Dear cecil,
Why pearl and Mother-of-pearl so popular among chinese people. They use MOP furniture and even have a facial cream called pearl cream (made from real pearls). Thanks.

Dear Anon,
1. Pearls signify pure and precious.
2. Chinese learned to cultivate pearls long before the Japanese cultivated them.
3. Chinese associate `tears' as beads of small pearls and it is common to place a pearl in the mouth of a dead person.
4. If one has seen mother-of-pearl inlay in an antique furniture, one will be amazed by the `glitter' of the inlay.
It is like ebony and ivory, where the ivory gleams and `glows' in different shapes. Simply lovely!
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 3/19/00 3:12:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Why pearl and Mother-of-pearl
so popular among chinese
people. They use MOP furniture
and even have a facial cream
called pearl cream (made from
real pearls). Thanks.