What is red bamboo stone?
Red bamboo stone is a rare jade produced in Nara, Japan. It is a sacred stone unique to Japanese Buddhism. The characteristics of red bamboo stone are also the key points of its identification. Microscopically, it is a kind of cinnabar ore, accompanied by gold and silver. Therefore, there are often black iron wires or black patterns on red bamboo stones. This is caused by silver oxide. Simply put, the black of red bamboo stone is silver. Moreover, good quality red bamboo stone sometimes has yellow gold particles, which will become gold thread when connected in a line. Therefore, red bamboo stone is famous for its "golden thread".
Red bamboo stone seems to be abundant in Japan, but it is closely related to the important geomantic culture in ancient China. China has a long history of geomantic omen, wearing red shoes, red socks and a red belt, and finally wearing red clothes to ward off evil spirits.
Identification of true and false red bamboo stone
Red bamboo stone is rare and precious, and it is a famous geomantic stone. It is in great demand, so there are many imitations today. The following are the identification methods according to different fraud situations:
Agate imitation red bamboo stone
Agate imitates red bamboo stone widely, because the cost of agate is very low, only 15 yuan per catty of red agate.
Identification point:
1: Red agate is translucent, but the real red bamboo stone is not translucent at all. It has been described in ancient times that the color of red bamboo stone is like boiled cinnabar, with a little gray and black.
2. Red agate has a glass-like luster after polishing, while red bamboo stone has irregular black lines or translucent white and yellow lines because it is a variety of minerals that conform to crystallization, which was called gold wire in ancient times. The reason why the ancient Japanese royal family liked it was that the gold thread of red bamboo stone was as beautiful as the gold thread of the five famous ancient porcelain in China. There is natural beauty.
3. Red agate has layers of growth lines, which grow like water ripples. But red bamboo stone has no growth line.
Red chalcedony nau imitation red bamboo stone
Identification point:
1: Although the red chalcedony has no growth line and its color has been polished, the red chalcedony has no gold and iron line of red bamboo stone. Moreover, red bamboo stone is the product of compound crystallization of various minerals, so there are white, yellow, black and purple spots in it, and the spots are as small as pinholes. Moreover, when these colors are mixed together, there will be irregular color changes, which is not found in carnelian.
2. The common white spots or white lines of red bamboo stone are often sunken because the hardness is not as high as the surrounding. This feature is not found in chalcedony.
Why should the red bamboo stone ornaments be purified?
Any spar needs to be purified, including red bamboo stone, but the word purification is similar to degaussing in Latin, so it is also called degaussing. Many people often wonder why it is necessary to purify and degauss, which has scientific and theological basis. Purification was introduced into China from abroad after the reform and opening up. Because Taoism and Buddhism have a great influence on China culture, feces and blood are considered sacred. Anyone who knows history will know that the second chapter of Zhang Jiao's Romance of the Three Kingdoms? The article "Liu Xuande spilled dog blood in the Cold War" introduces the necessity of preparing pig blood, dog blood and Tiangui blood (menstrual blood of women). "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also introduced that Zhang Jiao was once fascinated by feces. In Tibet, guests come to clean bowls with cow dung and pour wine to celebrate. Ganlu pills in Buddhism are made from men's semen, women's menstrual blood and feces. Therefore, with the secularization of religion, many people in late France understood that the dirtier the more evil it is. This is actually a misunderstanding of the profound meaning of Buddhism and Taoism, but such mistakes have also led to the so-called long-term wearing of crystal jade.
Wear red bamboo stone ornaments
Red bamboo stone needs to be sealed when worn. The ancient river seal in Takeuchi, Japan is a very famous seal among Yin and Yang teachers. Similar to the blessing ceremony and opening ceremony in mainland China, the difference is that there are not many complicated precautions in printing.
Buddhism requires girls not to take it during menstruation, not to enter the bathroom, not to eat meat, etc. If you violate one of them, you will lose your spirituality. Therefore, Buddhism has the need for repeated blessings. The characteristic of Taoism is that it must take its own blood as the medium, and take Taoist symbols and rootless water as the contract, which is risky. If lighting fails, both the mage and the person who asks for lighting are in danger, so the mage of "Maoshan Daoism" in many TV dramas often dies on the road.
Yin and Yang Shiyin are mostly natural spells, which can also be understood as a very gentle way to open the light in accordance with the laws of nature, so there is no taboo. The ancient river in the bamboo is sealed and prayed. It is said that it was taught to mankind by the gods themselves. In Japan, people think that red bamboo stone can only play its spiritual role after adding the seal of the ancient river to bamboo. Many people don't understand why many blessing activities in China are similar to those in Japan. Sometimes it seems that Japanese teachers of Yin and Yang are better than those in China.
This is a wrong understanding. The division of Yin and Yang originally belonged to China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the Yin and Yang five elements and geomantic omen were the main contents of school research, because Qin "burned Confucianism" and Han "ousted a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone". The peasant uprising army of Wudou Mi Pai stepped onto the historical stage, replacing the Yin-Yang school and taking Lao Zi as its founder. The first division of Yin-Yang religion declined immediately, and most of them traveled to China with Japanese scholars during the Han and Tang Dynasties. This is why Taoism has the custom of respecting the ancient times-in order to find the research results left by the primitive Yin and Yang religion.
Nowadays, various popular novels, such as "Notes on Grave Robbery" and "Ghost Blowing Lights", all describe a lot of plots of seeking ancient secrets and occult techniques, which embodies the scholars' exploration of the research results of Yin and Yang religion. Nowadays, the Japanese "Yin and Yang Master" in many movies and novels actually originated from China, so they have the same spells, seals, magical techniques, forms of gods and so on. Therefore, blindly rejecting Yin and Yang teachers is actually an ignorance of history. It is a good thing that China people use their ancient culture to pray for blessings and avoid disasters.
The above contents are some introductions about this gem and its identification method. The output of this gem is relatively rare, so it can be said that this gem is also relatively precious, and there are many fake bamboos on the market. Therefore, if you want to buy this kind of gem, you must know more about the identification method of this kind of gem, so as not to be deceived by unscrupulous merchants when buying this kind of gem.