Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a girl with a bad eye disease, because she could not be cured, and finally she was blind in both eyes. Later, she inadvertently met a famous doctor, who examined her condition and said that he could cure her eye disease, but needed a needle in her ear.
After obtaining the girl's consent, the famous doctor used a silver needle to prick each of the girl's left and right earlobes. This time, there was a miracle - the girl's eyes were actually cured! In order to express her gratitude to the famous doctor, the girl asked the silversmith to elaborately make a pair of earrings and wear them on the ears every day to remember the merits of the famous doctor.
Li Yu, a literary scholar of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in "The Book of Idle Love": In the old days, women could accompany them for a lifetime. It can be seen that for ancient women, hairpins and urs are very important jewelry, and although hairpins are rare now, earrings are innovative and are still classic fashion fashion jewelry.
One hairpin and one can accompany you for a lifetime
Earrings have existed since primitive social times. At that time, there was no metallurgical technology, so the materials for making earrings were basically jade, crystal, animal bones and so on.
In fact, the development history of earrings is not smooth, from the pre-Qin zhou dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, earrings have been suppressed, because the society at that time generally believed that the parents of the body hair skin should not hurt it, only barbarians and slaves would hit the ear piercings. In "The Legend of the Demon Cat", Yang Guifei appeared on the scene, and the large earrings that were dangling were very eye-catching, which was absolutely against history.
The Legend of the Cat Demon
There is suppression, there is naturally a rise, and the rise of earrings began in the Song Dynasty. This is a period of great development, and many jewelry have been inherited and innovated. The earrings of the Song Dynasty are closer to modern, complex and delicate, and the subject matter is also quite elegant and cute.
In the Ming Dynasty, the style of earrings was even more colorful. Not only did women have ear piercings, but even some men would wear ears, because earrings had the meaning of "amulet" at that time.
The earrings of the Qing Dynasty had two sets of systems, and the Han women wore similar to the Ming Dynasty, with gold and silver, pearls, and jade as the main body, and then matched with various gems; and the Manchus were different from the Han people, they had to pay attention to "one ear and three tongs", which was still the Manchu rule emphasized by the Qianlong Emperor. However, the history of jewelry in the Qing Dynasty is also the history of Manchu-Han fusion.
Three tongs in one ear
Earrings can be said to be the finishing touch of the whole body, even if it is bland dress, as long as you wear a pair of fashionable earrings, the whole person will be flexible and flowing. Earrings have developed so far, whether it is the style and material, they are innovative, more and more fashionable, healthy and trendy.
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