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Mankind has a long history of using amber. In this long history, people gradually realized that they loved amber and formed amber culture.
Near Hamburg, Germany, amber artifacts dating from the Paleolithic period around 10,000 BC have been found. Various amber ornaments of the Neolithic Age have been found in countries such as Denmark, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and other countries along the coast of Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea. These regions are the first countries in the world to discover amber and make amber jewelry. As a beautiful ornament and luxury item, amber is very popular among the upper class and aristocratic women, and it is used as a decoration in the royal court. In ancient Europe, amber was used as a beautiful ornament, religious-related items, and a variety of daily necessities for the nobles, and now it can be seen everywhere in museums in various countries.
Amber is produced on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The sea washes the coast to make amber float on the nearshore sea or stay on the beach. It is easy for people to pick it up. Nowadays, you can sometimes see colorful and beautiful amber in these places. Amber is easy to be found, its color is bright, its hardness is low, and the ancients are easy to process and make various jewelry. This is the reason why it was used as a gem jewelry for a long time.
Amber is more closely related to the three religions of Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. It is mainly used as decorations of icons and temples, items worn on the body, and supplies for religious activities. In some churches in Europe, icons decorated with amber and gold can be seen. The famous collector Lu Ci Yang's holy cabinet is well-known. The holy cabinet consumes seven tons of amber and was made in 20 years, and it depicts a biblical story. The golden color of amber is a warm and rich color, which is why people like to use it as a decorative object. Muslims in Islam praise Allah with prayer beads made of beeswax, and communicate with Allah through chanting 33 rosary beads, exactly 99 times in 3 turns, used to recite 99 beautiful names of Allah.
The various animals and plants wrapped in amber are the recorders of the environment when the amber was formed. It is called the "time capsule", the "time machine" of the earth's history, which makes people curious and awed.
Amber has a long history. In the process of using amber, people gradually know amber, understand amber, love amber, and accumulate to form amber culture.