 Jade manufactured weapons were typical to ritualistic processes like sacrifices and symbols of authority.Particularly axes and blades were seen in the rituals of the Longshan culture.The Six Ritual Jades originating in pre-history were the "bi" (a flat disk with a hole in its center), the "cong (prismatic tube)", the "huang" (a flat, half-ring pendant), the "hu", the flat, bladelike "gui", and the "zhang".