Taoism has a deeper relationship with cinnabar. According to the legend in Taoist culture, cinnabar is a supernatural creature with a strong positive magnetic field, which can save houses, ward off evil spirits, attract wealth and pray. According to the record of "The Biography of Fix the Truth", Lv Dongbin said that "cinnabar is the first stone to drive away the sun, and it is the statue to ward off evil spirits". Taoist symbols are all made of cinnabar. In addition, in Feng Shui, cinnabar is an artifact. Placing cinnabar at home can ward off evil spirits, and cinnabar is listed as one of the eight town house artifacts.
Cinnabar, the scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is a sulfide mineral, cinnabar cinnabar, which mainly contains mercury sulfide (HgS). After digging, select pure ones, use magnets to absorb iron-containing impurities, and then wash away miscellaneous stones and sediment with water. This product is granular or massive aggregate, which is granular or massive. Bright red or dark red, striped red to maroon, shiny. Heavy, brittle, flaky and fragile, powdery and shiny. A slight breath, a faint taste. Cinnabar powder, take cinnabar, use a magnet to absorb iron filings, or follow the water flying method (mineral medicine is ground under wet conditions, and then suspended in water by powders with different thicknesses to obtain ultrafine powder. ) flying in water, drying or drying below 40℃. It is vermilion fine powder, light in weight, free of granular substances when pinched by fingers, and free of iron powder when sucked by magnets. A slight breath, a faint taste.