{"product_id":"xiangxi-cinnabar-bracelet-the-horse","title":"Xiangxi Cinnabar Bracelet — The Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn southern China, red has never been a simple colour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCinnabar is mercury sulfide\u003c\/strong\u003e — a naturally occurring mineral that produces one of the most saturated reds found in nature. It has been mined in Hunan and Guizhou provinces for over three thousand years. Taoist priests ground it into pigment for protective talismans. Imperial seal-makers pressed it into ink. Alchemists believed it held the secret to immortality — which is ironic, given that mercury is toxic. The deep red you see in this bracelet is not dye. It is the mineral itself, shaped into beads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXiangxi — the western corner of Hunan province — is where this mineral and its mythology run deepest. The region is known outside China mostly through fiction: the corpse-driving rituals of Taoist priests, the night roads through karst mountains, the idea that certain materials can hold a boundary between the living and whatever comes after. Cinnabar is one of those materials. It appears in every account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis bracelet is made from \u003cem\u003ezijinsha\u003c\/em\u003e — a variety of cinnabar with a deeper, more complex tone than standard red cinnabar, closer to oxblood than vermillion. The 18k gold horse charm sits at the clasp point, small enough to be subtle. Four pale nephrite jade beads act as spacers — cool against the warmth of the red. The contrast is not accidental.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Xiangxi, Hunan, China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural cinnabar (zijinsha variety), 18k gold charm, nephrite jade spacers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bracelet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne piece only. What you see is what ships.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YOJINMI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45279658344517,"sku":"YJM-CIN-HORSE-001","price":128.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1011\/5397\/files\/20260704054911_112_46_cc7432c3-9530-4528-8a63-909216224f01.jpg?v=1783117118","url":"https:\/\/yojinmi.com\/products\/xiangxi-cinnabar-bracelet-the-horse","provider":"YOJINMI","version":"1.0","type":"link"}