Saturday, 19 December 2009

Precious wood species

Litchi trees, evergreen trees, is a Sapindaceae plants. Is a hardwood, is superior timber, it is highly acid. Material hard heavy, tough and durable, not afraid of water immersion is a wood carving, furniture, good timber. Where more than century-old litchi trees, a tree whose root node modeling good money for the journey, is more than ornamental value wood.

Chicken wing wood that is, "Xi ù wood" and also writing "Qi Zi Mu" is the heartwood of the tangential section of wood on chicken wings ( "V" shaped) pattern of a class of mahogany. Chicken wing wood with a significant and unique texture is known, has traditionally enjoyed the literati and the general consumers. Fulu source wings wood works focus on rendering the texture and natural color wings, both valuable they were sincere and, after all gifts, collection of high quality goods.

Zhangmu alias Xiangzhang Mu, whole-plant with aroma. Produced in the south of the Yangtze River basin and large parts of the valley everywhere with them. Bark brown slightly dark gray, reddish-brown heartwood. Quality heavy and hard wood large number of those who hold, texture thin and intricate a pattern. Aspect smooth Arisawa, paint color after the beautiful, dry is not easy deformation, durability, ease of carving. Fulu source camphor wood carvings, are selected beat the block for more than a hundred years, without any stitching, works clean, beautiful, generous and moving, life-like. And emitting a faint smell of camphor, with insect sterilization, air purification effect, is the home furnishings, gifts to friends and relatives superior choice.

Millennium difficult long boxwood, boxwood grow slowly, generally 40-50 years to grow to 3-5 high material, diameter less than 10 PCT expected, because of its difficult long-solid non-aniseed, it is only suitable for carving small figures. But it was hard and tough, delicate texture, moderate hardness, color from bright, and some showed yellow egg, followed by fine polishing with fine carved ivory match. With the age-old, its color Deep ancient beauty. In Chinese folk boxwood has been regarded as a vulnerable to the attack, the town of evil, evil spirits, peace auspicious top grade.

Kaya wood, also known as Torreya grandis wood, is the name of the millennium to become useful trees, beans, and Taxodiaceae. Produced in Japan and South Korea and China's Yunnan and Sichuan cross-sectional elevation of 3000-4000 meters high mountain ranges of Britain, a solid material firm, fine-grained, straight, golden color and pleasant, pleasant aromatic smell is really rare and good timber for the manufacture of root carving handicraft.

Rosewood, the wood grain as if he tiger stripes, is similar raccoon dog spot, also known as "flower lei," and overbearing. Old man curl pattern, green pattern are straight. Halo round wooden knot pattern such as money, colorful, texture clear and beautiful, can do various rooms of furniture and text devices.

Myanmar's three national treasures: gold camphor, jade, teak. Myanmar Gold camphor from growing to become useful by at least 50 years of slow growth, high hardness, easy to wear. At the same time, it contains a very heavy oil quality and iron, this oil quality and iron so that it remains the same type, anti-acid and alkali, moisture-proof corrosion-resistant, more amazing is that it after the color of polished planed through photosynthesis The oxidation of gold, and color flow over time has become increasingly long and noble is the Need for carving material. It is precisely because Myanmar gold camphor has such good characteristics, but have become the preferred high-grade timber in Need.

Yew also known as yew, red Poisson is a Quaternary glacial relic of the ancient trees. Taxus paclitaxel contained, has a unique anti-cancer mechanisms and high anti-tumor activity, can prevent the propagation of cancer cells, inhibit tumor cell migration, is recognized as the field of natural medicines of today's most important anti-cancer active substance. Taxus in general into a tree to grow 100 ∽ 250 years, is a kind of endangered rare plants, China has listed it as a rare and endangered plants.

Taxus carefully polished, showing the natural wood grain and color, falling into the deep color, shape ancient, containing heavy artistic value and practical value, is a rare collectors choice.

Meticulous quality sandalwood, sweet and with exotic, lingering fragrance Niaorao. Very popular since ancient times, many ancient temples or furniture, are made from sandalwood. Not only has Sandalwood Fang Yi function, but also has a clear anti-inflammatory efficacy of the blood. It is a unique aphrodisiac properties, and to disperse anxiety, help to increase the romantic ambience. Sandalwood on the body also has the function of anti-spasm and reinforcement, can bring the feeling of relaxation and happiness.

Red sandalwood hard texture and color from deep black to red, changing and diverse, fine-grained. Red sandalwood odd weight, the proportion is almost twice as much water. The slow growth rate, five years before the year-round, to 800 years in order to become useful, the hardness of the first timber, the Department referred to as "King of the wood," compared with the non-ordinary wood can.

Chinese people love red sandalwood, business week, that is, thill, and the court Shanghao furniture materials, for the world's top furniture material. According to historical records, red sandalwood start Annan (now Vietnam) imports, the late Ming, Ming Dynasty to show the court noble, he imported a large number of red sandalwood from Southeast Asia into the possession of the palace. It was only the beginning, with production of various types of red sandalwood furniture. Ming rosewood furniture, handed down very little access to the Qing Dynasty palace has become the new darling red sandalwood, red sandalwood furniture, almost monopolized by the court. It represents the highest of Chinese classical furniture, production standards, set craftsmen Dacheng wisdom.

Hainan yellow Li belong to the state a rare plant, alias Dalbergia odorifera, only produced in China's Hainan island slopes below 350 m above sea level. According to historical records, Hainan Hua Li in the Tang Dynasty when it is already Hainan Gong Royal Palace specialty. From the Ming to Qing Dynasty several hundred years, Hainan spent Lebanese Hangyunliushui the wood texture, smooth-clear jade-like texture, triggering their fanatical pursuit of literati and then conquered the Forbidden City in Beijing masters. Even went so far revealed the Ming emperor to abandon the bounden duty of administering the country, hiding in the palace later became a carpenter, called the "carpenter emperors." In the Ming and Qing dynasties, with flowers made by Li wooden furniture, not only became the prerogative of royal tribute, has also become a symbol of feudal hierarchy.