Is Nanmu Canary extinct?

Phoebe bournei is a species of Phoebe, and there are about 34 species in China. As long as the golden thread is obvious, it can be identified as Phoebe bournei Golden nanmu has a great reputation and is a precious wood unique to China, but most people have only heard of it but have never seen it, because golden nanmu has been a royal special wood since ancient times. Historically, golden nanmu was dedicated to the buildings and furniture of royal palaces and a few temples, and the throne of ancient feudal emperors' dragon chairs was also made of high-quality nanmu. If people use it without authorization, they will be convicted of violating etiquette. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was forbidden to use nanmu in buildings outside the royal family. Now it is a national protected species.

Dong Yi, who has more than 30 years of collection experience, said that the conditions for the formation of dead wood are harsh, and good wood should be buried underground for at least thousands of years. Moreover, not every dead wood can become a useful material, but depends on the tree species that form its raw materials, such as the dead wood formed by Phoebe bournei. Although it has been carbonized for thousands of years, it still retains a faint fragrance, and its unique waterlogged texture and gold thread have made it unparalleled in value.

Jin Sinan and Zhangshu.

totally different

● Appearance: Jin Sinan grain is obviously parallel, similar to annual rings, which is a typical feature of tangential section and radial section of nanmu. Cinnamomum camphora has irregular scar-like texture, supplemented by strong water ripples. There is a slight ring pattern but it is not obvious, and the tone is dark.

Handle: Phoebe is light in wood, high in resin content and slightly smooth. Camphor wood is heavy and astringent. Nanmu is polished flat, while camphor wood is the opposite.

● Smell: Nanmu is slightly fragrant, and camphor tree has pungent camphor smell.

Uses: Jin Sinan Shadow Wood has relatively good toughness, and can be used as small-scale boutique furniture with tenon-mortise structure, such as jewelry boxes and official suitcases. The risk of cracking and sawing is very low. It is also suitable for making beads, for the same reason as above, but attention should be paid to avoiding water, so as not to destroy the surface grease and make it lose its luster. Because the color will become ugly after seeing water, it will deform or even swell white when it absorbs too much water, so it is not suitable for making tea sets.

"The weight of a family is better than a box of treasures." This is an old saying about the rise of the collection market, which simply explains the changes of the collection market: Sink Wood has leapt from ancient times to modern times, and after disappearing for many years, it has once again become another big star wood, making the popular Huang Huali and rosewood lose again and again.

Ebony case:

Lost 20 12 1 Wu Gaoliang, a villager from Tongji Town, Pengzhou, Sichuan, picked up a 34-meter-long ebony in the local area. During the excavation, ebony was taken away by the town government for preservation. Later, Pengzhou rewarded the discoverer Wu Gaoliang with 70,000 yuan, but he didn't buy it. He sued many times until the final trial, and all lost.

On September 3rd, 20 13, Cai Liang, a farmer from xiushui county, Jiangxi Province, dug a suspected ebony with a length of 24m, a diameter of1.5m and a weight of 80t in the river channel of Dongshan Village. Later, the local government informed Cai Liang that the tree should be owned by the state and that it would be rewarded.

Official Concern 2065438+On July 9, 2005, a villager in Donggou Town, Liuhe District, Nanjing found a "black tree" on the bank of the Chuhe River, which was preliminarily identified as a kind of black wood (commonly known as ebony) 3,500 years ago by cultural relics experts of Liuhe District Cultural Tourism Bureau. It has been officially taken care of.