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Taihang Mountain Cliffs 1.5

Taihang Mountain Cliffs 1.5

¥7,934 JPY
¥7,934 JPY
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A single sliver of oak fragrance, a thousand-year-old cliff rhyme. It embodies the spirit of Taihang and quietly protects the peace of time.

1. The Story of the Material

China Taihang Mountains Cliff Oak (Gaobak) refers to a species of cliff oak that grows in the rock crevices at high altitudes in China's Taihang Mountains. Due to its harsh environment and scarce resources, it is hailed as a "cliff treasure" and a "living fossil of trees." Rooted in impoverished rock walls, eroded by wind, rain, and extreme temperature fluctuations, it has an extremely long growth cycle, growing only a few centimeters in 100 years; high-quality timber requires decades to even a century of sedimentation. The core wood is dense and solid, with a distorted and varied pattern and rich oil content. Its color gradually changes from a light yellowish brown to a deep brownish crimson, making it as soft to the touch as a carpet. At room temperature, it exudes a unique, refreshing, medicinal aroma, promoting mental focus and calming effects. It is a rare material that combines the spiritual essence of the mountains and fields, practical value, and collectible significance. Wild oak is a nationally designated protected plant, and all of our products use legally cultivated old wood.

Worth petting and collection significance:

The unique charm of China's Taihang Mountain Cliff Wood lies in its irreproducible natural patterns and the gentle changes it undergoes after caressing, as well as its rare collectible value as an antique wood. With clean hands and careful caressing, the wood gradually absorbs the oils from your hands, slowly transforming from a light yellowish-brown to a warm, deep brown and then a deep reddish-purple. Transparent, lustrous patches form on the surface, making it even smoother to the touch. The patches enhance the natural patterns, making them more three-dimensional and vivid. Rare patterns such as bumps, clouds, and rippling water are even more vivid, each one bearing the mark of the winds and rains of the Taihang Mountains. During caressing, the refreshing medicinal aroma blends with the body's natural oils, making the fragrance more intense, lasting, and richly layered. High-quality reclaimed oak wood is becoming increasingly rare, and the patterns are impossible to replicate. Therefore, properly smoothed oak products are not only elegant accessories to wear, but also collectible pieces that have the potential to maintain and even increase in value, making them highly sought-after by art and crafts enthusiasts.

2. |Design Features|

- ✔ Cliff pattern: Natural bumps and cloud patterns intertwine and intertwine, the patterns are distorted and varied, unique and rich in layers under the light, fully expressing the sacred beauty of the mountains and the profound feeling of time.

- ✔ Refreshing texture: Through multi-stage hand-polishing with fine sand, the original texture of the wood is preserved, making it soft and warm like a carpet, not cold to the touch, and gentle on the skin, without drying out even when worn for a long time.
- ✔ Crafted with craftsmanship and precision: each pearl is precisely pierced, the knots are tight and not easy to fray, and simple accessories such as the cliff oak Buddha head and olive nucleus spacer made of the same material are combined to harmonize with traditional aesthetics, and the subtle dot stitching shows elegance and inner dignity.

- ✔ Versatile accessory: Suitable for a variety of styles, including casual wear, formal wear, and outdoor styles. The understated and subdued texture enhances elegance without being too flashy, naturally emanating the pure atmosphere of the mountains and fields.
- ✔ Worth stroking: Rich in oils and fats, the wood has stable properties. After stroking, the patching becomes glossy and fragrant. It is not easy to crack or deform. No complicated care is required, and you can easily experience the double pleasure of "cultivating the pattern and nurturing the fragrance".

3. |Allegory of Wearing and Collection|

The Taihang Mountains' oak tree, a sacred tree with deep Chinese cultural significance, has long been beloved by Taoist practitioners and literati. Its refreshing, medicinal fragrance has the effect of concentrating and calming the mind, tranquilizing the heart and clearing delusions, and it also has health-promoting properties. It also has the beautiful allegory of warding off evil, maintaining peace, protecting the home, and bringing good fortune, making it an important medium for daily prayer and meditation practice.
- Daily Wear: By wearing it, you can feel the warmth of natural cliff oak while being surrounded by the refreshing medicinal scent, which can calm your mind, relieve stress, and nourish your body and mind.

- Stroking practice: The repeated stroking process is a form of mindfulness practice, allowing you to focus on the changing patterns and scents, clearing away distractions, and allowing the mind to settle in a relaxed atmosphere, cultivating character.

- A precious gift: giving it to a close friend conveys deep blessings of peace, prosperity, calmness and good fortune. It is a thoughtful choice that combines practicality and culture, and is also a precious and faithful item that contains elegant thoughts.

- A collection passed down through generations: High-quality ancient Taihang oak from China's Taihang Mountains is an extremely rare resource. The longer it is kneaded, the richer the patches become, the more vivid the patterns become, and the higher its value increases. This is not just a decorative piece, but a collection of the spirits of the mountains and fields that can be passed down through generations and a family heirloom.

4. |Product Specifications|

- Material: Natural Taihang Mountain oak (legally cultivated, second-hand wood), carefully selected core wood containing fragrance, no insect damage, no cracks, no hollows, rich fragrance, rich in oils

- Bead diameter: 15mm

- Length: 22.5CM

- Bracelet: Approx. 23cm (adjustable length)

- Note: If you have any special requirements, please contact us and we will make it custom for you.

—— Caution ——

All products are handcrafted from natural Taihang Mountain oak from China. The pattern, color, and fragrance are all natural variations, resulting in slight variations in the pattern and color of each individual product. Some beads may have natural lumps or small knots. Because each piece is unique, images are for reference only and may differ slightly from the actual product. This product is made from legally cultivated reclaimed oak, not wild, protected oak. Choose with confidence.

We hope that this gift of sacred wood from the cliffs of the Taihang Mountains in China will become more fragrant and warmer in color with each passing day as you caress it, bringing you lasting peace and tranquility.
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