Malaysia Natural Wild Real Lakawood (JiangZhenXiang) beads bracelet 20MM 正宗降真香手串

Description: Malaysia Natural Wild Real Lakawood (JiangZhenXiang) beads bracelet 20MM 正宗降真香手串 Origin: Malaysia Peninsular Wild LakawoodSmell: Natural fragrant, very comprehensive sweet, bring flower, sweet wine and sandalwood scentGrade: Rich oils Lakawood, drown in water, small and solid drill hole.Size: Dia 20 mm x 12 grains Weight: 53.1 grams LAKAWOOD/ 降真香/ 降香花梨 (DALBERGIA PARVIFLORA) Lakawood, or laka wood (Malay: kayu laka), is a reddish aromatic heartwood used as incense in China, India and South East Asia. It also had a number of other uses in the past such as medicinal purposes. Historically lakawood was one of the most commonly-traded commodities of South East Asia in the trade between China and South East Asia from the Song dynasty onwards, possibly earlier. The lakawood of Dalbergia parviflora is a product of the Malay peninsula and its native name in Malay is kayu laka (literally "laka wood"). In Chinese, lakawood were called jiangzhenxiang (降真香) or zitengxiang (紫藤香). The fragrance and appearance of the heartwood and root wood from Lakawood of South East Asia, known to have been imported into China in the 10th century, is similar to the earlier Chinese incense wood, it therefore became asubstitute for the Chinese product. Its fragrance was particularly appreciated by Taoists, and it therefore gained the name Jiang Zhen Xiang meaning "the incense that summons the Perfected Ones to descend among us". Historical records however used two similar terms, jiangzhenxiang and jiangxiang (降香), which may have been two different products. USESThe wood has been used as incense in China from an early period, and it was said to be particularly favoured by the Taoists. It is powdered and mixed with other substances to make incense, commonly in the form of joss sticks. It was first mentioned in 304 AD as a preservative in wine and an incense wood for the summoning of spirit. During the Tang dynasty, it was used for magical and medicinal purposes, burnt in home to rid of all that is "weird and strange", and pieces of the wood were attached to children to ward off "evil vapours". The wood of Lakawood has no smell until it is burnt, and only a small amount is used in joss sticks due to its strong aroma. According to 16th century herbologist and Li Shizhen（李时珍）, it was also used "as an astringent, as a wash to cleanse sores and to excite granulations, and as a deodorizing and disinfecting agent." HISTORICAL RECORDSZi Teng Xiang （紫藤香）was first described in 304 AD in a book on plants, Nanfang Caomu Zhuang (南方草木状 Plants of the Southern Regions) written by Ji Han, as having long and slender leaves, white flower and black seed. Its wood was chopped up and used as incense. The 9th century Tang poet Cao Tang (曹唐) wrote a poem on a Taoist theme that refers to the lakawood jiangzhenxiang: "Reddish dew gives me an image of upturning "the wine which extends life", Whitish smoke puts me in mind the burning of "jiangzhenxiang" ("the aromatic which brings down the TrueOnes")". Lakawood from South East Asia was first noted in 982 (early Song dynasty) as one of the 37 foreign products that can be freely traded in China. Descriptions of lakawood and its trade are given in accounts from the Sung and Yuan dynasty, Zhu Fan Zhi and Daoyi Zhilüe（岛夷志略）. These texts indicate that Lakawood was a product of various states in the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, as well as Borneo. They suggest a significant trade in lakawood, but it was also regarded as a cheap import during the Song dynasty, such that people of Quanzhou be they rich or poor can afford to buy the incense to burn at the end of the year as a sacrifice to Heaven. The value of lakawood however increased during the Ming dynasty. The product was mentioned in accounts of Zheng He's voyages such Yingya Shenglan（瀛涯胜览） by Ma Huan during the Ming dynasty, and its value was considered high enough to be presented to the imperial court as tributes.

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