Stringing together ancient memories Beads of history and appreciation

The history of beads is very long, and the earliest surviving ones probably belong to the excavations at the site of the Cave Man on the top of Zhoukoudian Mountain, about 500,000 years ago, when necklaces were strung with shells. Beads made of animal bones and crystalline pebbles were also common at that time. People are emotionally rich animals, and after meeting the basic needs of life such as food, clothing, housing, and transportation, they must also communicate emotionally and show themselves. Jewelry and other ornaments are the first objects to carry this function.

To give an example: in order to show their bravery and fearlessness, people collect the teeth of tigers, wolves and other beasts of prey caught in hunting, and string them together with fiber ropes or leather strips to form tooth strings and hang them under the neck. In Neolithic and Paleolithic remains, this ornament is common. Its holders are mostly tribal chiefs or military chiefs. After entering the civilized society, even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people still retained this custom, but this kind of tooth ornament was made of jade or glass. In peoples and countries where marine culture is prevalent, it is also common to make ornaments with sharks and other teeth. This reflects a general psychology of people. It is to boast of bravery and to soothe one's own soul (the so-called exorcism and avoidance of harm). To this day, we can still see: some "cool people", they are not wearing precious metals such as gold, silver, or jewelry made of jade and jade, but wearing a variety of tooth and tooth ornaments to show their own difference and difference.

It is also worth mentioning the dragonfly eye glass bead string that was popular in the war and Han dynasties. Experts have a variety of views on the dragonfly eye, some say that it reflects the ancient view of the universe, each eye is a constellation, and the middle line is the trajectory of the constellations. Some people say that the dragonfly eye glass beads came from West Asia and Arabia, which is the realism of the human eye and is exorcising demons and avoiding evil spirits. In short, the dragonfly-eyed glass beads are not only gorgeous, but also contain a mysterious brilliance. If anyone is fortunate enough to get a few ancient dragonfly eye glass beads and wear them under the neck, it is fashionable and thick, especially the current white-collar girl, under the white jade neck, wearing such a string of old dragonfly eye glass beads, who will look at it a few times, because it reflects the owner's temperament and cultivation, its style is good, and truly reflects the perfect combination of ancient and modern.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty, with the opening of the Silk Road, Buddhism was introduced to China, and the bead string was also given the meaning of Buddhism, forming Buddha beads. It is one of the dharma instruments used by monks and the general public to chant the Buddha. According to their use, Buddha beads can be divided into hanging beads – hanging around the neck (one of the symbols of the monks), holding the beads – holding the beads – holding the beads – which are held in the hand (used to count the number of chants), and wearing beads – worn on the wrist or arm (which can be used as an ornament to increase beauty, prestige and self-confidence).