红山文化斜口筒形玉器新解

New Decryption of Cylindrical Jade Vessel with Bevel Mouth of Hongshan Culture

斜口筒形玉器是红山文化晚期玉器的典型器类，是牛河梁遗址考古发掘出土数量最多的一类玉器，在海内外博物馆收藏的传世品中也颇为多见。这类玉器，虽然光素无纹，却用料甚大，掏大而长的中孔也甚费工费时，说明在当时是很受重视的一类玉器。

The cylindrical jade vessel with bevel mouth is typical jade of Hongshan Culture. There are some views as to their function. Some scholars thought that the shape of these vesseloriginated from the turtle shell after that some jade turtles were unearthed from No. 23 tomb at Linjiatan of Hanshancounty in the Anhui province in 2007. But after arranging all the shapes and position of these jade vessels with bevel mouth, the paper argued that the shape of these vessels was from the shape of insect pupa and hoped the dead could get the second life after eclosionlike silkworm chrysalis.So, whatever shape origin or function, these vessels of Hongshan Culture are completely deferent from the jade turtle of Linjiatan tomb though they weresimilar inshape.