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(Gu Zheng : Under The White Wind - Bei Bei)
A gift from family - a mix of imperial and black in the form of two rings for one's wrist.
(Gu Zheng : Under The White Wind - Bei Bei)
A gift from family - a mix of imperial and black in the form of two rings for one's wrist.
A gift from an acquaintance - longevity and little pieces of polished stone in the form of a neck adornment.
A gift to myself - a ring for one's finger.
A gift to myself - a ring for one's finger.
Jade.
It balances and protects the body's qi.
A talisman, a status symbol of dignity, grace, and morality of the wearer.
My first piece of jade, a gift to myself, was purchased many years ago. A ring, which in turn broke one evening. I was later told from China that jade being such a strong stone, is unlikely to break. That Chinese lore believes that when jade breaks it is accumulating the bad spirits that were in the process of doing the beholder/wearer harm. I had always worn that ring since the day I bought it and it took a great deal of searching to find the right piece to replace it. But to my delight, I found a piece that seems more suiting to myself a few years back. This piece is most important to me, a gift to myself. My piece of jade. It isn't fancy or ornate. It is in jade's natural form... it possesses wabi.
"Charity is typified by its luster, bright yet warm; rectitude by its translucency, revealing the color and markings within; wisdom by the purity and penetrating quality of its note when the stone is struck; courage, in that it may be broken, but cannot be bent; equity, in that it has sharp angles, which yet injure none."
- Xu Shen
It balances and protects the body's qi.
A talisman, a status symbol of dignity, grace, and morality of the wearer.
My first piece of jade, a gift to myself, was purchased many years ago. A ring, which in turn broke one evening. I was later told from China that jade being such a strong stone, is unlikely to break. That Chinese lore believes that when jade breaks it is accumulating the bad spirits that were in the process of doing the beholder/wearer harm. I had always worn that ring since the day I bought it and it took a great deal of searching to find the right piece to replace it. But to my delight, I found a piece that seems more suiting to myself a few years back. This piece is most important to me, a gift to myself. My piece of jade. It isn't fancy or ornate. It is in jade's natural form... it possesses wabi.
"Charity is typified by its luster, bright yet warm; rectitude by its translucency, revealing the color and markings within; wisdom by the purity and penetrating quality of its note when the stone is struck; courage, in that it may be broken, but cannot be bent; equity, in that it has sharp angles, which yet injure none."- Xu Shen
2 comments:
I am planning on producing a whole large series of indigenous Zapotec masks. For now it is a secret project in that I will not show it off.
But Jade was used and has a long history with many cultures in Meso America....
There are many colors, and in my blog under the southern california friends label, I am holding a giant piece shaped as a circular wheel with squares, it is pure Jade, and not only that Aztec Jade, you don't want to know how much that piece is worth... priceless.
Take care, this is for you...
Thank you for the flowers :). Will definitely check your entry out... I love jade, I am fascinated with the Meso-Culture, and most of all... I am passionate about archeology! So these masks... does anyone get to sneak a peak?
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