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How to make cinnabar bracelets

The manufacturing method of cinnabar bracelet is as follows:

1, complete the tools first, which are sold on Taobao.

2. Fold the soft iron wire and clamp one end of the elastic wire.

3. Start wearing cinnabar beads and wear 34.

4, then wear gold foil beads and wear 2.

5. Continue to wear cinnabar beads and repeat the above two steps twice.

6. There are 108 grinding beads, 102 cinnabar beads and 6 gold foil beads. There are 34 cinnabar beads behind every two gold foil beads. As shown below.

7. Then cut the elastic thread for a long time and tie a knot to avoid slipping twice. Finally, cut off the extra thread. This simple and atmospheric style I shared has no pendants or anything. Personally, if you like to add pendants, you need to buy more tee beads and accessories.

8. When buying cinnabar, you should pay attention to distinguish between true and false. Some beads have elastic threads, so you don't have to buy them separately.

Cinnabar introduction:

Cinnabar, formerly known as cinnabar, is a hexagonal natural cinnabar. Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica lists it as the top grade, which can relieve convulsion and detoxify and treat epilepsy, convulsion, palpitation, insomnia, dreaminess and blindness. External treatment of sores, ulcers, swelling and ulcers on the mouth and tongue.

Cinnabar is not only used in medicine, but also widely used in national defense chemical industry, anti-radiation laser and anti-adhesion of organisms on ships. Therefore, cinnabar has the reputation of "soft ruby".

Cinnabar is also a rare mineral pigment. Because of its rosy and bright color, it never fades, so it has always been loved by painters. China's famous painter Li Keran's "Wan Shan Hong Ban" was painted with vermilion. The auction price of a 3. 1 square foot work reached 50 1 000 yuan.

At the same time, many units and individuals collect cinnabar as gifts and high-grade decorations. For example, a cinnabar crystal collected in geological museum is10.8cm long, 4.4cm wide, 4.2cm high and has a net weight of 237g, making it the king of cinnabar in the world.

Cinnabar is mainly produced in the deep underground of the mountain at the junction of Fenghuang in Hunan and Tongren in Guizhou. As a high-quality, rare and non-renewable natural mineral product, it is exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and other economically developed countries and regions, creating a large amount of export foreign exchange for the country.