Is diamond associated with traditional Chinese culture?

It is very simple: China has been a country that advocates jade, jade, and jade since ancient times. No other kind of gem can replace the status of jade. Diamond is no exception. The Chinese are heavy jade, except that no one in the country pays so much attention to this stone. Westerners love diamonds, but they don't understand the spirit of this jade. Mr. Zhou Yichang has a very incisive statement, may wish to quote:

The Chinese ancestors, thousands of years ago, used jade to identify jade different from the stone. The aesthetic standards of the Chinese ancestors are so high that they are surprisingly surprised by modern people. They observe all things in the universe, and they can not only see their appearance and color, but also taste the quality, sex, function, virtue, mutual relationship and influence of each object... Shennong’s taste of herbs and medicines is the best proof. . After a long-term taste, the ancestors understood the qualitative character of jade and crowned the stone, which is the highest and most valuable "entity" of the Wanhui group produced by nature. "Jade" is the most advanced description, adverbial, honor, and beauty in Chinese vocabulary.

For example, Li Houzhu said that “the jade is still in the jade,” Su Dongpo said, “Fearing Qionglou Yuyu” is the most beautiful person in the realm of architecture. The sages of the Prime Minister of the Heavenly Kingdom are not called "Jade Emperor". Wen Han praised people, 辄曰 "Yao Zhang", Yao is beautiful jade. Zhou Lang Ming Yu, the word public, is also a beautiful material like jade. It is said that beauty is not to be said. It is "Jade Man", "Jade Body", "Jade Wrist", "Jade Arm"... Beautiful boy, then "Jinyi Jade". The drunken poet, "Jade Mountain is down" and "Yushan Temple"... This enumeration is difficult.

This can be said that "Jade" in the Chinese cultural tradition, people's minds always represent the most beautiful people, things, and environment.
If you still have doubts, I can make another example and explain it. For example, there are quite a few varieties of gemstones in the world, and China has also had the goal of “seven treasures” since ancient times. But one thing is very strange. Westerners are even more puzzled: Western diamonds are the most beautiful and most expensive, but China is not. In the Qing Dynasty, there was also a "gem top". It was a matter of officialdom. The elegant people did not hear that there was a diamond named, for example, "diamond lord". Who has seen it? You must know the historical story of "Ending Zhao to Zhao", which is a major event in the "international" of the countries in the late Zhou Dynasty (the princes), only because of the harmony of Zhao Guo, its beauty is unbeatable, the world is famous, Qin Wangwenzhi I am willing to ask for "transaction" at the high cost of the 15th city. The performance of the performance is like a heroic story that can be compared with Jingjing. He returned to Zhao and did not sacrifice. "Liang" does not have to be misunderstood.) "Lianchengyu" has become the highest. Praise. However, have you heard that Qin Wang wants to bid for "15 cities" for a big diamond? When you read "The West Chamber", if you see such a five-word quatrain -

Waiting for the moon in the west, the windward households are half open.

The wall is moving, and the suspect is drilling!

What will your aesthetic enjoyment be like? This can only appear in the section of "talking to the cross talk".

Confucius is very good at jade. He is also an aesthetic artist. He describes the beauty of jade's smooth texture. He said that "Seruo" and "Fu Yin", he thought that jade has many virtues. His teacher, Lao Tzu, despite opposing the mechanical distinction, advocated "harmony with the light", but in the end it also pointed out the "lust" of stone and the "珞珞" of jade. If he can't taste the difference between stone and jade, how can he tell the difference? The Chinese cultural thought believes that stone is an unconscious dead body, but jade is a spiritual "living thing."

As for diamonds, it does not enjoy status in the high realm of Chinese culture.