{"product_id":"white-jade-plum-blossom-ring","title":"White Jade Plum Blossom Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003eCount the petals. There are five, and in Chinese that is the point of the flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e梅開五福, the plum opens five blessings.\u003c\/strong\u003e The five petals are read as the 五福, the five things a life is supposed to contain: long years, enough money, good health, a love of doing right, and a quiet end at the finish of it. It is the oldest list of what a good life looks like in Chinese thought, older than most of the gods, and the plum blossom is its shorthand because it has exactly the right number of petals. Paint five blossoms on a New Year scroll and you have said all of it without writing a word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stone is white, which is deliberate. In Chinese jewellery colourless white is the scholar's choice, the one that signals composure instead of money, and it is why the blossom here is left plain while the gold is kept to the stamens and the two small flowers on the shoulders. The band itself is cast as a bare branch, so the whole ring reads as one twig in flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor a birthday, a new year, or somebody starting again.\u003c\/strong\u003e The five blessings are a wish for a whole life and not for one good week, which makes this an easy gift for a mother, a grandmother or a friend turning a decade. It is also small and quiet enough to wear daily, so it does not sit in a drawer waiting for an occasion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWearing it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe band is open at the back and bends gently to fit, so treat it as one adjustable size and do not work it back and forth more than you need to. Keep it away from perfume and hand cream, which dull a gold finish faster than wear does, and take it off before washing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStone:\u003c\/strong\u003e Carved white jade blossom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMotif:\u003c\/strong\u003e Plum blossom, 梅開五福, the five blessings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSetting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gold-toned branch band with two plum flowers and a gold stamen cluster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Open band, adjustable, one size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e See the photograph of it worn on a hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntention:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blessing and good fortune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNote:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural stone, so the colour and markings differ on every blossom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Earth Tibet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52650848911662,"sku":"200000226:29;200000369:200001539","price":38.38,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/4807\/7102\/files\/white-jade-blossom-ring-3.webp?v=1789713264","url":"https:\/\/www.earthtibet.com\/products\/white-jade-plum-blossom-ring","provider":"Earth Tibet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}