Color: Light Green

Measurement: 25 x 16 mm approx.

Material: Gemstone

Finished: Smooth

Shape/Style: Gourd 

 

     Jade is a gemstone of unique symbolic energy, and unique in the myths that surround it. With its beauty and wide-ranging expressiveness. It has held a special attraction for mankind for thousands of years. It was admired as the stone of love, inner peace, harmony, and balance. Jade was regarded as a lucky and protective stone.

     This stone has the ability to cure mental distractions, such as anger and overworked emotions. There are many symbols of longevity; one of these is Wu Lou. This special bottle gourd has been an icon of longevity, good health, and prosperity for many centuries. The Wu Lou, also known as the calabash is an important Feng Shui tool used in enhancing mental and physical healing, warding off physical pain and serious illness.

     The traditional of the Wu Lou started in ancient China when gourds served the purpose of carrying water on long embankments. In addition to simply water, medicine was also stored in the gourds; this is where the image of it as a “symbol of health, vitality, and immortality ” was derived. The shape itself of the Wu Lou plays an important role in its image; it is a depiction of heaven and earth unified. The top half of the gourd symbolizes heaven, and the bottom half is earth.

     The use of the gourd by humans indicates the harmony between earth, heaven, and humanity. The Wu Lou is also said to have the ability to absorb bad chi, for the reason that Taoist monks use the gourd to incarcerate evil spirits.

     According to Chinese mythology, monks and deities of the Taoist belief made use of the gourd, trapping evil presences inside to prevent them from causing enhancement. This is where the Wu Lou got the ideology of being able to absorb negative chi in your surrounding.

 

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