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As Hunan's golden card, chrysanthemum stone carving technology came into being in 1740 and had a history of 270 years. Because chrysanthemum stone belongs to non-renewable resources, and only one place in Liuyang belongs to the concentrated origin in the world, it has the title of "the first stone in the world".
[14] [15] The alleged medicinal properties of precious stones, as well as other powers they were believed to hold, were collected in texts known as lapidaries, which remained popular in Medieval and Early Modern Europe until the 17th century. Across cultures, different stones can symbolize or provide aide for different things.
14th century Goryeo painting of Ksitigarbha holding a cintamani Mani stone In Buddhism, the wish fulfilling jewel (Skt. maṇi , cintā-maṇi , cintāmaṇi-ratna ) is an important mythic symbol indicating a magical jewel that manifests one's wishes, including the curing of disease, purification of water, granting clothing, food, treasure etc.
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In Chinese art, the Four Gentlemen or Four Noble Ones (Chinese: 四君子; pinyin: Sì Jūnzǐ), is a collective term referring to four plants: the plum blossom, the orchid, the bamboo, and the chrysanthemum. [1] [2] The term compares the four plants to Confucian junzi, or "gentlemen".
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A 17th century English lapidary text. The etymological root of the word lapidary is the Latin word lapis, meaning "stone". [5] In the 14th century, the term evolved from lapidarius, meaning 'stonecutter' or 'working with stone', into the Old French word lapidaire, meaning 'one skilled in working with precious stones'.