What is the meaning of the Chinese Jade bracelet?
When I studied Kung-fu with a chinese grandmaster, he gave everyone a piece of jade to wear, he said jade has the ability to hold and store chi which can be used at a later time for health concerns that involve depleted chi, as the jade takes on more chi the color changes from that spring green to a darker greenish brown, this is why in martial arts circles the darker brown jade is reveared as more powerful as it is a sign that it has a great store of chi energy, this is one of hte traditional uses for jade by emperors or warriors or practitioners of tai chi and chi gung, the idea is to cultivate and store chi while you are in your healthy younger years for later use when you are in old age, there are many systems of cultivating chi for longevity.
