Since the Song Dynasty, through the Yuan Dynasty, the early Ming Dynasty and the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the cultural characteristics of the confluence of elegance and vulgarity in the land of Su and Wu gradually matured. It is the product of the secularization of literati consciousness, a model of Jiangnan culture and craftsman spirit, with strong humanistic and talent support behind it.

After the mid-Ming Dynasty, Suzhou, as a metropolis on the southeast coast, was called "the capital of the south of the Yangtze River". It not only leads a luxurious life, but also leads the fashion trend. The market of high-end consumer goods such as jade is extremely revitalized, which makes Suzhou jade carving develop greatly. While the process is refined, it also pursues exquisiteness and elegance in form and content. In view of what he saw and heard, Song wrote a famous sentence in his Heavenly Creations: "Although a good worker gathers in the capital, a skillful craftsman pushes Su County".

Contemporary "Su Zuo" jade carvings have undergone great changes on the basis of inheriting the outstanding traditional characteristics of history. In addition to the skill level of "precision, delicacy, elegance and cleverness", it pays more attention to the spiritual expression of cultural aesthetics and the charm revealed by the theme content, which has extremely distinctive characteristics of the times.

Creativity and emphasis on concepts are one of the characteristics of contemporary "Su Zuo" jade carvings. Adhering to the style of combining realism and freehand brushwork in Jiangnan literati painting since Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the creator pursues elegant artistic conception, profound ideological connotation and elegant brushwork, endows limited jade with elegant artistic taste and interest, shows the regional cultural characteristics of "vegetarian" jade carving, and conveys endless aftertaste to the viewer.