B6 Taiwan Hinoki Wood 10-fen Seal / Company Seal / Shimmering Flower Seal

B6 Taiwan Hinoki Wood 10-fen Seal / Company Seal / Shimmering Flower Seal (Length 8cm * 3cm square) Product specifications are measured by hand, and an error of 1-2cm is normal. Product Description Collector's Grade Auspicious Seal About Taiwan Hinoki Wood (Taiwan Agarwood) Hinoki wood is a precious native tree species in Taiwan that grows very slowly. Its wood is hard, and its essential oil has a sweet aroma. It grows even slower than Taiwanese cypress, requiring an average of over 700 years to develop rich oil content and a sweet fragrance. High-quality Hinoki wood is primarily produced in areas like Sanxia, Fuxing, and Zhudong in Taiwan, with small amounts also found in Shanlinxi in Nantou. Hinoki wood is an excellent building material. In the past, it was extensively logged and used for high-end furniture, Buddhist statues, and various Taoist incense products such as stick incense, coil incense, incense powder, incense bundles, and decorative items, believed to ward off misfortune. Today, Taiwan Hinoki wood is listed as an endangered plant. The fallen logs from early logging are scarce. Since the official "total ban on natural forest logging" was announced in 1991, mountains have been closed, and harvesting prohibited. Experts who acquired old Hinoki wood are reluctant to sell it. Obtaining genuine Taiwan Hinoki wood burls on the market is even rarer than Indonesian agarwood. This is because it takes thousands of years for a Hinoki tree to grow burls with oil that solidifies like gemstones. These weathered burls are exceptionally rare and precious. (A Precious Organic Mineral) After thousands of years, Hinoki trees in pristine forests naturally die. They then undergo 30-40 years of natural weathering, insect infestation, and fungal erosion of the non-oily sapwood. Finally, only the oil-rich wood remains, commonly known as "fallen logs." After exposure to sun and rain, some may crack and deform. It takes decades for stable, carveable wood to remain. Therefore, Taiwan Hinoki wood is a "national treasure," and weathered fallen Hinoki wood is a "gem." It is similar to organic minerals (agarwood, coral, amber), requiring hundreds or even thousands of years and processes to transform into such precious raw material, a process as lengthy as that for agarwood.