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Shigandang originates from ancient spirit stone beliefs, serving since ancient times as the home peace guardian deity — equivalent to a mini door god: blocking road and sharp corners, dissolving evils, guarding the home and protecting peace, blocking ill-wishers and argument, safeguarding the home's stability and smoothness. Placed in pairs, blessings are doubled; placed singly, it is compact and versatile. It is both a Feng Shui home-guarding item and a trendy Chinese-style desk display or auspicious mini figurine.

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This product is crafted with quality materials to ensure durability and performance. Designed with your convenience in mind, it seamlessly fits into your everyday life.

Placement Suggestions
1. Entryway, by the window (key position): The figurine faces outside the door / outside the window, directly facing hallway, exterior wall sharp corners, building corner — blocking road, sharp corner and evil, guarding the home's peace.
2. Office desk, study desktop: Place at the workstation corner edge, blocking workplace ill-wishers, dissolving argument, stabilizing career fortune. The smiling inward expression guards fortune, the laughing open-mouth expression gathers blessings — placing both styles together yields better results.
3. Living room missing corner areas, balcony corners: Filling in cornor, balancing indoor energy fields, protecting family harmony.

Handling and Care Tips
1. Solid brass. In leisure, hold in the palm and play it by hand — human body oils infiltrate the copper surface, slowly cultivating a warm oil. The more you play it by hands, the richer and more beautiful the color becomes.
2. Keep away from strong acids, oil stains, and oil smoke. For dirt, only wipe with a dry cotton cloth. For color painting pieces, avoid prolonged sun exposure to prevent the paint surface from fading.

Shigandang

Shigandang originates from ancient spirit stone folk customs. Since ancient times, it has been called the home's mini door god — an auspicious object for guarding the home passed down for thousands of years in Chinese heritage. Folk tradition has the saying: "Mount Tai Shigandang, a hundred malevolent forces dare not stand against it." The ancients often placed Shigandang at wall corners, by windows, and at road冲 points to resist unfavorable energy fields and protect the home's peace.

Intangible Heritage Copper Firing Coloration Technique

After fine polishing of the copper ornament's surface, artisans control temperature, heating duration, and reagent ratios to form a dense oxide film on the copper surface at high temperatures, producing richly layered color variations. This coloration is not a coating applied to the surface but a natural texture formed by the copper itself through high-temperature oxidation. Unlike ordinary spray painting, every high-temperature reaction in copper firing coloration is unique.

Mineral Pigment Hand-Painting

Mineral pigment hand-painting is a traditional intangible cultural heritage-level surface craft on brass figurines. It gives cold metal vivid spirit and charm. The pigments originate from traditional Chinese mineral pigments — natural minerals and plant colorants ground into powder, blended with natural animal glue. Hand-painted onto the brass piece, every stroke requires the artisan's manual shading and outlining, with no mechanical replication. Thus, each piece is one of a kind.