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What is amber?
Amber has always been a precious variety in amber beeswax, which has been recorded for nearly a thousand years.

A bird in Beihai is called Shan Hai Jing. It has colorful feathers and its wings can cover Fiona Fang for about 5 miles. It is said that its eyes can be used as ancient jewelry, and its name is Yunpo.

In modern times, pearl treasure experts have divided amber into six categories, namely "Jin Po, Waper, Xueper, Wengper, Huaper and Zanper". Zanppe is characterized by black when viewed vertically with naked eyes and red when illuminated with light. In short, there are dozens of main types and colors of honey amber.

Because living alone is a symbol of honor and good fortune, Yaopo Aotou has always been regarded as a treasure by dignitaries and rich people, and making beads with it is the best sacred object for Buddhist disciples and believers to worship Buddha.

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Causes of amber formation

1. In ancient China, amber was once called Hu Bo, Yu Pei, Beast Bo, Shield Mou, Zhu Jiang, Heritage Jade, etc. The soul of a dead tiger turned to stone, or amber is a tear shed by a tiger. These legends include the speculation and pursuit of amber by ancient people in China, which shows that people think amber has the function of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil and calming the nerves.

2. In the eyes of ancient emperors, amber also had extraordinary significance. According to records, "The Temple of Heaven decorated the emperor's beads with lapis lazuli, amber, coral and turquoise."

3. Amber is an organic mixture, which was formed by the resin of coniferous plants from Mesozoic Cretaceous to Cenozoic Tertiary.

The formation of amber generally has three stages. In the first stage, resin is secreted from cypress. In the second stage, the resin was deeply buried and petrified, and the composition, structure and characteristics of the resin changed obviously. The third stage is that the petrochemical resin is washed, transported, deposited and diagenetic, thus forming amber.

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