Chinese traditional jade Hotan Jade, jasper green Ruyi

Jade Carving ‘Ruyi’: A Thousand Year Auspicious Code Held in the Palm*

In Chinese jade caning art “Ruv”is one ofthe most phiosophicaland aesthetic sumbols, its shape onginates from the scratching tool”caw sick” ofthe Wei and jin dmasties.buthastransformed into a spiritual totem caring the blesings ofthe unierse in the mlennium evolution -the cunved handle bodyisin ine with the way of”bending into allthings” in theBook of Changes and the lingzhi coud head at the top echs the etemal dream of Penglai lmmortal Mountain. The warm and moist ade texture is like condensing the spirtualenergy of heaven and earth into tangible auspicious signs.

**Triple Auspicious Universe,
1. The auspiciousness of “form”**The s-shaped curve of Ruy is actualy a solid manifestaion ofthe Taoist concept of yin-yang Pisces. Dunng the Qing Dynasty, craftsmen in the imperial court often used themetaphor of”one handle with thre bends” to metaphoricaly descnbe the connection between heave, earth.and humans. Thetop scrol patem must be caned with nine tumcoresponding to the number of “nine five supreme fiqures” in the Book of luo. When Emperor Qianlong bestowed the qreen jade caning Ganoderma lucidum in Hetian on thePanchen Erden,Xizang eminent monks marveled that its shape was surprisingly similarto the yniverse model ofthe antric “Xiangba” magic weapon

2.** Harmony of Sound

The word “Ruyi itselfis the most exquisite expresion.Inthe Han Dynasty aristocratic weddings, the bride must wear a white jade caring of”Double Persimmon Ruyi”, taking theprophecy of “Eventhing (Persimmon) Ruyi”; During the Ming Dynasty, iterati study rooms often placed ink jade”qing zhu ruyi”, which not only resonated with the sound ofrcelebration” but ako swmboized inteaity with bamho knots The Palace Museum houses a Ming Dyasiy sheep fatiade cled”Ert lotus Ruy. with lotus hammony “ian andheron harmony “ly”, colectively known as “yily lianke”, it was once a favored obiect for imperial examination scholars to caress

3.** Spirit of Quality**
Jade and stone are interpreted in “shuowen jiezi” as “*he beauty of stone liesin its five virtues. Whenthe “stone of the five virues is carved into a fom that meets one’s wishes, toecomes the ently ot moral eneroy. he dragon shaped blue iade kuw unearthed rom the Chu tomb dung the Wamng states penod is covered with nebula like scars on its suraceArchaeologists have found that ts patems corespond perfeclv to the twentyeight constelaionson the lacauered box of Marouis yi of7ena’s tomb- it tums out that ancientpeople had already refined the Milky Way starlight into the jade soul. Therefore, this Hotan Jade Jasper Ruyi jewelry will bring you good luck.

Believe in science and reject feudal superstition. Please do not believe anything that violates scientifc common sense,because ancient Chinese people may not necesarly be correctin traditional Chinese culture dye to their inaccurate understanding of the world.