Beeswax: Ancient Elves

Each beeswax is an activated baby with different spiritualities.

Wax is one of the most fantastic jewels in nature. Its magical changes make it almost identical, and any piece of play in our hands is unique. It is beautiful and magical, warm and moist like jade, 璀璨胜金, sometimes fine and delicate, sometimes steady and elegant, can also be avant-garde, with a unique, eternal sense of life and mystery.

Wax is a premium amber

Wax is a kind of amber. It is named for its color as honey and light like wax. It is bright yellow to dark red opaque. There is no difference between beeswax and amber in physical and chemical composition. Simply speaking, transparent is called amber, opaque is called beeswax, and beeswax is more advanced amber. The so-called "millennium amber, Wannian beeswax" can be seen in the age of formation more than amber. The texture of beeswax is soft and warm, and it is very popular among people. In Europe it is collectively called AMBER.

Beeswax originated from the earth or the wilderness period. Not only did humans have yet to come out, but many of the earlier animals did not appear. It is a porphyry of tens of millions or even 100 million years ago, and the resin of pines and maples in the Cretaceous era is buried under the ground and formed by the combination of various minerals such as air, water and soil. An organic gemstone. After all the tempering and tempering, it has added countless magnificent and mysterious colors to it.

The ancient Chinese believed that amber was a change in the soul of the tiger after death. In the Song Dynasty, Huang Xiufu had such a record in Mao Tingqin. In this regard, Li Shizhen also believed that it was true. He once said: "The death of a tiger is refined into a stone. This object is like a tiger. It is called a tiger. The common text is from jade, and its kind is also jade." It is the poet Wei Yingwu of the Tang Dynasty. In the poem "咏 amber" said: "It used to be the old god, this is the cold pine liquid, the mosquitoes fall into it, the millennium can still be seen", depicting vivid vividness. "Tiangong Kaiwu" said that the cat's yellow and slightly reddish amber is the most expensive, "this value is five times the price of gold", also tells the preciousness of its collection.

In ancient China, amber beeswax was regarded as a good luck by the emperors. Newborns can wear it to avoid disasters and save lives. In the wedding ceremony of some ethnic minorities in China, the bride wears it to keep her youth, marital feelings and embarrassment.

The Buddhist community also regards it as a sacred object, and it is listed as a Buddhist seven treasure together with gold, silver, pearls, corals, car channels, and colored glaze. In the countries and religious circles of Buddhism, it is a blessing to have a beautiful amber wax as a talisman. In Tibetan Buddhism in our country, I like to use beeswax to make beads. They think that it has a psychic power.

In Europe, amber beeswax has always been regarded as a representative of its gem culture, and it is regarded as a mascot. Just as jade represents Chinese culture, Europeans call it "the gold of the north."

Legend has it that amber was made by the tears of the ancient Greek goddess Herlithus. At that time, it was mostly owned by the aristocratic class. From the end of the eighteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, it became the cherished treasure of the United States. The amber necklace worn by the first lady of the United States was still in the American Museum of History.

In addition, Chinese medicine believes that amber is a good medicine for treating diseases, and it has a calming mind and helps sleep. In "Medical Doctors", it is listed as the top grade, with the effect of "An Wu Dirty, Ding Soul, Eliminating Blood, Passing Wulin". Europeans also think it has magical effects. It is said that the Polish composer Chopin always carries a piece of amber with him. Before each performance, he wipes his hand with amber to warm his fingers.

The collection wind is quietly rising

The antique collections are very old-fashioned, and the finest beeswax is generally old goods. As the beeswax resources are becoming more and more rare, especially the famous beeswax deposits are almost exhausted, and most of the finished products are rarely found in the possession of collectors. Therefore, its rarity has attracted the attention of more and more collectors, and there are not many beeswax in the world, which shows that its collection and appreciation potential is huge.

Nowadays, the beeswax in the general market ranges from a few thousand to several tens of thousands, and the beeswax is appreciated at a rate of 30% per year. The same beeswax is more expensive in Hong Kong than in the Mainland. Times. An old wax pendant from the Qing Dynasty, which had sold more than 200,000 Hong Kong dollars in the Hong Kong auction house.

The beeswax that can be seen on the market are: Dominican beeswax, Snow Mountain beeswax (produced in the Middle East and Africa), water wax (more transparent), silk wax (with filamentous stripes inside), Baltic beeswax (presenting milky yellow and Golden yellow, or semi-transparent between the two). The highest price is Dominican beeswax, snow mountain beeswax and water wax go hand in hand, their prices are determined by the age; silk wax and Baltic honey bees are comparable in price.

There are few places in the world where beeswax is produced, the most common of which is the yellow beeswax produced in the Baltic Sea and northern Europe. Generally only yellow, some are translucent. However, because the formation of beeswax there is relatively close, the price is relatively cheap.

The beeswax produced in Denmark is very good, the color is very pure and opaque. The Middle East is also home to rare beeswax, such as Iran, Myanmar, and Africa. Some are more than 50 million years old, and some even more than 100 million years. However, the quantity is very rare and has a very high collection value. There are also a small amount of beeswax and amber produced in Fushun, Xinjiang and Tibet.

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