珊瑚是一种低等腔肠动物珊瑚虫分泌的钙质为主体的堆积物形成的骨骼,常呈树枝状产出,用于宝石工艺品中的红珊瑚以较小的分枝群体珊瑚形成,依附于海底,红珊瑚属于有机宝石,从古今中外的历史来看,红珊瑚具有着崇高的地位,在佛教中被列为佛教七宝之一,红色珊瑚被视为如来佛的化身,常被用作祭佛的吉祥物,做成佛珠,或用于装饰神像;在清代,红珊瑚曾是二 Coral is a low-coelenterate polyp secreted by the calcium-based deposits formed by the skeleton, often dendritic output, for the gems in the red coral arts and crafts with smaller branches coral formation, attached to the Seabed, red coral belonging to organic gems, from ancient and modern history, the red coral has a high status in Buddhism was listed as one of the Buddhist Qibao, red coral is considered Buddha incarnation, often used as a sacrificial offering Buddha mascot, made of beads, or used to decorate the idol; in the Qing Dynasty, red coral once was two