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Nanmu
Nanmu () is a precious wood that is unique to China and South Asia, and was historically used for boat building, architectural woodworking, furniture and sculptural carving in China. The Ming dynasty-era writings indicate this wood as superior durable softwood. A recent excavation of a tomb in Lija village in Jing'an County, Jiangxi Province, found 47 coffins made of nanmu wood that are reported to be about 2500 years old, dating back to the Eastern Zhou dynasty period and belonging to the Dongyi State of Xu. The trees that produce nanmu wood are evergreens that have long, straight trunks which grows to 35 meters in height and one meter in diameter. More than 30 varieties exist, which are found south of the Yangtze River. There are also nanmu trees on Hainan Island and in Vietnam. Yangmu nanmu is found in Sichuan. Zinan nanmu is found in southeast and south central China. Zinanmu nanmu is found in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhenjiang. Zhennan nanmu is found in Guizhou and Sichuan. The fines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe (plant)
''Phoebe'' is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. There are 75 accepted species in the genus, distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia and New Guinea.''Phoebe'' Nees ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 29 August 2022. 35 species occur in China, of which 27 are endemic. The first description of the genus was of the type species ''P. lanceolata'' made in 1836 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in ''Systema Laurinarum'', p. 98. Description ''Phoebe'' species are evergreen shrubs or trees with pinnately veined leaves. The flowers are hermaphrodite, white, small and fragrant, and are grouped in branched terminal inflorescences in the form of panicles. The bracts are all of equal length or the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Zhennan
''Phoebe zhennan'' is a large species of tree, up to tall, in the genus '' Phoebe'' of the family Lauraceae. The name "Zhennan" is the transcription of one of the tree's Chinese names, . It is endemic to China, where it occurs in Guizhou, Hubei, and Sichuan provinces. The species is threatened by habitat loss, and so is under second-class national protection in China. In the past, wood from this tree, referred to as ''nanmu'' in China, was so valuable that only royal families could afford their use. Notably, whole logs of ''Phoebe zhennan'' wood were used to create pillars for the Forbidden City The Forbidden City () is the Chinese Empire, imperial Chinese palace, palace complex in the center of the Imperial City, Beijing, Imperial City in Beijing, China. It was the residence of 24 Ming dynasty, Ming and Qing dynasty, Qing dynasty L .... The wood is particularly valuable when it has become semi-fossilized, and is then referred to as Wu Mu, or "Black Wood". The price o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dongyi
The Dongyi or Eastern Yi () was a collective term for ancient peoples found in Chinese records. The definition of Dongyi varied across the ages, but in most cases referred to inhabitants of eastern China, then later, the Korean peninsula and Japanese Archipelago. Dongyi refers to different group of people in different periods. As such, the name "Yí" was something of a catch-all and was applied to different groups over time. According to the earliest Chinese record, the '' Zuo Zhuan'', the Shang dynasty was attacked by King Wu of Zhou while attacking the Dongyi and collapsed afterward. Ancient inhabitants of Eastern China Oracle bone inscriptions from the early 11th century BCE refer to campaigns by the late Shang king Di Yi against the ''Rénfāng'' (), a group occupying the area of southern Shandong and Jianghuai (northern Anhui and Jiangsu). Many Chinese archaeologists apply the historical name "Dongyi" to the archaeological Yueshi culture (1900–1500 BCE). Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machilus Nanmu
''Machilus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It is found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical forest, occurring in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indochina, the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It is sometimes included in the genus ''Persea'', and currently includes about 100 species. Description ''Machilus'' are evergreen trees or shrubs, some species growing as much as 30 m tall. Their entire, pinnately veined leaves are alternately borne along the stems. Their bisexual flowers are borne in inflorescences that are usually paniculate, terminal, subterminal, or arising from near base of branchlets, with long peduncles or rarely without peduncles. Perianth tubes are short; perianth lobes 6 in 2 series, equal, subequal, or occasionally outer ones conspicuously smaller than inner ones, usually persistent, rarely deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 in 3 series, anthers 4-celled, 1st and 2nd series of stamens eglandular, anthers intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Culture
Chinese culture () is one of the Cradle of civilization#Ancient China, world's earliest cultures, said to originate five thousand years ago. The culture prevails across a large geographical region in East Asia called the Sinosphere as a whole and is extremely diverse, with customs and traditions varying greatly between regions. The terms 'China' and the geographical landmass of 'China' have shifted across the centuries, before the name 'China' became commonplace. Chinese civilization is historically considered a dominant culture of East Asia. Chinese culture exerted profound influence on the philosophy, customs, politics, and traditions of Asia. Chinese characters, Chinese ceramics, ceramics, Chinese architecture, architecture, Chinese music, music, History of Chinese dance, dance, Chinese literature, literature, Chinese martial arts, martial arts, Chinese cuisine, cuisine, Chinese art, arts, Chinese philosophy, philosophy, etiquette, Religion in China, religion, Legalism (Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Nanmu
Phoebe or Phœbe may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Phoebe (given name), a list of people, mythological, biblical and fictional characters *Phoebe (mythology), several Greek mythological figures * Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis/ Diana and Selene/Luna, in Greek and Roman mythology, the moon goddesses * Phoebe (biblical figure), deacon * Phoebe Buffay, a fictional character from the sitcom television show ''Friends'' Plants and animals * ''Phoebe'' (beetle), a genus of longhorn beetles * Phoebe (bird), the common name for birds of genus ''Sayornis'' * ''Phoebe'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Ships *''Phoebe'', a sailing ship chartered by the New Zealand Company in 1842 * , various ships * , two minesweepers Other uses * Phoebe (moon), a small outer moon of Saturn * Phoebe (computer), Acorn Computers' never-released successor to the Risc PC * ''Phoebe'' (George Mason University journal), a literary journal published by George Mason University * Phoebe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chatoyancy
In gemology, chatoyancy ( ), also called chatoyance or the cat's eye effect, is an optical phenomenon, optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones. (Historically, the term has applied specifically to gems; in woods and other materials the effect is more broadly known as "figure" or iridescence.) Coined from the French , meaning cat's eye, the chatoyant effect is typically characterized by one or more well-defined bands of reflected light, reminiscent of a cat's eye, which appear to glide across a gem's surface as the object is moved, or when the observer moves while viewing it. Chatoyancy is caused by the presence of fibrous structures within the material, such as in tiger's eye quartz, or by fibrous inclusions and cavities, as seen in cat's eye chrysoberyl, in which the effect is caused by the presence of titanium dioxide, which aligns perpendicularly to produce the effect. Description Chatoyancy in the gemstone chrysoberyl is induced by the presence of the minera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Zhennan Grain Pattern
Phoebe or Phœbe may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Phoebe (given name), a list of people, mythological, biblical and fictional characters *Phoebe (mythology), several Greek mythological figures * Phoebe, an epithet of Artemis/ Diana and Selene/Luna, in Greek and Roman mythology, the moon goddesses * Phoebe (biblical figure), deacon * Phoebe Buffay, a fictional character from the sitcom television show ''Friends'' Plants and animals * ''Phoebe'' (beetle), a genus of longhorn beetles * Phoebe (bird), the common name for birds of genus ''Sayornis'' * ''Phoebe'' (plant), a genus of flowering plants Ships *''Phoebe'', a sailing ship chartered by the New Zealand Company in 1842 * , various ships * , two minesweepers Other uses * Phoebe (moon), a small outer moon of Saturn * Phoebe (computer), Acorn Computers' never-released successor to the Risc PC * ''Phoebe'' (George Mason University journal), a literary journal published by George Mason University * Phoebe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Litsea Cubeba
''Litsea cubeba'', the aromatic litsea or may chang, is an evergreen tree or shrub 5–12 meters high in the family Lauraceae. It is native to Southern Chinese regions including Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Fujian as well as Taiwan and other Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. It is called "mountain pepper" (山胡椒; pinyin: shānhújiāo), "mujiangzi" (木姜子; pinyin: mùjiāngzǐ) or "douchijiang" (豆豉姜; pinyin: dòuchǐjiāng) in Mandarin and ''maqaw'' (馬告) by the Atayal of Taiwan. It produces a fruit which is processed for its lemony essential oil. The oil can also be extracted from the leaf, but this is considered to be lower in quality. The timber is sometimes used for making furniture and crafts. Plant parts are also used in medicine. Oil extraction Essential oil yields from the fruit are 3–5%. The oil's main component is citral, at 70–85% of the oil. It is mainly produced in China from plantations and is marketed as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
