Agate is one of the Buddhist Shippo

If the Chinese literati at a pen and paper rambled deification of agate is due to its preference, then, Westerners put the interpretation of this preference was superb. Meanwhile, the agate is one of the Buddhist Shippo.

In ancient Greek mythology, legends, when the goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite lying asleep under the shade of a tree, her son - Eros Eros secretly took her shiny nail scissors down. Subsequently, Eros would hold the nails flew up into the sky joyfully, but in the air flying Eros accidentally put her mother's Flash nails to knocked off, the nails to the ground after falling into a shiny, color Strange stone - agate. Thus, in the Greek civilization and Roman civilization, the people that have the agate, you can adjust the feelings between himself and wife, so as to achieve the purpose of strengthening love.

In the Jewish civilization and Roman civilization, especially in the "Old Testament" a classic, there Pearl bracelet are also documented the use of agate. "Old Testament Exodus" mentioned: God to Moses for his Gegeyalun making Cloth, in the Mount Freshwater pearls Caramel still has 12 inlaid gemstones. This is 12 minutes to four lines Pearl pendant of inlaid precious stones, each line of three, is also the birthday of modern Chinese zodiac stone or stone origin. Jewish and Christian priests on Mount Caramel on the mosaic stones for which the first line of the used Sardius (carnelian, red striped agate, or sardonyx), the third line used Ligure (purple agate), Agate (white agate), fourth line used Onyx (onyx) and Jasper (Jasper, or Bi-stone). Here, the red stripe or sardonyx agate, purple agate, white agate, onyx is agate, and carnelian and agate, and Bi-stone composition is similar, but slightly different structures and patterns. Agate in the Jewish civilization and Roman civilization, the importance is obvious.

In the East, agate has entered Pearl ring the Buddhist Qibao out. Buddhism Qibao that seven kinds of treasures, also known as seven-zhen. Of course, different scriptures translated by Shippo are not quite the same, such as "Prajnaparamita Sutra" said Shippo is a gold, silver, glass, coral, amber, Tridacna gigas drainage, agate, Kumarajiva translation "Amitabha Jing" said The Qibao for gold, silver, glass, glass, Tridacna, Chi Zhu, agate, "Amitabha Jing" Shippo said is gold, silver, glass, glass, Tridacna gigas sewers, Chi Zhu, agate, "Lotus Sutra" by said Shippo is gold, silver, glass, Tridacna gigas sewers, agate, pearl, rose. These classics are mentioned in Qibao in agate, agate can be seen in the ancient East and the West are different civilizations and cultures occupy an important position.