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Will the Jade Bangle I Buy Look Like the Photo?

Will the Jade Bangle I Buy Look Like the Photo?

If you are a regular JadeBangleBracelets customer and look at the web site often to find out "what's new", you may have noticed changes in the "Jade Market" Collection.  Some customers even asked why the jade bangle they have been looking at for awhile now looks slightly different.  That's because many of the photos have been updated.  JBB web site started more than 10 years ago, and cameras and photography have improved. Most web sites show the photo with a completely white background.  But we learned if you photoshop and remove the background, the jade doesn't look like it "really"...

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What Size Jade Bangle To Buy: Pay Attention to Jade Bangle Bracelet Width

What Size Jade Bangle To Buy:  Pay Attention to Jade Bangle Bracelet Width

There are videos on this web site about how to find your jade bangle bracelet size.  But here's another tip that will help you. The width of the jade bangle makes a big difference. The videos discuss jade bangles that are approximately 12-13mm wide.  Jade is stone, but your hand, fingers and wrist are your precious body, and you don't want to hurt that area of your body working on getting a too small jade bangle on your wrist. Jade bangles that are wide, often referred to as "cuff size" will not fit like your "regular" size unless you have...

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What Kind of Jade Bangle Bracelet Should I Buy?

What Kind of Jade Bangle Bracelet Should I Buy?

What kind of jade bangle bracelet should I buy? The first thing you need to do is know your size.  There is a video about how to find your bangle size on the head of each Collection.  And then decide if you want it to fit as close to your wrist as possible, or be slightly larger to go over your hand more easily.  If you wear your jade bangle all the time, small as possible is the best option because it will "clunk around" less, and your qi energy and the jade qi energy will be closer, your jade...

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What is the Chinese Meaning of White Jade

What is the Chinese Meaning of White Jade

White jade is not very popular in China.  Traditionally, white is the color of death.  The Chinese people traditionally do not wear white for weddings, they wear white at funerals. But white jade has healing properties as part of Daoism, the root of Chinese medicine.  White jade is related to the lung meridian,  metal element.  If you have allergies or asthma, problems breathing, or you get a cold in your chest, white jade is the color that balances the qi energy.  Women with hay ever or allergies often wear white jade during allergy season.  The lung meridian is also related...

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Why is JadeBangleBracelets Site "Like Shopping at a Jade Market in China"?

Why is JadeBangleBracelets Site "Like Shopping at a Jade Market in China"?

JadeBangleBracelets logo is "Shop Like You're at a Jade Market in China". A jade market in China is exciting, fascinating, overwhelming.  So much jade everywhere! The first jade market I went to was in north east China near the jade mines where China's National Jade, the traditional green jade, is mined.  The jade market has mostly Chinese jade, including bangle bracelets, pendants, carvings large and small, jade rollers and health tools, and almost everything you can think of.  The jade market sells genuine and natural jade. But outside the jade market, in shops, tourist shops especially, you can buy color...

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