http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcfcfHrA-3Q
(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
