Tianlu 天禄 & Pixiu 貔貅

[Ruyong0106 0]

Hi everyone!

Currently under going Hse Reno and had a Feng shui seen by one of the 佛堂师傅! They need us to buy 2 jade Tianlu & 3 jade Pixiu before moving in!

Anyone knows about the price of these 2 items?

As we need to plan our budget!

Edited March 5, 2012 by Ruyong0106

[Ody2004 0]

Jade tianlu can be fee hundreds to thousands.

Some master will advise not to have pixiu.

[kalimantan 6]

don't buy.

don't kenna con.

You move in first, nothing will happen.

Who in the world, does a 佛堂师傅 monk dicate when to move-in or out ?

[bk888 2]

My 2 cents: No Buddhist monk will profess that they practise fengshui, much less recommend you to buy FS ornaments.

Highly suspicious...

[kalimantan 6]

When you invite a priest or monk in, they have to do something to "please" you.

Eg he ask u to put objects here or there.

What if the monk ask u NOT to put anything ? Will you be assured or start having doubts of his ability ?

[snappy 3]

First time I hear buddhist monk recommend pixiu....no wonder see so many in shopping centre now.

[AdvertiserSpree 0]

I thought Buddhist monk does not recommend FengShui or associate himself to FengShui.

Correct me if I am wrong.

[snappy 3]

I thought Buddhist monk does not recommend FengShui or associate himself to FengShui.

Correct me if I am wrong.

I'm still scratching my scalp

[pacificblue 0]

I heard about Tianlu and Pixiu when I went for my taiwan holiday. The tour guide talks a lot about these 2. Tianlu is usually placed outside the house unless instructed by fengshui master to place inside the house. Tianlu is said to be able to help the master to 挡煞. Pixiu is the female of their kind and they are used to 阵阴. Unless there is "something not clean" in the house, why would the fengshui master want you to place 3 pixiu in the house?

Btw, I thought 宏船法师(I hope I use the correct word) talks about fengshui or he gave advise?

[chronograph 0]

Check this out:

http://www.tianlu.sg/index_eng.htm

[kalimantan 6]

Check this out:

http://www.tianlu.sg/index_eng.htm

Since you contribute this site on JADE tianlu, let me give a few opinions on JADE as a STONE itself.

Everyone knows Jade has different classes, so when the url said it is natural jade, i assume it is Type A Burmese Jade. If you want to buy tianlu for good luck perspective (which i am not going to stop u since it is YOUR MONEY), I would like to make buyer-aware of the following on JADE STONE itself. (treat it like a jewellery)

a) Natural jade - please get an independent party to verify the authenticity of the jade stone itself. If the shop shows the cert (http://www.ngi.com.sg/) of natural jade, you can be assured of natural jade. This cert cost less than $5. Ask the shop to prove it.

b) with the cert (no need to look at jade stone), it shows the various parameters of the jade. Like Diamond stone, there is a GIA cert on the 4C (women know this well). Thus for jade, one parameter to look out for is TRANSPARECY parameter. Most natural jade falls under Transuclent (3rd catagory), which means you should MINUS 40% PRICE first.

c) in a jade industry (assuming Type A), jade has NO market price compare to Gold which has indexes. Why jade price go up or down - there is THIS "jade stone gamble". Go to library and borrow the DVD and it shows how the market works.

d) In singapore, i went to famous Li-hong Jade, yes they sell Type A, but without cert, difficult to fix a price on the parameters. Jade price can quote from small few hundred to $7-8k per piece. They can sell/call any price they want. I ask them whether they buy back own product and they told me "take back at 30%" ..what the heck man ! I go to another Chinatown shop (House of Phua) - who also sell Type A with (http://www.ngi.com.sg/) cert. And a small peice of jade cost $3k plus. This shows one thing : anyone can "shout or sell" any price.

Back to Tianlu Jade, if you break into 2 parts : Jade STONE and the DESIGN of it, it is nothing more than a Jade Curve into animal-SIGN. Why not buy Jade Buddha or Jade GuanYin and bless in temple instead ? Somemore there are Jade Dragon, isn't this more of a fortune object ? Just because it is a Tianlu, it talks so much story ?

Do not let Tianlu sway your rational emotions. If you believe in Tianlu as a lucky animal, go ahead and buy. But look from the perspective of a jade LIKE A GEM STONE and pay according to what a proper STONE PRICE should be. If the jade tianlu cost less than $100, i think it is ok. But do not overspend your hard-earn $.

How about if there is a real 999.99 GOLD Tianlu ? at least u can measure the gold price in the market and know what it is worth. But jade has NO market price. Unless you can an independent party (http://www.ngi.com.sg/) cert and shows there is 100% transparency, good craftman, etc - then that jade is worth a FEW CITIES !

[solidsurface 1]

I brought one from <link removed>

Please advice.

[kalimantan 6]

sorry I do not understand.

You ALREADY BOUGHT IT ? And you want our advice ?

Or do you want us to comments from what you purchase as an OBJECT ?

OK ..my comments : Nice !

How much you pay for it ? And why you agreed on that price you paid ? Maybe you can ADVISE us instead .. LOL

[Lauer 15]

sorry I do not understand.

You ALREADY BOUGHT IT ? And you want our advice ?

Or do you want us to comments from what you purchase as an OBJECT ?

OK ..my comments : Nice !

How much you pay for it ? And why you agreed on that price you paid ? Maybe you can ADVISE us instead .. LOL

Don't be like that le...share share mah

How to tell if a piece is a natural or one injected with polymer?

TIA!

[kcwee 8]

I think this is an ad.....the link to the biz vendor