? China people have always had a traditional complex of advocating, attaching to and cherishing wood. All the life relief of ancient ancestors, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, was closely related to wood. "Spring and Autumn Stories" said: "Mu Naichun's nature is also." People think that spring is the source of life. This coincides with the philosophical idea of integrating religious feelings advocated by Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, that is, the unity of heaven and man, the naturalness of Taoism and restraint.
As we all know, in daily life, many non-professionals may often refer to those natural wood with hard texture, fine texture and purple color after polishing as mahogany. In fact, the so-called "Sequoia" is just a generic term for several different families and categories.
According to the national standard of China redwood, redwood is divided into the following 5 genera, 8 categories and 33 kinds of wood:
I. Pterocarya stenoptera
1, rosewood
Sandalwood rosewood (India)
2. Redwood
Vietnamese rosewood (Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand)
Andaman rosewood (andaman islands, India)
Hedgehog rosewood (tropical Africa)
Indian rosewood (mainly produced in India, Myanmar, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and Yunnan)
Rhoda Redwood (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
Rosewood (India)
Bird foot rosewood (Indo-China Peninsula in Southeast Asia)
Second, Dalbergia odorifera
1, xiangmu
Dalbergia odorifera (Hainan, China)
2. Black rosewood
Dalbergia odorifera (Myanmar)
Dalbergia nigra (Southeast Asia and Yunnan, China)
Dalbergia odorifera (Java, India, Indonesia)
Dalbergia Lushi (Madagascar)
African blackwood (East Africa)
Dalbergia nigra (Brazil)
Dalbergia Amazon (Brazil)
Dalbergia odorifera (Belize)
3. Red rosewood
Dalbergia brasiliensis (tropical Africa)
Dalbergia saichuan (Brazil)
Dalbergia odorifera (Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia)
Dalbergia pubescens (Brazil)
Dalbergia in Central America (Mexico and other Central America)
Dalbergia Auschwitz (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
Dalbergia microphylla (Central America)
Three. Orchids and aralia.
1, chicken wing wood
African Cliff Bean (Congo Basin, Africa)
White-flowered cliff bean (Myanmar, Thailand)
Tiedaomu (introduced and cultivated in Southeast Asia, China, Yunnan and Guangdong)
Four. Persimmon
Ebony (Sri Lanka and Du Nan)
Ebony with thick petals (tropical west Africa)
Ebony (Philippines)
Penglai ebony (Philippines)
1, striped ebony
Sulawesi ebony (Sulawesi, Indonesia)
Ebony (Philippines)
In particular, there are two genera of Elaeagnus and Aralia and one class of Chiroptera.
All kinds of wood belonging to all kinds of clothes can be used to make beads, that is to say, all precious tree species with long natural period, good texture, dense structure, high hardness, deep and beautiful texture and strong corrosion resistance have been used to make beads since ancient times. However, Buddhism usually calls agarwood, sandalwood, red sandalwood, green sandalwood and ebony, which are hard and immortal, fragrant and eternal, colorful and changeable, to ward off evil spirits and welcome poison, as "five Buddha sandalwood" or "holy sandalwood", and considers the beads made of five kinds of sandalwood as the top grade.
Because muzhu is mostly processed from precious wood produced by precious tree species, it is expensive and hard to come by, so it needs special attention from holders and collectors for careful maintenance and care. Only in this way can its magic last forever. The maintenance of wooden beads should generally pay attention to the following points:
1. You'd better wear white cotton gloves and play with the wooden beads you just bought, instead of playing with your hands directly. After playing with white gloves for a week or so, the surface of the beads appears a certain brightness, and then play directly with the hand plate. If you play like this for a year or two, the surface of the beads will produce stable patina. In particular, the beads made of lobular rosewood, Huang Huali and golden nanmu will have a glass luster and are very beautiful.
2. Muzhu usually doesn't like people sweating. Avoid sweating on your hands when holding and playing with wooden beads. Because the beads washed by sweaty hands are not only easy to blacken the surface of the beads, but also difficult to form luster. When playing with wooden beads on a plate, it is generally best when the hand feels smooth but not astringent. Once your hands feel astringent, it means that your hands are sweating. At this time, it is best to temporarily stop playing until the sweat on your hands disappears.
3. Because the wooden beads are easy to expand after being wetted, it may even cause cracking. Therefore, if the wooden beads are accidentally wetted by water, they should be dried immediately with a clean and soft cloth, and should not be exposed to the sun or dried. It's best to wear white cotton gloves for a few more days to restore it to its original appearance.
4, because some wood (such as lobular rosewood) itself will secrete oil, if users deliberately add too much oil or wax, it will be counterproductive. So don't oil and wax the wooden beads you just bought. It is best to put on white gloves and play with them until the surface of the beads does not fade and amber feels. [ 1]?
5, agarwood bracelets are very afraid of exposure, strong sunlight will deteriorate wood, so it is best not to wear wooden beads exposed to temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius.