Maori Jasper opens the door of the sacred (Photos)

Mr. Shane Truj, the New Zealand Maori elder, prayed for the Maori Jasper Show

Jasper necklace

Jasper humanoid ornaments

May the ocean shine like a jasper, and let the light of the light illuminate your journey! —Maori slang

In these few days, people walked into the South Exhibition Hall of the West Exhibition Hall of the Shaanxi History Museum. People will touch a large jasper touch stone at the entrance. Today, 216 pieces of Maori Jasper from New Zealand's “Hometown of Long Clouds” are being displayed. They seem to open a sacred door, leading people to appreciate the New Zealand Jasper Treasures from afar, and listening to the legends of Maori and Jasper. A close-up experience of another ancient and legendary culture.

Putini - the guardian of Jasper

The Maori are the first residents of New Zealand. They are descendants of the Pacific Voyagers from Asia. About eight or nine hundred years ago, these voyagers ventured south across the ocean to the coast of New Zealand. Otiloa is one of the names they gave to their new home, meaning “the hometown of long white clouds”, which is used to describe their first impression after seeing this land. Today, Maori accounts for 15% of New Zealand's population.

For the Maori, Jasper is a jewel of the world - a sacred stone filled with the essence of Putini, and a bond that connects the present with its ancestors. The so-called "Putini" is a dragon-shaped water beast known as Te Niwa, and is a close guardian of jasper. In the legend of Putiny told by the Nativawa, New Zealand Jasper originated from the legend that a beautiful woman was turned into a stone.

One day, Taniwa Putini saw the beautiful 娲Taiqi bathing, so he applied magic, took her to the south, and warmed her on the way. When Tathai’s husband, Tamahua, discovered that his wife had disappeared, he began to pursue long distances. Under the guidance of a magic javelin, in every place where Putini is burning, Tamahua will find precious ore resources, but he can't always arrive in time to rescue Yutai.

Eventually, on the Alabala River Beach on the west coast of the South Island, Tamahua discovered the 娲泰琪 that had been turned into jasper. It turned out that Putini felt that Tamahua was approaching, so he turned 娲泰琪 into his essence (jasper), and then he sneaked into the river and broke into the sea.

To this day, Putini is still on the west coast of the South Island, protecting the people on the land and the essence of Jasper. The West Coast region is also known for its Tata Optini (the tide of Putini).

Colorful stones contain great spirituality

Tywiampham is the Maori name of the South Island of New Zealand, meaning Jasper Waters. New Zealand Jasper is very rare. It is only produced in the remote areas of Tiwipurnam. It is regarded as a sacred stone by Maori as a gift of God.

From a geological point of view, Jasper includes three types of stones: nephrite, boehmite and serpentine. Maori people classify jasper according to the appearance of color, transparency and markings. There are four main varieties of Ina, Kahulangi, Kawakawa and Tang Jihuai.

Ina is a gray or gray-green jasper whose name is derived from a freshwater fish. Inka jasper is very precious, and Maori sometimes heat-process other varieties of jasper to give it a silver-yellow character of Inak.

Kahurangi is the rarest variety of jasper, the name means pure sky. It is highly transparent and bright green. Kahulangi jasper is especially respected by Maori. In the past, it was the preferred type of jade for chieftains to use for gimmicks.

Kavakawa is the most common variety, and is distinguished by its high hardness and a variety of different green colors. The small spots of dark color are another feature.

Tang Jihuai (Tearstone) Jasper is as pure as glass, with colors ranging from olive green to green. Unlike the other three kinds of jasper, Tang Ji Huai Jasper is Bao Wenshi, which is more ancient in geology. Many of the temples are produced in two remote areas of the Milford Sound, a majestic fjord on the west coast of the South Island. According to the legend of Maori, Tang Jihuai was the teardrop of the woman who was taken by Teneva and formed on the stone of Milford Sound.

In the exhibition, people can see the natural and artificial jasper of these varieties, and the colorful stones bring people unlimited imagination. In the eyes of Maori, every jade jewel contains enormous spirituality, which includes the spirituality of the makers, the spirituality of the users or wearers of the past, and the spirituality of the places they have visited.

Humanoid items can only be worn by noble people.

Artists with outstanding skills have created eye-catching decorations with jasper. Among them, the humanoid ornaments are the most precious jasper ornaments of Maori.

The reporter saw that the head of the humanoid item in the exhibition was tilted to the left or to the right, and was directly connected to the shoulder. The eyes were huge and the arms were placed on the legs. Some of the heads were also leaning, but the eyes were Slightly smaller, with a distinct neck. The arm is often placed one on the leg and the other on the chest, usually on the chest. In addition, some humanoid eyes are inlaid with rainbow-colored local abalone shells, while other humanoid eyes are decorated with red sealing wax introduced by Europeans in the 19th century. In Maori customs, red is a sacred color. .

It turns out that in the past, humanoid ornaments were symbols of identity and status, and only Maori men, women and noble children could wear them. Women wear humanoid ornaments during pregnancy and childbirth as a talisman to protect the fetus. When men wear squats, they wear humanoid ornaments, which can help them avoid evil. Years of the mark, these humanoid items have been smoothed by generations of wearers.

For the Maori, the head is the most sacred part of the human body, and the decorations worn on the head or near the head, such as earrings, become sacred. The reporter saw that some of the earrings in the exhibition were bent at the lower end and sometimes used by Maori to rub the baby's gums to alleviate the pain of the baby's new teeth. Some earrings are made of jasper trim, which is long and straight.

In the exhibition, there are also some hook-shaped pendants. For the Maori people, the hooks symbolize the fishing, the sea and the god of the sea, Tanagro. The fishhook pendant is a symbol of Mawe, a heroic ancestor of the Pacific Maori. The Maori creation tales tell the story of how Ma Wei and his brothers "fished" the North Island. In Maori, the North Island means "Mawi's big fish."

Jade sticks symbolize power and prestige

Jasper is a stone that is closely linked to the chiefs and chiefs and symbolizes high prestige. In the past, it can be used both to wage war and to maintain peace.

In the exhibition, a beautiful and murderous weapon, the jade stick, is actually a symbol of power and prestige, and its mana is unmatched. The jade stick was originally used for combat. Hand-held jade stick, its flat, sharp blade can puncture the enemy's head, neck and torso, and the end of the handle can give the enemy a final blow. However, jade sticks are not just weapons, they are also symbols of the authority of the chiefs. Used in warfare, they symbolize conquest; when they conclude a peace treaty, they are gifts of gifts. As a symbol of tribal prestige and identity, jade sticks are often associated with great leaders or important events, and have been respected for generations.

Although the jade stick is no longer used as a weapon today, it still retains the majestic and solemn characteristics of the Maori, and it has also been used as a ritual for funerals, formal speech occasions and artistic performances.

The reporter saw that there were also ceremonial plaques in the exhibition. Each end of each scorpion had a hole for fixing the hoe to the hoe. Some nicks have nicks on the edges that may represent the family's pedigree.

It is understood that this ritual is used by the chiefs and is only used in ceremonial occasions. When the chieftain of the tribe is admired, he is often placed on his body. The beautifully carved handle will be buried with him, and a new handle will be made for the new leader of the tribe.

Today, the beautiful jasper has become New Zealand's immortal cultural treasure, and continues to shine in New Zealand's contemporary art and culture.

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