In ancient times, women of any status had the habit of wearing hairpins. It is only the identity of the woman who decides to wear the metal and gem materials of the hairpin, the women of the eunuch family wear the hairpin of gold inlaid gemstones, while the women of ordinary people are simple hairpins of silver or copper. Hairpins are worn on the head as a kind of jewelry unique to women, which not only plays a role in modifying the bun. The allegorical auspicious language made of hairpin head also has a message of affection and expresses the will of the heart about the pursuit of beauty.
You can see a variety of shapes from the hairpins of the Qing Dynasty court, among which the animal-based hairpins are particularly eye-catching because they are cute and cute, plus they are embellished with gemstones. In particular, the dancing butterflies have become the most popular ornaments. But there are many other cute animals, each of which has its own beautiful meaning, often taking the harmonic sound of the animal to express the auspicious meaning.
For example, the harmonic sound of dragonflies "Qing Ting" means to stand tall, in addition to bats symbolizing full of blessings, squirrels are the descendants of many children and grandchildren. The grasshopper has the meaning of "the grasshopper vibrates, the melon is long", the crab is "across the world", and the spider is the meaning of "Zhaoxi". These vivid animals as jewelry bring a different kind of fun.
Qing Dynasty silver gilded lobster hairpin
Don't look at the pair of lobster hairpins are now average, but some of them used to be golden. Now the gold is fading so it doesn't look so stunning. Need to look at the overall shape, this three-dimensional lobster shape is also too cute!
This is a Qing Dynasty silver-gilt lobster hairpin from Zhejiang, cleverly using realistic techniques to directly design a pair of cute lobster jewelry styles. This kind of jewelry is worn on the bun, especially the Qing Dynasty's everyone's boudoir show, that picture you think about is not very joyful?
Presumably, its owner must be an open-minded woman, perhaps with a beautiful story with the lobster, which exists as a commemorative jewelry.
Gold-inlaid beaded bat hairpin
Bats are frequent visitors in hairpins, this dotted bat hairpin inlaid with pearl tourmaline and other gemstones, ingenuity in design, non-cutting gemstones have a rustic beauty. The reason why bats frequently appear in hairpin jewelry is also the reason why they are born with the word "Fu". So much so that bats often appear in jade carvings. Blessings descend from heaven, five blessings at the gate, and so on, are all full of blessings, who wouldn't like it?
Silver gilded jeweled butterfly hairpin
This is a light and agile butterfly hairpin, the butterfly head is inlaid with rubies, while the butterfly wings are decorated with dots, the disc wings are also inlaid with rubies, pale pink tourmaline, etc., and the butterfly whiskers are inlaid with two pearls as embellishments. The overall shape of this hairpin is vivid, the layered decoration has a strong sense of three-dimensionality, exquisite craftsmanship, and "butterfly" and "耋" are homophonous, which has the meaning of prolonging life.
Emerald jewelry bee-print earrings
The unique feature of these earrings is the use of jadeite, the earrings are semi-circular, half green, half white, green and white. The main body is a flexible bee, inlaid with pink tourmaline in the belly of the bee, and the wings of the bee are composed of two sets of rice beads, and there is a little green surrounding. The bee is equipped with a pearl at the top of each of its two long whiskers, which is very decorative and the use of gemstones is also luxurious. The color of the bee is very conspicuous, the long whiskers can swing with the footsteps, flexible and personalized.
Gold-set gemstone dragonfly hairpin
This dragonfly hairpin is an Internet celebrity, with the shape of the dragonfly combined with the auspicious cloud pattern as the design theme, the hairpin is silver. Dragonfly shape made by the gold-reel process. Embellished with pearls and rubies, and embellished with a dot-and-dove craftsmanship, jewelry with a rich taste of court jewelry is made. This hairpin is also a representative of the lace seiko process, very exquisite and meticulous. And this dragonfly hairpin also has a very grand meaning, representing the good blessing of "Great Qing Stability".
These animal-shaped jewelry from the Qing Dynasty are not isolated in wearing, but will be paired with many other ornaments, and then form a natural scene on the body. It is a very artistic beauty, and it is also unsurpassed by modern jewelry. For example, when inserting a dotted jade flower butterfly hairpin, a corresponding butterfly golden head flower will be worn, so that it looks like a butterfly flying in a hundred flowers from a distance.
The craftsmen of the Qing Dynasty carved the auspicious animals and plants of nature on the jewelry, making these jewelry seem to have vitality. These animal-shaped jewelry are naturally based on natural materials and will change in line with natural seasonal changes, which are reflected in the hair ornaments of Women in the Qing Dynasty, thus becoming an important stroke in Chinese jewelry.
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