線天珠 3300 BC - 1100 AD

線天珠 3300BC – 1100AD

宗珠(ChungdZi/措絲)此字，對於天珠認識不深的朋友來講，就是線珠的同義詞。查實宗珠是泛指「次要的天珠」，並非指是線珠。不夠漂亮、不夠大器、不夠體面的天珠，就是次級的天珠，藏語稱為「宗珠」，反之就是「天珠」。早期藏民的天珠掛串，經常把大線珠置中間，兩旁才是其它的帶眼天珠，可見得，50mm以上的大線天珠在藏民的心目中，可達到「天珠」之品位，也可能是《冊府元龜》中之「大瑟瑟」也。

--摘自《天珠探秘叢書》﹙1﹚〈藏傳天珠 . 源起 . 真品天珠鑑賞〉

Striped dZi  3300BC – 1100AD

To those who are not that familiar with dZi, the word ChungdZi is the synonym of line dZi. But actually ChungdZi is referred to "secondary level dZi", and it is not line dZi. dZi which is not beautiful enough, not big enough, not decent enough is considered as secondary level dZi, in Tibetan language it is called "ChungdZi", otherwise, it is "dZi". The early stage of the Tibetan dZi strand, it usually put a big line bead in the middle and the two sides are the other eye beads, so it can tell, in the mind of the Tibetans, the big line dZi over 50 mm in size can meet the standard of "dZi", or it might be what "big zee zee" is referred to in the "Book Prefecture First Tortoise".

---Exploring Mystic dZi Series(1) -Tibetan dZi.Origination.Authentic dZi Appreciation