South red stone on Chinese red

Mondo Collection Updated on 2024-03-07

In the long history, the South Ruby with its unique charm through time and space, from the ancient ruins of Jinsha three thousand years ago quietly born, as a precious red gemstone, its birth is inseparable from the scorching of the mountain and the birth of basalt. The fusion of silica gives the southern ruby its hard texture, while the addition of ferric ions gives it a variety of shades of red and an endless variety of colours.

The beauty of the southern ruby lies not only in its different shades of red, but also in the culture and history it carries. Xu Xiake once praised it as a rare thing, and Buddhism regarded it as one of the seven treasures. Historically, the southern ruby was once cherished by the royal family and nobles, and the phoenix head cup made of it was once loved by dignitaries and nobles, becoming a symbol of their power and taste.

After more than 200 years of silence, the southern ruby once again appeared in front of the world with its more brilliant brilliance, its story continues from the south of the clouds in Yunnan to the land of abundance in Sichuan, from Baoshan to Liangshan. Whether it is brocade, persimmon, cherry or rose, the southern ruby shows the endless growth of nature and the precipitation of time.

However, the hardness and sharpness of the southern ruby also symbolize its difficulty in being understood and cherished. Only those who really understand it can cherish and properly collect it, and only then can they enjoy its warm and jade-like texture. It is like the character of the Chinese, gentle and tenacious, enthusiastic but honest, persistent and uncompromising.

Southern ruby is not only a material preciousness, but also a cultural and spiritual inheritance. On the land of China, it is like the solemn and silent mountain, the far-reaching river, which has witnessed the perseverance and colorful of the Chinese nation through vicissitudes. The southern ruby is a touch of brilliant Chinese red that will never fade between the mountains and rivers, passed down from generation to generation, and will always shine.

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