The Tibetan name of Tianzhu is (Zisi), which is translated into "Si" or "Se" in Chinese, also called "Tianshi". In Tibetan-Chinese dictionaries, the interpretation of dzi beads is: agate, opal and gem, commonly known as nine eyes. The earliest dzi beads are elephant male dzi beads. Xiangxiong Tianzhu was born in Guxiangxiong Kingdom, the most powerful ancient civilization across Central Asia and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. They are sacred objects of the eternal Chinese religion.
Xianggong dzi beads were enshrined and blessed by the accomplished monk Dade, and were hidden by the Buddha or passed down from generation to generation. The existing (old) dzi beads are all ancient remains, which are extremely rare. Elephant male dzi beads are the product of ancient elephant male civilization.
The actual identity of dzibead is a kind of nine-eye shale, which is mainly produced in Tibet, eastern Tibet and Ladakh. It contains the main components of jade and agate, but it has not reached the level of agate.
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Who got the name of dzi Zhu? There is no way to prove it. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan call it Tianzhu, Tibetans call it "Silk" and Han people call it "Nine Eyes". 1952 Prehistoric Beads from Tibet published by Austrian Tibetan scientists René de and Nebesky Volkowitz and 1953 published Gods and Ghosts in Tibet.
Both books are called Opal. In the book History of Beads published in 1986, Mr. Dobin Lewis mentioned that this kind of beads is "etched or bleached carnelian".
"New Tang Book" records: "Tubo women braid their hair and don't wear pearls. A bead is good for yunzhu, and a good horse is easy for one person. " In the article "The God of Bonism in Tibet", Dr. Gele, a famous Tibetan scholar in modern times, called this kind of bead "nine-eye leprosy".