B5 Taiwan ZP Wood 10 Fen Seal / Company Seal / Shimmering Wood Seal

B5 Taiwan ZP Wood 10 Fen Seal / Company Seal / Shimmering Wood Seal (Length 8cm * 3cm Square) Product specifications are measured manually, a 1-2cm error is normal. Product Description A Collector's Grade Auspicious Seal An Introduction to Taiwan's National Treasure: ZP Wood (Taiwan Agarwood) ZP wood is a precious native tree species in Taiwan that grows exceptionally slowly. Its wood is hard, and its essential oil carries 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 ZP wood is primarily found in areas like Sanxia, Fuxing, and Zhudong in Taiwan, with small amounts also produced in Shanlinxi in Nantou. ZP wood has been an excellent building material, leading to extensive logging in the past for high-end furniture, Buddhist statues, and various Taoist incense products such as stick incense, coil incense, incense powder, bundles of incense wood, and ornaments, all used for warding off misfortune and inviting good fortune. Today, Taiwanese ZP wood is classified as an endangered plant. The remaining fallen ZP wood from early logging is scarce. Since 1991, a "complete ban on logging natural forests" has been enforced, with mountains sealed off from harvesting. Experts who acquired older ZP wood pieces are reluctant to sell them. It is even rarer to find genuine Taiwanese ZP wood burls on the market than Indonesian agarwood, as only ZP wood that is thousands of years old will develop burls with oil deposits as hard as jewels. These weathered burls are exceptionally rare and precious. (A Precious Organic Mineral) After millennia-old ZP wood naturally dies in primeval forests, it undergoes thirty to forty years of natural weathering, insect infestation, and erosion by fungi, which consume the non-oily white wood. Only the oil-rich wood, commonly known as "fallen logs," remains. After sun and rain exposure, some pieces may develop cracks and deform. It takes decades for stable wood suitable for carving to be preserved. Therefore, Taiwanese ZP wood is a "national treasure," and weathered fallen ZP wood is a "gem." It is akin to organic minerals (agarwood, coral, amber) that require centuries or even millennia to transform into such valuable raw material, a process as lengthy as that of agarwood.