Source: China Central Radio and Television International Online
Editor: Zhao Yan
Yi silver jewelry
International online report (reporters Sui Yanxia, Liu Qi, Wang Shanshan, Yang David): The Yi people love to dress up and wear gold and silver as a fashion. Yi silver jewelry is extremely beautiful and is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Yi people.
The Yi were one of the first ethnic groups in China to smelt and cast silverware. Yi silver jewelry is a testimony to the history of the Yi people, passed down from generation to generation through the beating, melting and carving of craftsmen. In the hearts of the Yi people, silver jewelry has the effect of warding off evil, driving away ghosts, ensuring peace and sending light, and every festival or important day, Yi women will wear handmade silver jewelry, beautiful and solemn.
Yi silver jewelry includes headdresses, collars, earrings, chest ornaments, back ornaments, bracelets, bracelets, rings, etc. The patterns are mostly composed of sun, moon, stars, flowers, birds, grass carp, mountains and trees, etc., with delicate carvings and strong contrast between light and dark, which are in harmony with gorgeous national costumes, and are beautiful.
