The Country of Amber, Lithuania

Through certain chemical changes in the ground, amber is a kind of fossilized resin which is regarded as an organic mineral-like object. With various shapes, surface of the fossilized resin would retain the original lines left by the flow of the resin, inside the resin, bubbles, ancient insects or debris of plants are visible as well.Amber has been referred to as “gold of Lithuania”, “gold of dinosaur” etc.. It was originally resin of pine and became fossil object after its landing of millions of years. As for the evolution of time, its value can be compared with those died out dinosaurs in ancient time. Publicity Pictures and posters as huge dinosaurs have their mouth translucent yellow ambers can be seen here and there.Facing the Baltic Sea, the beautiful and peaceful Lithuania is located in the eastern west. With an area less than 70000 square kilometers, good and peace-loving people are living harmony in the in the rich land.According to historical records, People who settled down the land were in the Old Stone Age. Among them a part was from the southwest of Hvizdala and resided the area since then, while another part from the west Europe left after not long time. Thus the small part settled down the area became the earliest people in Lithuania and brought the prosperous literature here.It was believed that the area was once a large scale of dense forest. Large amount of resin was secreted due to the climate warming by pines which would stick and wrap insects, plants and fur of animals after falling into the ground.With the advance of ice age, the weather became cold in a sudden; the surging sea covered the solidification. With thousands years of evolution due to the constant changing outside surroundings, the resin finally became amber. Nowadays, people can still find the gift from nature when walking along the coast after the withdrawing of the storm.The word amber initially and especially refers to amber in Baltic Sea.Amber produced from the Baltic Sea occupies about 90% of the world’s production, which has been known for its precious connotation that refers to the primitive creatures of millions of years ago, many of them has been disappeared in the earth. The common inclusion of the fossil is spiders which are accustomed to living in group of plants or bark of trees.About 267 kinds of spiders are found in amber, most of them belongs o insects of tropical or subtropical. The point that has been taken as the acme of perfection is not the spider itself, nor the fine wed or dew related with the creature, but the catch in the mouth of the spider, which will be fixed permanently and vividly.There is a distinctive amber sculpture museum in Vilnius, the capital city of the country. In the period of its creation about 7 years, there are 8 artisans’ works and their collection was saved.The method of exhibition in the museum would impress the visits deeply: with a layer of fine sand covered um the exquisite glass frame, each delicate amber has been well-proportioned on the surface of the sand. Visitors would get the feeling like walking on the coast of Baltic to return nature. Confirmed by scientists, trade of amber started from the Neolithic period, products mined in the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea was transmitted to the central Europe and finally got to the destination Egypt. Amber from the Baltic Sea had ever been excavated in Pharaoh’s Pyramid which existed since thousand years ago.Wide trade of the fossilized resin with the Rome Empire stared from the period of one to three A.D., thus the roads of amber gained an influence which is no less than the Chinese silk of road. Greece and the Roman Empire regarded Lithuania as gold in northern. At the early middle ages, the resin was produced into small cross and beads. Until the seventeenth and eighteenth century, the precious resin gained its chance to prevail and flourish as an art.