Fishing for the golden turtle son-in-law, refers to the woman found a rich and powerful, noble son-in-law, in fact, the name of the golden turtle son-in-law has long been there, the Tang Dynasty Li Shangyin wrote a poem "for there is"--"For the infinite petite of the cloud screen, Fengcheng is afraid of spring supper." Marry the golden turtle concubine for no reason, and live up to the early dynasty of the Xiang Dynasty. In this poem, a term was coined: Golden Turtle Son-in-law, which, in our current view, seems not to be very good, but in fact, golden turtle concubine has historical origins.
Why is it not the Golden Tiger Son-in-Law, the Golden Dragon Son-in-Law, who sounds mighty and divine, but the Golden Turtle Son-in-law? This is related to the accessories worn by officials in the Tang Dynasty, just like the official clothes worn in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, embroidered with the pattern of birds and beasts, used to distinguish the size of official titles, status symbols, is the rank symbol of royal members and officials, is a very characteristic of the ceremonial decoration of the times. The Tang Dynasty is the same, the crown robes and shoes have clear wearing standards, in addition, internal and external officials must also wear fish charms and fish bags above five products to distinguish the level of the position, fish symbols are made of different materials, fish bags are used to hold fish symbols, fish bags are also different, more than three products decorated with gold, more than five products decorated with silver.
After a generation of empresses Wu Zetian ascended the throne and took power, this accessory also changed. Officials are required to change their accessories from fish charms to turtle charms, and officials with more than three pins wear "golden turtles", four pins wear "silver turtles", and five pins wear "bronze turtles". Like the original fish charm and fish bag, the new ornament has both turtle charms and turtle bags. The "golden turtle" mentioned in Li Shangyin's poem can refer to either a turtle charm made of metal or a splendid bag containing a turtle charm. Whatever it refers to, it is associated with the court magnates. If you can wear this thing, at least the prince of the country, or the imperial court official with more than three pins.
Passed down to later generations, "Golden Turtle Son-in-law" refers to the noble daughter-in-law. As the language changed, so did the vocabulary. Among them, the meaning of "noble" is getting weaker and weaker, and it is replaced by the meaning of "rich".