On August 3 1, the Israel Cultural Relics Bureau issued a relevant notice, claiming that a complete ivory dating back 500,000 years was found in southern Israel. The length of this ivory was about 2.5m, indicating that ancient elephants used to move in this area, and where the ivory was found, the remains of Paleolithic people were also found here. Ivory is a very precious thing, which is cherished by people for both medicinal and ornamental value. But at present, the killing of elephants has been banned, making the existing ivory basically precious.
Ivory is very precious, but it can't be obtained from elephants at present, and it has been banned from selling in China.
As early as 20 17 12 3 1, China promulgated relevant laws to prohibit ivory trading. In addition, in the international market, the World Environmental Protection Organization has also promulgated a ban on sales. Ivory has always been their economic source in Africa, but it has led to a large number of wild elephants being hunted by humans. As early as tens of millions of years ago, elephants actually lived on the earth, and at the same time, they have become the largest animals in fact. Due to human killing, the number of elephants has been greatly reduced. At present, many elephant species have been included in the list of protected animals. Because it is no longer possible to buy ivory in formal channels, ivory is very precious. Ivory is very precious for other reasons. First, it can be made into handicrafts. Secondly, it has extremely high medicinal value and occupies a very high position in Buddhism.
At present, the Palace Museum has a collection of ivory handicrafts, including an ivory mat and an ivory pen container, which are obviously rich and luxurious. Ivory is an extremely precious medicinal material in Compendium of Materia Medica, which has the functions of calming the nerves, stopping bleeding and detoxifying, and at the same time represents purity in Buddhism and has a very high status. No business, no harm. Although ivory is very precious, we should live in harmony with animals and not destroy the ecological environment for temporary interests.