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Nanmu jinsi

Jin Sinan is a fine wood unique to China, known as the national wood, which belongs to the national second-class protected plant and is on the verge of extinction at the end of the Ming Dynasty. There are about 34 kinds of Jin Sinan in China. As long as the golden thread is obvious, it can be identified as Phoebe bournei Common tree species are Minnan poplar, Phoebe bournei, Zinan, Zhennan plum and so on. the Kingdom of Wei(220-265 A.D)

Golden nanmu is stable, not warped or cracked, and durable; In addition, it is mild, warm in winter and cool in summer, and its fragrance is fresh and pleasant. 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 anyone uses it without authorization, he will be judged to be beyond the etiquette.

Jin Sinan mainly comes from nanmu of nanmu genus, and the color of Jin Sinan is generally yellow with light green, but there are exceptions, some are yellow, red and brown. There are obviously more crystals in Jin Sinan wood than ordinary nanmu. The surface of wood shines in the sun, and gold thread emerges, which has a noble and elegant atmosphere.

Golden nanmu, with golden thread in the wood grain, is the best of nanmu. What is even more rare is that some nanmu materials form natural landscape figure patterns, and the crystallization in the "Jin Sinan" wood grain is obviously more than that in ordinary nanmu. From a proper point of view, we can see that the light is strongly reflected, bright and bright, and the elegant aroma is slightly stronger than that of ordinary nanmu. After a long time, the wooden surface of Jin Sinan will become dark and the color will be black and gray.

According to the "Natural History", people with gold thread leave the stream, and the wood grain has gold thread. Nanmu is the most beautiful, facing the sun or forming a landscape. Wood is hard and antiseptic. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "water can't be soaked and ants can't drill". Jin Sinan's growth is slow, and its golden period of vigorous development will take hundreds of years, and it will become a pillar for at least 200 years.