Tree jade is jade-shaped silicified wood. It belongs to silicified wood, and its appearance is crystal clear, which is different from ordinary silicified wood. In the long process of geological history, large areas of virgin forests were buried underground by great natural forces.

Soaking in silica under high pressure, low temperature and oxygen-free environment, the carbon elements in trees are gradually replaced by silica, and some of the original characteristics of trees are retained, and some mineral elements in surrounding rock layers are mixed to form colorful substances, which are silicified wood, also known as wood fossils. Then in the long geological period, with the constant changes of temperature and pressure, silicified wood has undergone different degrees of metamorphism and recrystallization, and its main components have been transformed into opal chalcedony, which is Shuhuayu, also known as Huamuyu.

Chinese name

Yu Shuhua

definition

Jade silicified wood

difficulty

Mohs 7.4 degrees

wood tissue

Opal and chalcedony

density

2.20g/cm3-2.80g/cm3

Historical origin

Tree jade belongs to silicified wood. Because of its wonderful, peculiar, strange and natural characteristics, it can be classified as a strange stone or an ornamental stone. Kistler culture has a long history in China. Strange stones are clearly recorded in Shangshu, Gong Yu and Shanhaijing during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, people began to collect and appreciate all kinds of strange stones and listed them as tributes. Silicified wood has always been used as the decoration of royal palaces, garden buildings, halls and elegant rooms, and is also widely used in desks. Stone players in the past dynasties also classified and summarized the strange stones in the process of playing with stones, summed up the appreciation standards such as "shape, color, rhyme", "wrinkle, thinness, leakage" and "strange beauty and seclusion", and put forward the realm of appreciating stones, that is, "humanity explains the Tao with stones, and humanity nourishes nature with stones". When we appreciate strange stones, we not only get great pleasure visually, but also appreciate a culture, which sublimates our spirit and sentiment. Tree-shaped jade is still tree-shaped jade in the final analysis, and people will get a lot of enlightenment when they understand and study the vicissitudes of tree-shaped jade and its characteristics.

According to China's traditional theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements, tree belongs to wood, jade belongs to stone, soil belongs to wood, and wood can overcome soil. On the other hand, jade contains many metal elements, which belong to gold, and gold can crush wood. This is a pair of natural enemies who will always resist each other. However, due to their mutual tolerance and combination, Yu Shuhua was created, a fairy in heaven and on earth. This in itself explains a deep and shallow Zen, as the saying goes: "All rivers run into the sea, and tolerance is great."

Tree-shaped jade began in the period when landslides and broken seas caused great changes in the crust. In the face of this earth-shattering change, it is not only in danger, but also able to use the aura of heaven and earth for its own use, collecting the essence of the sun and the moon as the spirit. What a broad mind and courage. People praise it as a kind of moral character, and often regard it as a stone to exorcise evil spirits in town houses, standing in the courtyard or at the door to protect the stability, safety and smoothness of homes and enterprises.

Tree jade is shaped in a closed and cruel environment. After high temperature and high pressure, and the infiltration of SiO2 _ 2 hydrothermal solution, it endured unimaginable torture and tests with perseverance, and finally turned decay into magic, making its life course change from ugly duckling to white swan. People often take advantage of this to give Shu Huayu as a gift to relatives and friends or to motivate themselves, so as to correctly treat setbacks in reality, overcome all difficulties and achieve life goals.

Tree-shaped jade was formed in the long years. It is willing to endure loneliness and concentrate on cultivation. It not only does not repel the invading silica hydrothermal solution, but also absorbs its essence and removes its dross. After a subtle influence, with the passage of time, it pushed itself to glory. People regard this spirit as a symbol of collecting money and keeping it, and putting it in the hall will help them get rich.