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Bracelet, ancient times called it jun, bracelet, jump off. "Shirts lightly jump off, beads are mixed with green insects", women wearing bracelets, planting green insects were popular at that time, such jewelry collocation also reflected the unique aesthetic dress of ancient women. Bracelets have been one of the most important pieces of jewelry since ancient times, they were first discovered in the Neolithic Age, and the wearing customs have a far-reaching influence and a long history.
The Neolithic bracelet style is simple, rough and simple. Wrist ornaments generally use bones, stones, jade and other materials, after rough grinding, knocking, fine grinding, polishing and other techniques, so that the surface of the bracelet is flat and smooth. Liangzhu culture jade bracelet, cylindrical in shape, the edge is not rounded. The jade bracelet was a typical wrist ornament at that time, and the late jade bracelet had the theme ornaments such as the animal face pattern and the divine human animal face pattern, and the jade bracelet was very popular among the people with social status.
Liangzhu Culture, Bracelet Photography / Lu Yuting
Early Neolithic, bone bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
In the Han Dynasty, wrist ornaments appeared in an endless stream, or closed or opened bracelets and armbands were popular. Most of the wrist ornaments are made of gold, silver, jade and other materials, and the metal process is widely used. In the Western Han Dynasty, bronze wrist ornaments were more common, its shape was typical, the outer wall had many concave edges, and the entire shape was round table-shaped, and the arm ring system fit the wrist design for easy wearing.
Han, bronze wrist ornament Photography / Lu Yuting
Women in the Tang Dynasty used to wear multiple bracelets at the same time, and this form of wearing later evolved into a spring-shaped bracelet "jumping off". The number of bracelet circles is as small as three circles, and more than a dozen circles can be used as a wrist ornament or arm ornament. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, a bracelet was also popular, which could be opened and closed freely to adjust the diameter. The two ends of the bracelet are designed with holes and buckles, and the shape is more suitable for the wrist, so that it will not fall off after being tied. The size of the bracelet opening can be adjusted when worn, so it is also very convenient to take off. It can be seen that the design of wrist ornaments has been continuously improved, and the production techniques have become more and more exquisite.
Sui, inlaid pearl gemstone gold bracelet Photography / Lu Yuting
Tang, Silver Bracelet Photography / Lu Yuting
Fan casting method is a craft technique for making metal utensils shapes. First of all, the clay is carved into the required artifact model, and then a layer of mud is photographed on the surface of the mud mold, the outside of the mud model is pressed flat, and the details of the mud mold are engraved on the inside, and then the mud model is symmetrically cut open, baked with a low heat, and the outer fan is completed. The inner model is to scrape off a thin layer of mud mold, and then dry it with fire, and the thickness of the scraping is the thickness of the metal object. Finally, the outer fan is closed together, the gap is covered with mud, and a pouring hole is left at the upper end, and the molten metal solution is injected along the pouring hole. After the metal solution has cooled, break the outer fan and remove the inner fan, that is, obtain the cast metal object, which is polished and polished to become a finished metal product.
Liao Dynasty wrist ornaments are mostly made of gold and silver. The silver bar is hammered flat and the pattern is engraved on the surface, curved in a ring shape, and the opening shape is made to facilitate wearing.
Liao, silver bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Decorative patterns are often visible in Yuan Dynasty bracelets. The shape of the double dragon beads is a typical bracelet style of the Yuan Dynasty, and its craftsmanship is exquisite and exquisite, and the bead-shaped shape is newly conceived and unique.
Yuan, gold bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Ming, inlaid gemstone gold phoenix bracelet Photography / Lu Yuting
Since the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the strict constraints of feudal etiquette, ancient women only wore some light bracelets. The wrist is decorated with gold and silver, jade, green jade, coral, glass, agarwood and other materials, the number is extremely rich, the shape is unique, and the craftsmanship is exquisite and beautiful, often appearing in the reticulated, inlay, carving, engraving, gilding and other various crafts.
Qing, white jade set red material shou character bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Nest glass refers to an object made of more than two kinds of glass. First of all, the overall shape of the utensils is made of nirvana white glass, and then the colored glass material is heated to a semi-liquid shape, bonded to the surface of the utensils, and can be finely carved to make ornaments; or the heated semi-melt stained glass rod is used to make a pattern directly on the carcass. General nesting glass common red, blue, green and other color pattern patterns. After the glass manufacturing process and engraving process, the utensils are colorful, the ornamentation is three-dimensional, and the light sense is delicate.
Qing, agarwood carved bat shou pan long bracelet photo / Lu Yuting
Qing Dynasty blue jade bracelet is very popular, skeleton carving, relief carving is widely used, often appear dragon head, phoenix head, flowers and other three-dimensional auspicious patterns, or carved into twist, rope pattern and other shapes, carving smooth and fine.
Qing, Qingyu Double Dragon Bracelet Photography / Lu Yuting
Qing, qingyu double phoenix head bracelet photo / Lu Yuting
Qing, blue and white jade dragon pattern gold bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Qing, green jade twist bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Qing, silver twist bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Qing, silver bracelet photography / Lu Yuting
Qing, Coral Bracelet Photography / Lu Yuting
Throughout the ages, wrist jewelry has been indispensable jewelry. It is the promise of the ancients, "how to be broad, around the wrist double jump off", but also a symbol of perfection, "jade ring how to mean two connected, ring to take the infinite jade to take the firm". Ancient women have the wearing custom of "rich and noble wearing double bracelets", and the bracelet double wear is a ringing sound, which can remind the wearer of a dignified manner; it also means auspicious and happy, and the place of love. The exquisite and kit-chi-chi wrist ornaments not only reflect the superb craftsmanship of that era, but also contain the cultural connotation of traditional Chinese culture.
Editor-in-charge: Lu Yuting
Typography: Yi Luhan
Review: Li Kehan
Review: Sun Li
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