface has shallow, soft, round, and fine lines, and is polished smoothly and finely, which is a characteristic of Liangzhu jade artifacts. Drill three holes above the animal's surface to form a hole that comes out from below, similar to a trident, and believe it has the same function The unique shape of the trident shaped jade ware is characterized by a square column with a flat head and a three pronged shape at the top, and a curved bottom. The middle prong is drilled straight through the bottom, and some parts are carved with mysterious patterns. Only a small amount has been unearthed in large tombs of the Liangzhu culture, which is extremely rare. When the trident shaped jade artifact was unearthed, it was placed around the head of the deceased, with a long jade tube tightly connected above the middle fork, and also appeared in groups with multiple jade conical artifacts. Therefore, it is speculated that the trident shaped jade artifact should be the crown worn by the tribal leader, with a very high level The upper part of the ancient Chinese character for "emperor" seems to be decorated with feathers on top of the crown, and the lower part of the "king" logo also indicates what the king wears, which originally means a crown. The trident shaped jade artifact and the unearthed components are in the shape of a "crown", which is similar to the upper part of the "emperor" character. There are also ancient literature records that Dai Caiyu, the leader of the ancient Yu tribe, held a grand ceremony with a crown. It can be seen from this that the trident shaped jade crown decoration of Liangzhu culture was the earliest imperial crown in China.