{"product_id":"pixiu-mantra-wealth-bracelet","title":"Pixiu Mantra Wealth Bracelet","description":"\u003cp\u003ePixiu is not one animal. It is two.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e貔貅 is written with two characters because it names a pair: 貔 is the male and 貅 is the female.\u003c\/strong\u003e They were a breeding couple in the old bestiaries before the two words fused into a single creature, and the split survives in the horns. One horn on the head is a 天祿, the one that brings fortune in. Two horns is a 辟邪, the one that drives bad luck out. Collectors still check the head first, because the horn count tells you which job the piece was carved to do. \u003cstrong\u003eThe one here has a single horn, so it is the fetching kind.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe beads are obsidian, which is not a stone that grew.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is lava that hit air or water and cooled too fast for any crystal to form, so it set as glass instead, in a matter of hours. That is where its reputation comes from: a material that hardened at the moment it was cooling is the one people keep for holding a line and not letting things through. On this bracelet that is the second half of the job. The creature fetches, and the stone is what the fetching gets kept behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach bead carries a syllable of the six-syllable mantra, cut into the obsidian and filled with gold, so the band spells out the most repeated sentence in Tibetan Buddhism while the creature at the front gets on with collecting. Two matte gold beads sit either side of the pixiu and keep the two halves apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pixiu and the spacer beads are stainless steel, which is the part that matters if you have worn a cheap gold charm before.\u003c\/strong\u003e Steel does not rust, does not tarnish and will not leave a green mark on your wrist in summer, which is the usual fate of plated brass on a bracelet you sweat in. The gold is a colour finish on the surface of the steel, so it keeps its tone through daily wear instead of going dull in a month.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor anyone whose money arrives and leaves at the same speed.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is the specific complaint this creature is meant to answer, and it is why the bracelet ends up on people who have just started earning properly, or gone self-employed, or had a year where nothing stuck. It gifts well to someone starting a business, because the meaning is common knowledge in Chinese families and needs no card.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo bead sizes. The 8mm sits closer to the wrist and passes as ordinary. The 10mm is the one people notice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing pixiu\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe convention is that the head points away from your body, out toward the room, on the reasoning that a charm facing its owner is not out working. Elastic strung, so roll it on instead of stretching it wide. The steel handles water and sweat without trouble. Obsidian is glass, so it chips on a hard edge; take it off before anything that involves knocking your wrist into things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBeads:\u003c\/strong\u003e Obsidian, carved with the six-syllable mantra and gold filled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharm and spacers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stainless steel with a gold-tone finish, non tarnishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharm:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pixiu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBead sizes:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8mm or 10mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFastening:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elastic, no clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wealth that stays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone, so the depth of black and the gold fill vary slightly bead to bead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"S \/ 8mm","offer_id":52496012575022,"sku":"200001034:7110298488#8mm gold","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S \/ 10mm","offer_id":52496012607790,"sku":"200001034:1879172067#10mm gold","price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M \/ 8mm","offer_id":67597655179566,"sku":null,"price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"M \/ 10mm","offer_id":67597655212334,"sku":null,"price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"L \/ 8mm","offer_id":67597655245102,"sku":null,"price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"L \/ 10mm","offer_id":67597655277870,"sku":null,"price":44.79,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/pixiu-fotune-protection-bracelet-2.webp?v=1790052072","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/pixiu-mantra-wealth-bracelet","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}