Eritrea Pearl Diamond Fashion Wedding Jewelry 16

Eritrea Pearl Diamond Fashion Wedding Jewelry. 

By Aamir Mannan.

The most ancient reference to pearls comes from ancient China. In one of the oldest of books published in China, known as Sho King (Chuang Tzu) dating from 2,350 B.C. (4,350 B.P.) mention is made of a pearl from the River Huai, the natural boundary between north China and south China, being given as a tribute to Emperor Yu in 2206 B.C. (4,206 B.P.), and a string of near-spherical pearls from the province of King Kau also given as tribute. The book also mentions of pearls in tax records and of pearl rewards after death. An interesting Confucian ode, "If in life you gave no alms, In death how do you deserve a pearl?" is mentioned in this book. The ode is an exhortation to give charity to the poor, so that you can be rewarded in life after death. The ancient Chinese dictionary, the Nh'ya, published in 1,000 B.C. (3,000 B.P.) refer to pearls as precious jewels found in the province of Shen-

Si on the western frontier. China also gets the credit for the production of the first cultured pearls around the year 1,000 A.D. by inserting tiny lead Buddhas into freshwater mollusks  which was coated with mother-of-pearl, producing pearl Buddhas in a period of 1-2 years. Such pearl-coated Buddhas had special spiritual significance for the Chinese Buddhists.