The moral of Gouyu

There are different opinions about why Gouyu is in this shape, but there has never been a unified view: for example, some people think it is a symbol of moon worship, some people say it is the appearance of a young creature, some people think it is a half-yin-yang jade in China, and some people say it comes from the ancient view that bones can exorcise demons.

Generally speaking, people engaged in Shinto and divination-related activities, as well as people who had a certain position in ancient times, would wear or own their own gouyu. In Japanese mythology, Gouyu is an amulet for ancient witches and a medium for casting spells.

Gouyu in ancient times is a very precious thing, probably because of religion, or because the output of high-quality jade in ancient Japan is very small. According to historical records, Empress Jimiko paid two gouyu (and the pearl was 5000, which shows the preciousness of gouyu). Gouyu is not a hard thing to get now.

Gouyu, in particular, is one of Japan's "three great artifacts", and the emperor inherited one of them from the gods. As an artifact, it was placed in Emperor Curie's place, and it was not made public or photographed, so I don't know what it is.

The pronunciation of Hachi Qiong is: YASAKANI, elegance is not bad, SA is far from disaster, KA is blessed by divine power, and Ni Yin and Yang coordinate the growth of all things. The "eight-light pattern" with a surface similar to a six-pointed star represents the light of the sun and the moon, the light of the celestial gods, and it is also the god pattern of Ise Shrine.