Westerners such as Europe and the United States pay more attention to rosewood than China, because they have never seen the sandalwood material, and think that it can only be used as a small object. It is said that there is a five-inch long rosewood raft model in front of Napoleon's tomb. Visitors are all amazed and think rare. It was not until the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that Western missionaries came to China and saw many red sandalwoods. Only then did they know that the red sandalwood elite was in China. So many parties bought and shipped back to China. The red sandalwood utensils circulating in Europe and the United States are basically shipped from China. Due to transportation difficulties, they generally do not buy the whole piece of utensils, only the cabinet door, box surface and other patterns. After transporting it back, install the wooden frame for the decoration.
In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, due to the shortage of rosewood, the Royals also purchased rosewood from high prices from time to time. In the Qing Dynasty Office, there are records of the purchase of rosewood almost every year. During this period, an unwritten rule was gradually formed, that is, no matter which level of bureaucracy, as long as you see the rosewood, never let go, learn to buy it, turn it over to the royal or local weaving institutions. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, all the wooden materials hoarded by private merchants in all parts of the country were all bought out. These woods were used to decorate the Yuanmingyuan and the Palace of Taishang Emperor in the palace. They used a large number of them; after the 60th birthday of Tongzhi, Guangxu and Cixi, there was very little left; By the time of Yuan Shikai, the only remaining rosewood would be used up.
All in all, there are many kinds of wood belonging to the genus Pterocarpus, but there is only one type of rosewood recognized in the botanical world, "san sandalwood". Commonly known as "small leaf sandalwood." The real origin is in southern India, mainly in Mysore, and the rest of the types of sandalwood are classified in the grass rosewood.
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