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Tibetan Silver Ornaments, Lhasa

Tibetan bracelets are usually made of Tibetan silver and copper. With Sanskrit inscribed on, they seem unsophisticated and mysterious. Tibetan people wear crescent silver plate, which is a symbol of purity. And the agate and gems mounted in the silver plate connote blessing from the god, good luck and good health in life. In addition, the Tibetan ornaments with ruby and sapphire have an obvious easiness and sincerity, for which you will be deeply shocked by its strong survival consciousness.

Dzi bead is known as "Dzi" in Tibetan, according to the ancient legends, Dzi beads can not only drive evil, protect people from disaster, stars (and sun and moon) and the eight kinds of spiritual beings, but also protect bodies, produce power and benevolent rule, and gain good reputation. The occurrence of Dzi bead can date back to 3000 years ago. In ancient time, Dzi bead was called god bead. The design and shape of Dzi bead are deemed to be different symbols and the effectiveness to cultivate different supernatural powers. Dzi bead can be divided into weathered Dzi bead and authentic Dzi bead, including the varieties of "sun and moon", ornamental sceptre, "heaven and earth", Nectar and so on. All Dzi beads contain precious and rare mineral elements, that is, the effectiveness and magnetic field, etc. They have the power of making people find a way of treading through treacherous waters and gaining luck and blessings. What’s more, authentic pure Dzi bead is also well known as "genuine Dzi bead". It is often called Dzi bead for short. Dzi beads are divided into "pure Dzi bead" and "Chong Dzi bead". Tibetans think it good luck to own a Dzi bead. And those who once have one Dzi bead means the endless good luck is coming. Therefore, Tibetan people regard pure Dzi bead as the mascot of god, and pressure it as their own lives.

Aweto is not what people think to be an insect in winter and become grass in summer. However, it is the parasitism of fungus in insect called Chinese caterpillar fungus

The insects for aweto to live in are aweto hepialid moths, which usually grow in brush woods and meadows at the shady or semi-shady slopes with an altitude of 3,000-5,000m, as insect, aweto hepialid moths have a complete life cycle, including four statuses: ovum, larva, nymph and moth (namely the imago). 

The aweto fungi move into the larva body of aweto hepialid moths in the first twenty days of September each year, they spread all over the months. And cohere together with soil. In the last ten days of September, the head of the parasitical larva body develops a stroma of one centimeter high, living through the winter in the frozen earth. At the beginning of May the next year, the stromatic awetos grow out of the earth. Finally, in the last ten days of June, the stroma becomes obese, and the insect body underground gradually rots and becomes empty. And then it becomes useless in medicine. So the best time to collect awetos is from the last ten days of May to the last ten days of June each year.