{"product_id":"blue-water-jade-ruyi-necklace","title":"Blue Water Jade Ruyi Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe shape on this pendant started life as a back scratcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e如意 means as you wish, and the object was named for doing exactly that.\u003c\/strong\u003e It began as a 爪杖, a long handled scratcher with a curved head, and it got its name because it reaches the one place you cannot reach yourself. Scholars kept them on the desk. Monks used them to hold notes during a talk. Then the emperors got hold of the idea, the handle grew jade and gold, the head kept the curl, and the scratcher became the sceptre you see in every Qing court portrait.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe head is the part that survived, and it is the shape you are wearing.\u003c\/strong\u003e That curled cloud outline is the business end of the original tool, which is why the same silhouette turns up on furniture corners, door handles, temple eaves and the backs of chairs. When a Chinese object curls like this, it is saying the same thing: may it go the way you want it to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone in the middle of something they cannot control.\u003c\/strong\u003e A wait for results, a visa, a house sale, a diagnosis. It is the traditional Chinese gift for exactly that, because the wish is not for wealth or protection but simply for it to turn out the way the person wants. That also makes it an easy present when you do not know what someone needs, which is more than most amulets can claim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing jade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cord is braided and adjusts with a sliding knot, so it sits where you want it. Jade is traditionally kept on and not put away. Jadeite is tough but still stone, so take it off before anything with knocks in it, and a soft dry cloth is all it needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStone:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue water jade, carved as a 如意 cloud head with an open center\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adjustable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Things going the way you want them to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone, so the depth of blue and the cloudier patches differ on every pendant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52705139032366,"sku":"14:1254","price":53.72,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/ruyi-jade-fortune-necklace-1.webp?v=1790139338","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/blue-water-jade-ruyi-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}