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About Us
We are a woman-owned studio rooted in California, sourcing limited-edition Chinese craft-self-care pieces that carry 2,200 years of strength.
Every ShanHalo item begins its life in the same soil that once shaped the Terracotta Army of China's First Emperor: the yellow earth of Xi'an. Just as each warrior was hand-molded to guard an empire, our modern artisans hand-cast, hand-lacquer and hand-scent small batches to guard your daily energy.
ShanHalo
Mountains of strength, halos of care.
From Qin power (the first centralized China), through Han harmony (the Silk Road opened), to Tang glow (the golden age of women rulers), we translate dynastic symbols—armor silhouettes, jade circles, palace halo-clouds—into calming objects you can hold, wear and breathe in.
No mass production. No cultural clichés. Only traceable clay, recycled bronze and cruelty-free silk that travel 7,000 miles to meet your self-care ritual.
Our Story
2016, on a solo backpacking trip, our founder Lora Zhang—a Chinese-American art-history student—stood in front of Pit 1 of the Terracotta Warriors. Surrounded by 8,000 life-size figures, she felt two things at once:
- The fearless energy that built an empire;
- A soft, almost motherly calm in the warriors' weather-worn faces.
That contrast became her mission: What if the same earth that once forged armies could now forge modern armor for women?She came home with a suitcase of local clay, blended it into California botanicals and cast the first ShanHalo "Guardian Stone" diffuser: a palm-size, matte clay pebble carved with Han-dynasty cloud scrolls. When warmed, it releases a subtle scent of white tea & terra-cotta—an instant shortcut to stillness.Today our atelier works with three female-led workshops:
- Xi'an Clay Co-op – direct descendants of imperial brick-makers;
- Han-Mirror Bronze Guild – reviving 200 B.C. polishing techniques;
- Tang Silk Garden – cruelty-free mulberry silk dyed with pomegranate skin.
Each piece is numbered and shipped plastic-free, wrapped in a rice-paper "passport" that tells the dynasty, maker and self-care intention in both English and Mandarin. Hold it, and you hold a fragment of China's grand narrative—re-imagined for your modern halo.
Why It Calms
Mountains = grounding.
Halos = uplift.
Together they create the perfect frequency for a woman's nervous system: rooted yet radiant. Independent lab tests show our clay diffusers lower heart-rate variability by 12% in 8 minutes—results we proudly publish on each product page.
Social Responsibility
- 1% of every sale funds Xi'an Women Pottery Training Center, teaching local mothers artisan skills.
- Carbon-neutral shipping via Shopify Planet.
- All packaging is re-usable as a travel jewelry case—because the
best halo is the one you keep.
Come breathe with 2,200 years of female-forward strength.
ShanHalo — Let the mountain guard you, let the halo crown you.
From cultural relics to products
Tracing the Origins
Tracing the Origins
Every month, the team goes deep into institutions such as the Shaanxi History Museum and the Beilin Museum to extract transformable elements from the details of cultural relics (such as the stacking method of the armor of the Terracotta Warriors and the layers of the lotus flower on the Tang Dynasty silver pot). Each product corresponds to one cultural relic unearthed in Xi'an and comes with a 'Cultural Origin Card'.
Pattern Conversion
Pattern Conversion
3D scanning technology is used to obtain the pattern data of cultural relics. Designers manually adjust the proportions, retain the core features, and weaken overly complicated details (to avoid affecting daily use).
Material Matching
Material Matching
Following the principle of 'materials echoing history'—the Terracotta Warriors series uses local Shaanxi clay (from the same source as the materials used in Qin Dynasty terracotta warriors), and the metal ornaments use bronze (to replicate the oxidation effect of Qin and Tang Dynasty metalware).
Refined Craftsmanship
Refined Craftsmanship
In collaboration with local artisans in Xi'an, some traditional techniques have been restored: the ceramic sculptures are fired using a "sealed kiln" method, ensuring that the products not only resemble the originals in form but also possess a historical quality.