Overview of rhino horns, the difference between woolly rhino horns and rhino horns

There are differences between woolly rhino horns and rhino horns in the following ways:

1.Medicinal properties and destructive effects: rhino horn is a precious medicinal material, which has the functions of cooling blood, clearing heat and detoxifying, and is regarded as "the treasure of things and the treasure of the country" by the people of our country. The woolly rhino horn has lost its medicinal properties due to the geological burial time for a long time, and belongs to the fossil product.

2.Legality: From a legal point of view, the trade in woolly rhino horn is legal and unregulated.

However, rhino horn (sub-rhino horn and non-rhino horn) is a prohibited product, and in 1973 the white rhinoceros and three species of Asian rhinoceros were listed in the International Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.

3.Finished products of modern rhino horn range from 400 to 1500 yuan. The finished product of woolly rhino horn is about 280 yuan a gram, and the finished product of poor quality is even only more than 100 yuan.

In summary, the main difference between woolly rhino horn and rhino horn is their medicinal properties, efficacy, legality and **.

Rhinos are rare animals.

Rhino horn is a precious orange medicinal material, as early as 2,000 years ago, China included the rhinoceros in the rare treasures, Taoism in the Han Dynasty.

One of the eight treasures is the rhino horn. In the past ten years, the rhinoceros horn carving of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The **soaring, every year and every season there are reports of refreshing the record of the rhino horn eagle, and at the same time, the new antique rhino horn eagle and the counterfeit rhino horn eagle have also come out of the cage, so that the market is flooded, blinding many kind collectors. Rhino horns and rhino horn carvings are rare and expensive, often tens of millions, so you must be aware of everything before you start. In fact, the characteristics of rhino horn are more obvious, first of all, its shape:

The shape of the rhino horn chassis is horseshoe-shaped, and the front and rear ends of the horn have a shallow longitudinal groove and a raised rib called "gutter".

Ground Gang". Therefore, the rhino horn carving shape between the Ming and Qing dynasties is more than a horseshoe-shaped cup, and the gutter is used as the mouth of the cup, and the ground post is used as the handle of the cup. Secondly, the rhino horn has a texture, that is, a longitudinal straight silk pattern, just like the silk pattern of sugarcane, and there is a little corn grain on its transverse section, and the cross-section pattern of the bamboo node.

Third, the rhino horn has a fishy smell, although the Ming and Qing rhino horn carvings have a history of three to five hundred years, the fishy smell on its skin has volatilized, but then the horn carvings can still smell a fragrance similar to sesame oil (fishy smell) when rubbing on the fur, and these three must be integrated and organically linked when identifying and distinguishing rhino horns. There are old and new rhino horn carvings, and there is also a difference between Asian rhino horn and African rhino horn, and in terms of medicinal value, it is recorded that Asian rhino horn is 20 times that of African rhino horn. The African rhinoceros has two horns, the horns are large, the largest length can reach 80 to 90 centimeters, the quality of the stem, easy to crack, translucent, the Asian rhinoceros only has one horn, the horn is small, the largest Indian rhinoceros has only 30 centimeters, and the smallest Indonesian Sumatra rhino, the horn is only 10 to 20 centimeters, fine and waxy.

A large number of African rhino horns entered the Chinese market after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, generally entered from Guangzhou, and processed locally, so the carving of African rhino horn is more extensive, and the horn material of modern imitation Ming and Qing rhino horn carvings is also African horn. The imitation of the Buddha statue, horseshoe cup, nothing, and plaques, pendants, seals, etc. Another type of rhino horn imitation material takes black buffalo horn, and its identification method is:

The base of the buffalo horn is oblately triangular.

There is a big difference with the horseshoe shape of rhino horn, and the buffalo horn does not have the characteristics of "gutter and ground hill". The fishy smell of buffalo horn is light and smelly, which is very different from the fishy smell of rhino horn, which resembles the scent of sesame oil. The buffalo horn is fine, tough, deformed after being heated, and can be processed into a variety of shapes, in order to pass off the thick and straight silk of the rhino horn, the counterfeiter carves the buffalo horn and uses the method of making hooves and tendons in the restaurant to soak it, so as to make the filament thicker, but the "corn grain" on its cross section can not be made in any way.

In addition, we can also see the carved lines, pulp, color and so on. The rhinoceros is a rare animal, and there are very few people who really know how to do it. The above knowledge is for reference only.

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Hello dear, these two have these differences in these aspects 1, the effect is different: rhino horn is a precious medicinal material, it has a cold taste, bitter and sour, with the effect of cooling blood, clearing heat and detoxifying. It is also a must-have treasure in the ancient cornucopia of our country, so the handicrafts carved with rhino horn (according to the original shape of the horn, mostly made into "cup" shaped drinking utensils), have a very long history in our country.

However, due to the geological burial time, the woolly rhino horn has no medicinal properties and belongs to fossil products. 2. Different legalityFrom a legal point of view, the trade of woolly rhino horn is legal and not controlled; In 1973, the white rhinoceros and three Asian rhinos were listed in the International Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. At the same time, in 1993, a ban was issued on the use of rhino horn.

Rhino horn is actually rhinoceros horn, in ancient times, rhino horn generally had a supernatural use, it is said that the fragrance produced after the rhino horn is burned can communicate with ghosts and gods. But nowadays, there is a law that prohibits the sale of rhino horn.

In the past, there was a saying that "rhino horn did not dare to burn, it burned with a strange fragrance, stained with clothes, and could communicate with ghosts", which means that after the rhinoceros horn is burned, a fragrance will be produced, and if this fragrance is stained on the body, then the person can see the ghosts and gods. The origin of this theory is that someone used rhinoceros horn as fuel, lit it, and then looked underneath the water, only to see that the bottom of the water was full of water spirits with fierce faces and fangs. Therefore, in Chinese culture, rhinoceros horn is like embroidered shoes, which always gives people a supernatural feeling.

In addition, in ancient legends, the rhinoceros has always been a spiritual animal, and some even worship the rhinoceros as a sacred beast, and the horns of the rhinoceros naturally become a sacred objectIn some supernatural stories, rhino horn has always had its special status, and even the shadow of rhino horn appears in the online drama "Soul Ferry". Personally, I think that it is because it was still relatively closed in ancient China, and many people had never seen a rhinoceros, so they deified the rhinoceros.

But nowadays, people are more likely to use rhino horn as a medicinal value, which has also led to the occurrence of many illegal trade in rhino horn, and some criminals have harmed rhinos for the profit of rhino horn, so that the state has to introduce relevant laws and regulations to prohibit the illegal trade of rhino horn. ButAs far as the medicinal value of rhino horn is concerned, there is no professional science to verify it, so the use of rhino horn as a medicine is still up for debate.