Have you ever wondered why a necklace is called a “necklace” and an earring is called an “earring”, but not “”?
Why is that?
Could it be that the “ring” was originally made on the “ring”, without the romantic connotations of “love”, “marriage” and “passionate love”?
Today we will talk about the origin of rings and why they are called rings.
In our country, the ring can be traced back to the late Neolithic Age. Some cultural remains, such as the Longshan culture in the Yellow River valley, and the Qijia culture in Gansu province, have been unearthed and found similar to the shape of “bone ring” and “copper ring”.
However, according to the state of the relics excavated, the “rings” at this time seem to have been used more for sacrifice and decoration.
In the Taiping Imperial Tour of the Song Dynasty, the Book of the Later Han Dynasty is quoted as saying, “Sun Cheng and other 19 people made the Shun emperor to perform great deeds, and each of them bestowed gold bracelets”. Therefore, the small editor speculated that the rings in the Han Dynasty were more likely to be regarded as treasures for reward, similar to the collection of coral.
Some scholars speculate that rings were not used as ornaments by ordinary people in the Han Dynasty, except for the northern minorities.
The source of this speculation is that the ring is not classified as “” but as” gold and silver ware “in Sun Ji’s book” Picture of Material and Cultural Materials of Han Dynasty “.
It is said that rings originated in the ancient Chinese court. Women wore rings to remember things. Rings were a sign of “abstinence” and “abstinence”.
At that time, the emperor had three palaces, six courts, and seventy-two concubines. When seen by the emperor in the harem, the eunuchs wrote down the date of her accompanying the king, and put a silver ring on her right hand as a mark.
When the concubine was pregnant and told the eunuch, she was given a gold ring on her left hand to show that she was sober.
Later the ring became a token of marriage.
Here there are several versions: 1. Barbarism: it is said to be the result of the ancient interpretation of marriage, at that time, men robbed the women of other tribes to put shackles on her.
Over the years, the yoke became an engagement ring, a wedding ring, a ring a man puts on a woman to show that she is mine.
