Although clam oil is cheap, it is also beautiful. Needless to say, as far as the outer packaging is concerned, its skin care effect is absolutely pleasing to the eye: the clam shell is clean, white and smooth, waxed and labeled.
Many children in the city know shells through clam oil. Girls go to school with clam oil in their pockets, and compare between classes to see who has a bigger clam shell and whose pattern stripes are more beautiful. Clam oil represents the children's yearning for happiness and satisfaction with happiness.
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As for why mussel shells are used as packaging containers for skin care oil, I think the most fundamental reason is poverty. The mussel shell is the shell of shellfish growing along the coast, and the utilization of waste can be regarded as the invention of China people at that time.
Now that I think about it, it's a bit incredible to use clam shells as packaging. From its selection, classification, processing to filling raw materials, packaging and transportation, how many man-hours and hard work are needed. Perhaps it was because of the shortage of raw materials and low labor value that clam oil could enter people's daily life.
If it is not an economic account, clam oil is really an affordable and environmentally friendly skin care product, which has made special contributions to people in poor times.