What are the effects of snowflake silver?

Snowflake silver is a popular handicraft. It has a relatively high purity and low hardness. It also looks brighter. The shape of snowflake silver not only looks rich, but also has a unique charm. When snowflake silver is smelted to a very high purity, the overall look is as crystal clear as snowflakes, almost in the shape of snowflakes. Let us now learn about the effects of snowflake silver?

1. Introduction to Snowflake Silver

The term "Snowflake Silver" first appeared in the Song Dynasty sentence "Three years as a clean magistrate, 100,000 snowflake silvers". Later, it appeared frequently in the texts of successive dynasties, but it was still just a folk name for silver. In the history of ancient my country when silver was used as currency, the official name for silver was "silver" or "white silver", and the unit of measurement was "liang". During the Qing Dynasty, the official silver coin used "Wei Yin" as the standard purity of silver currency, which was 93.5374%. Its full name was "Hubu Kuping Shidu Wei Yin".

Nowadays, detailed regulations have been made for the name and purity of silver. For example, 99.9% purity is called 99% pure silver, and 99% purity is called pure silver. Both are commonly used raw materials for jewelry applications. Silver is produced in abundance all over the world, and my country's Fujian Province produces large quantities.

2. Smelting and Forging

Silver handicrafts made from Lijiang snowflake silver are of high purity, low hardness, high brightness, and rich and unique shapes.

When Lijiang Snowflake Silver is smelted to a very high purity, the silver product becomes as crystal clear as snowflakes, with a snowflake-shaped surface. Because the selected original silver is bright in color, soft in texture, pure and flawless, and contains the aura of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, and Lijiang Jade Dragon Snow Mountain means silver stone in Naxi language, it is called Lijiang Snowflake Silver. Lijiang snowflake silver is known among the people as "a talisman for warding off disasters and evil spirits" and a "barometer of health and mood". The brightness and darkness of the luster of Lijiang snowflake silver jewelry can accurately reflect the health status of the wearer.

3. Related Culture

1. According to the Naxi culture of Lijiang, silver has the function of warding off evil spirits and ghosts. When a child is one month old, the elders will give the child silver locks, silver bracelets, and silver collars. Children's padlocks engraved with blessings such as "long life and wealth", "good fortune, wealth, longevity and happiness", and "good luck" imply "locking" the child's life and convey the elders' earnest blessings to the child; and children's bracelets with bells are both decorations and toys, expressing the hope that the child can "hear" his (her) presence wherever he (she) goes.

2. When a Naxi elder is dying, people will wrap a small piece of pure silver, a few grains of rice, and a few pieces of tea leaves in red paper, then cut a slit on one end of a bamboo chopstick, hold the red envelope, and put it into the old man's lips. It means blessing the deceased with a good journey, and hope that they will have enough food and clothing in the other world. Don't be afraid, and move forward towards the bright and glorious road.