In the legend, Nu Wa, the earliest ancestor of the human race, melted down five-colored stones to repair the sky. Ultimately, however, the colored stones tumbled down and were buried in the ground, becoming the jade that Chinese love so well today.
傳說中的人類始祖女媧只好「煉石補天」，而這些五色石最後落至地下，就是今日中國人最鍾愛的玉。