{"product_id":"jadeite-buddha-head-necklace","title":"Jadeite Buddha Head Necklace","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Buddha is always carved with the same face.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEyes lowered, mouth almost at rest, nothing in it that is trying. There is an old idea underneath that: the face you end up with is made by the mind behind it. \u003cstrong\u003eYou carry this one to be reminded what that looks like\u003c\/strong\u003e, on the days your own face is doing something else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e佛 sounds like 福.\u003c\/strong\u003e Buddha and fortune are near enough the same word in Chinese, and that is half the reason these get worn at all. The other half is plainer: an uneventful life, nothing dramatic, everyone home. That is what a jade Buddha is given for. Not enlightenment. A quiet year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e男戴觀音，女戴佛.\u003c\/strong\u003e Men wear Guanyin, women wear Buddha. It is the oldest rule in Chinese jade buying and it is still how most families decide. The Buddha's ease is meant to lighten a woman's worrying; Guanyin's patience is meant to soften a man's temper. Follow it or ignore it, but if this is a gift, that is how it will be read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it stays on. The tradition is that you spend three years wearing jade in and it spends the rest of your life looking after you, which is why nobody takes theirs off. In practice that means showers and swimming do it no harm, and the cord will give out long before the stone does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYours will be cut from a different stone.\u003c\/strong\u003e On this one the dark of the jadeite falls across the face and the curls run pale. On yours the line will be somewhere else. That is the difference between carved stone and stamped metal, and it is why people keep the one they were given.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor a woman carrying a lot who would rather not say so.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you are buying for a man, that rule points at the Guanyin pieces instead. If you want one that lives under a shirt rather than over it, the Carved Jadeite Buddha Necklace is the quieter of the two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural jadeite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePendant:\u003c\/strong\u003e Buddha head, approx 32 x 24 x 11mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBail:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold-toned with green and blue enamel, celadon jade bead above\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCord:\u003c\/strong\u003e 60cm \/ 24.5in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep it on. Water does no harm. A soft cloth if it dulls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone. Colour and the position of the darker zone vary piece to piece\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52407259726126,"sku":"\u003cnone\u003e","price":48.63,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/jadeite-buddha-head-necklace-4.webp?v=1788767352","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/jadeite-buddha-head-necklace","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}