Ancient women gave men a symbol of love.

Ancient women gave men a symbol of love.

In ancient times, women gave men a symbol of love. In ancient times, a woman would give a token of love to a man she liked, which was also an affirmation of this relationship. I sorted out the information about the keepsakes given by ancient women to men. Let's have a look.

The pledge of ancient women to men 1 green, tourmaline carving squirrel grapes.

In ancient China, engagement was based on "parents' orders and matchmakers' words", while adolescent boys and girls often used souvenirs to get engaged. In ancient China, the object of engagement was "love", not "things". A Yu Pei, a sachet, a bunch of hair, and even a melon and fruit can all be engaged objects, and they can all express their demands for "emotion".

So what tokens of love did ancient women in China have?

Gentleman's Love-Yu Pei

"Why kindness? Meiyu is decorated with Luo Wei. "

"Ying Luo" is a ribbon that ancient women tied around their waist when they got married to show that someone belongs, so there is a saying in The Book of Songs that "the knot is 90 meters". It describes the daughter's marriage, and the mother doesn't want to tie a knot with her, which is called "knot" and later became synonymous with ancient marriage. In Wen Renxian's Annotations to Ancient Poems in Qing Dynasty, "beautiful jade adorns tassels" was interpreted as "tying tassels with jade to show gratitude." The jade that ancient women gave to the right person was decorated with tassels, and I knew it very well.

Sweet and pleasant feeling-sachet

The amorous feelings of sachet means that in the ambiguous relationship between men and women, its code of expressing feelings is diverse, subtle and beautiful. It is said that women wearing sachets means a sense of belonging, which is why many ethnic groups in China express their love by giving sachets (purses).

Dong people have an interesting sachet, which is simple and direct compared with the curved lotus sachet: under the heart-shaped or gourd-shaped embroidered sachet, there is a round little person, which means "I will give birth to a doll for you".

Personal life comb

Tie your hair wholeheartedly and comb it as a gift. In ancient China, sending a comb meant private life, hoping to grow old with you. Sending a comb represents a lifelong entanglement, that is, tying your hair and ordering it privately for life. In ancient times, women had their hair combed by their families before they got married. The so-called "one comb to the end, two combs with white hair and Qi Mei, three combs with children and grandchildren" not only contains the good wishes of family members, but also conveys love.

Wife style-hairpin

Grasping the head is another name for hairpin. According to Xijing Miscellanies, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved Li Furen, and once took off Li Furen's hairpin and scratched his head, hence the name "scratching his head". In ancient times, criminals were not allowed to wear hairpins. Even if the empresses were at fault, they should wear hairpins, because hairpins also symbolize dignity. Empress Jiang of Zhou Xuanwang has a good story: It is said that she once indulged in pleasure and didn't care about national politics. In order to persuade her husband to be diligent, the righteous Empress Jiang took off her hairpin earrings and knelt in Yongxiang to express her guilt. Knowing the queen's mind, Zhou Xuanwang was ashamed, so he began to make great efforts to shape Zhou.

Ear pearl earrings

Earrings worn by women have a history of more than two thousand years. Formerly known as "Jun", Liu Xi's Explanation of Names in the Eastern Han Dynasty said: "Casting pearls through ears is called" Jun ". Prosperous in barbarians and prosperous in China. " In "Shang Mo Sang", Luo Fu, whom men fall in love with, is the "bright moon in the ear"; Liu Lanzhi in Peacock Flying Southeast is a woman who "listens to the bright moon" in Luo Yin's poem "Zayong", and is a "golden ring in her ear".

Oath ring

Engagement ring is not only a western tradition, but also a long-standing custom in China. In the Southern Dynasties, Liu's Different Gardens recorded that people married women in tombs. When I left, "the woman cried," I saw you once, gave you a pair of rings, tied a belt and sent you out. "In the late Tang Dynasty, the ring gradually changed from a mutual gift between men and women to a gift only given by men to women. Because the ring is betrothed, unmarried women in ancient times did not wear it.

Light makeup and heavy makeup-compact

"A scholar dies as a confidant, and a woman is a lover of herself." Everyone loves beauty. In ancient times, rouge was the main cosmetic matched with makeup powder. In order to facilitate women to dress up, cosmetic powder boxes came into being. Makeup has become one of the important elements of ancient women's lifestyle, and smallness has also become a necessity for ancient women to decorate their beauty. In addition to the function of dressing up, the contract was a token of love, a witness of marriage and a pleasing work of art in ancient times.

The meaning of getting together-a round fan

The round fan in the Western Han Dynasty, because it is as clean as the bright moon and contains the meaning of reunion and gathering, is easily found and chosen by women's delicate, gentle and romantic temperament, and regarded it as a symbol of pure love.

The doctor of Yue went to Zhuluo Mountain in the south of Zhuji to look for a wise man, but fell in love with the barefoot stone and vowed to grow old together. Ingenious stone weaves a fan with wheat straw, embroiders its own appearance on the fan core with colored silk, and gives it to Fan Lang.

Ancient women gave men tokens of love 2 1, sachets-why knock? Tie the sachet behind the elbow.

The sachet, also known as sachet and flower sachet, is wrapped with silk thread and filled with a variety of fragrant Chinese herbal medicines.

In the pre-Qin period, young people would wear woven sachets to show their respect when they met their parents and elders. Because sachets are personal belongings, lovers often give them to each other as gifts.

In a Dream of Red Mansions, Sister Lin also made a sachet for Brother Bao, and every stitch and thread condensed her feelings. Once I wrote that Daiyu misunderstood that Baoyu had given the sachet to someone else. In a rage, I cut the other one I was making, but Baoyu wore it. How can she give it away? Youth is gone, and the red rain is gone. I still see Iraqis when I see the fragrant bag, but I'm afraid Baoyu can't bear to see it again.

2. Yu Pei-How to be kind? Mei Yu Zhu Luoying

"The beauty of jade is like the virtue of a gentleman." Ancient gentlemen were like jade, paying attention to respectful and peaceful love.

"Li Zhou Yu Zao" says: "A gentleman can't go without a reason." The explanation in "Notes on Ancient Poetry" says: "Decorate tassels with jade to show gratitude." "Ying Luo" is a colorful ribbon tied around the waist when an ancient woman got married to show her belonging. Make "knot" synonymous with ancient marriage.

3, comb-concentric knot comb, as a gift comb

In ancient China, sending a comb meant private booking for life and growing old together.

In ancient times, women had their hair combed by their families before they got married. The so-called "one comb to the end, two combs with white hair and Qi Mei, three combs with children and grandchildren" not only contains the good wishes of family members, but also conveys love.

There are several ways to send combs:

(1) Comb stands for lovesickness, for missing and caring!

(2) Comb combing hair every day also represents closeness, representing growing old together!

(3) Combs also represent love, which generally means to make a promise in ancient times!

(4) Combs also represent health and happiness! Sweep away troubles, open your heart and comb your hair will give people spirit and confidence!

There is also a saying that combs can't send friends, which means breaking up. If you send a lover, you will grow old together!

4. Hey-Why are you getting married? Scratch one's head with a thin gold painting.

Hairpin, also known as catching the head, is a long needle used to insert a bun or crown in hair in ancient times. Later, it specifically refers to women's jewelry with bun.

"Biography of Historical Records and Funny Stories" said: "There was a fall before, and then there was a hairpin". And "I stroke my white hair. It has grown too thin, and it can no longer hold hairpins.

5, hair-why comfort parting? The turtle shell behind the ear

Hairpins are flowers or other styling hairpins made of pearls, jade, gold and silver. Two or more long hairpins are used to connect and fix the bun, which is inserted into the temples when in use. In ancient times, there was a custom of saying goodbye between lovers: women divided their hair clips into two parts, half for each other and the other half for themselves until they met again another day.

In Xin Qiji's "Late Spring in Zhu Yingtai", the words "Baochai Powder, Taoyedu, Ada Dark Nanpu" express this parting. In Nalan Xingde's words, "Baochai is obsessed with it, why should she be wet?" is also full of the pain of separation from her love.

6. Bracelet-Why is it wide? Double jump around the wrist

From Sui and Tang Dynasties to Song Dynasty, it was very common for women to decorate their arms with bracelets, which were called armbands. In the early Tang Dynasty, the painter Yan's "Walking Map" and "The Picture of Zanhua Ladies" clearly described the image of women wearing armbands.

There are many names for bracelets in ancient times, and there are also "jumps" and the like. In Empresses in the Palace, Tao Hongjing describes the fairy's right to jump for Yang Jinyu.

7, earrings-why is it only a small area? Double pearls on the ear

Women in our country have been dressing themselves up with various earrings since a long time ago. The earliest record can be found in Shan Hai Jing: "A mountain suitable for youth and a mountain suitable for women, with a small waist and white teeth." In the "Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Ke said: "It's not bad to be alert and bright, and pearls penetrate."

In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Ji's "Ode to a Daughter" "Return the tears of the pearl, never get married and never encounter hatred." The "pearl" in the movie refers to earrings. Is it also because this poem makes people feel sad to take earrings as tokens? At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Huilian's Zhuzhici, which mourned her late husband, must have been written by a thoughtful person: "Remember to buy concubines with pearls, comb my hair and insert my eyebrows. Where is Lang today? I am alone, afraid to see butterflies flying among the flowers. "

In the early Qing Dynasty, Li Dai-weng called the small and simple earrings "cloves", the complex and gorgeous earrings "tangled rope" and "tangled rope" in Suiyuan. He said that women "can be together for life".

8. Rings-Why are you diligent? About a pair of silver

In ancient times, unmarried women didn't wear a ring, because the ring was a token of engagement or engagement, so this smallest token was the heaviest in women's hearts.

According to Taiping Guangji, scholar Li Zhangwu fell in love with Wang's son-in-law in Huazhou. When leaving, Wang's son-in-law gave Li Zhangwu a white jade ring and a poem: "Twist the ring and miss each other." May you play forever and endlessly. Later, Li Zhangwu went to Huazhou again, and Wang's son-in-law was anxious, so they met at Wang's house.

9, wrapped in arm gold-why boxing? Double gold ring with ten thousand arms

The "double gold ring with ten thousand arms" refers to the armband, also known as arm-wrapped gold, which is a kind of decoration wrapped around the arms of ancient women in China. It is coiled into a spiral ring with gold and silver bars. The number of circles varies from three to five or eight, and there are differences between flowers and plain ones: those with patterns are called "flower cymbals" and those without patterns are called "plain cymbals". No matter which angle you look at, you can see several rings, just like wearing several bracelets.

Su Shi wrote in "Cold Ware": "Spring water is thicker than wine at night, overwhelming beauty to hold gold".

10, Luo skirt-why answer Huan Xin? Su-wan three skirts

In ancient times, the width of cloth and silk was narrow, and a skirt was generally made up of several pieces of cloth and silk, hence the name "skirt".

In ancient times, "skirt" and "regiment" were homologous, and Han He explained "skirt, regiment" and "clothing": skirt, regiment and regiment. Han Xin's poem "Lin Yulang": "Long skirt with tie, wide sleeve with acacia."

Red beans-take a hug home for me as a symbol of our love.

Linglong dice Anhoudou, what do you know about bone acacia? According to legend, in ancient times, there was a man who went out to war, and his wife prayed day and night against a high mountain tree. I cry under the tree because I miss my lover. After the tears dried up, bright red blood drops flowed out, and the blood drops became red beans, which took root and sprouted, and grew into a big tree full of red beans, which people called acacia beans. Day after day, spring came to Qiu Lai, and the fruit of the big tree gradually became the most beautiful red heart-shaped seed on the earth-acacia bean, with the yearning in the girl's heart.

12, Ropa-ROPA in hand, smiling.

In ancient times, Roppa was used to convey feelings. There were many scenes in which a woman faced her sweetheart, blushed and frowned, and her hands were at a loss, so she sent a handkerchief to her hand. A little helpless, a little shy, a little happy, which makes people feel pity.

There is a saying in an ancient book, "There is a woman with a handkerchief in her hand and a clever smile." I miss that woman, standing among flowers, making eyes at her through the corner of my handkerchief. It can not only cover up the embarrassment of showing teeth, but also add a little charm. When turning around, it can also chuckle and throw an "idiot" at someone who has lost his mind. All kinds of amorous feelings are in it, which reminds others of their feelings, that is, it leads to another eternal story or farewell.

13, Zanthoxylum bungeanum-straightforward, full of children and grandchildren

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a kind of spice crop. Because of its many seeds, it means "many children and grandchildren" after marriage, so men and women regard Zanthoxylum bungeanum as the custom of love. In The East Gate of the Book of Songs, it tells the story of a man who received a bunch of pepper from a girl as token of love at the dance. When they promised to have more children in the future, the ancients were actually very straightforward in love.

14, melon and fruit-give me papaya, give it to Joan.

"The Book of Songs Feng Wei Papaya" "Vote for me with papaya, and repay me with Qiongju. Not to thank you, always cherish your feelings. ..... "It's about a man who got a drop of papaya, peach and plum from his beloved woman and decided to return all kinds of jade to express his wish to be United forever. In ancient times, "men hunted women", so "fruits and vegetables belonged to women". When a woman wants to express her love to her sweetheart, she usually sends melons and fruits.

15, half a thing-dog blood plot

In costume TV, Yu Pei and other objects are often broken in half, and each person takes a piece to make a bridge. This is also a common way of making love in ancient times. Also, open the rouge box, give the lid to your lover, split the mirror in two, or split the hairpin in two. The traffic was inconvenient in ancient times. It took many years to go to Beijing to catch the exam or travel far. Things are different when I come back, so this kind of engagement object is often evidence of finding a child to recognize relatives.

16, concentric knot-why knot center? Su Lian Lian Shuang Zhen

According to The Source of Poetry, Zhou Wen fell in love with his neighbor's wife, Jiang, and gave Jiang a crystal needle as a token. Chiang opened the shoe box, took the sewing thread, and knitted a concentric knot back to Zhou Wen. Plain wisps represent purity, while needles are homophonic with chastity.

In the poems of Liang Wudi and Xiao Yan, there is "double belt around the waist, and dreams are concentric knots". In the Song Dynasty, Lin Bu wrote the poem "You are full of tears, my concubine is full of tears, my heart is not finished, and the river is flat".

17, concentric lock-permanent knot concentric

Concentric lock is to carve the names of two lovers on a lock, lock them on a chain surrounded by Buddha, and "lock" their hearts tightly together, so that their love will last forever. As long as they are sincere to each other, the Buddha will witness and bless their eternal feelings.

18, ruyi-all the best, the choice of the emperor.

Many places in the ancient court will put wishful thinking for the emperors to enjoy. In addition, ruyi is also a token. The emperor chooses concubines, and the emperor takes wishful thinking and awards it to the woman he likes. Ruyi is still a noble gift in the palace. Whenever the emperor ascended the throne, the queen's birthday and other festive days, princes and ministers should offer their blessings to the queen.

19, hair-send a strand of hair with you, my body will always be like silk.

Moss, green and affection, silk and thought.

In the earliest Book of Songs, "I am from the east of Bo, and my head is like a flying canopy. If there is no ointment, who is suitable for it? " , messy hair, that is the yearning for a long-distance lover; In Han Yuefu's Lin Yulang, "there is nothing good about both things." . One is 5 million, and the other two are more than 10 million "describes the ultimate beauty of Hu Ji;" What kind of amorous feelings are there in Su Shi's Song of the Cave Fairy: "Embroidered curtains open, a little bright moon peeps at people, people are awake, and their pillows are chaotic"; Sima Guang said that "the bun is loose and the pencil is light in makeup", which once made me admire the calm and elegant beauty.

Ancient women gave men their token of love. Love poems before the Six Dynasties can be seen everywhere with undisguised sincerity and enthusiasm. The same is true of Fan Qin's Love Poem in the Three Kingdoms Period. In this poem, a pair of lovers promise their love with various souvenirs. These tokens are the makeup of ancient women, and some of them still are.

In ancient times, unmarried women didn't wear a ring, because the ring was a token of engagement or engagement, so this smallest token was the heaviest in women's hearts. Today is the same, reach out and let the opposite person put it on yourself, and then, either wear it happily for a lifetime or cry for it one day sooner or later. In the late Tang Dynasty, the ring gradually changed from a mutual gift between men and women to a gift only given by men to women.

Because rings are engaged, unmarried women in ancient times did not wear rings. Ding six niang of Sui Dynasty wrote in Ten Poems that "If you want to be a slim hand, you should take the ring of Langsuo". It may explain the unspeakable feelings of ancient and even modern women about the ring. This token is the smallest, but the heaviest in a woman's heart. Full of hope, reach out and let the person you love put it on yourself. Then, maybe you will wear it happily for a lifetime, and maybe one day you will cry for it until your heart breaks.

Token of love of ancient women

The fame of acacia red beans spread far and wide, thanks to the four-character quatrain "Acacia" written by Wang Wei, a great poet in Tang Dynasty. "When those red berries come in spring, they flush on your southern branches. Take them home for my sake as a symbol of our love." This famous saying was written by Wang Wei to his good friend Li Guinian. Due to the Anshi Rebellion, Li Guinian was exiled to Jiangnan. Wang Wei gave this poem to him, expressing his deep affection for his friends. Later, people used the characteristics of red beans as bright as blood and as hard as diamonds to interpret their unswerving love. As a result, red beans became the symbol of love and the carrier of acacia. Love of "red beans stained with blue cream, often acacia"; "Red beans in linglong dice, I don't know if I want to"; The heaviness of "red beans are ugly and full of acacia tears"; Red beans are ok, but acacia is flawless. Red beans, containing the innocence and profundity of love, carry people's distant memories.

Counting the common token of love, the most romantic one is the wooden comb. In addition to bringing scalp health care and making hair healthy and beautiful, combs represent acacia and miss each other very much. Comb also has the meaning of opening the knot and letting the troubles pass; To send a comb is to have a private life and want to grow old with her (him). Comb your hair with a comb sent by your lover every day, which represents the close relationship between the two sides. "The body is a skin injury, and parents dare not hurt it. Filial piety begins. " The ancients attached great importance to hair, which made wooden combs an important personal item. With the legend of Tanabata, the wooden comb has gradually become a token of love that must be given away, and it has been passed down for thousands of years.

The ancients loved jade, and the old saying goes, "A gentleman never leaves his hand without a reason." The explanation in "Notes on Ancient Poetry" says: "Decorate tassels with jade to show gratitude." "Ying Luo" is a colorful ribbon tied around the waist when an ancient woman got married to show her belonging. Make "knot" synonymous with ancient marriage. According to the Book of Songs, when a daughter gets married, the mother tells her daughter to speak in a low voice, but at the same time she can't bear to tie a knot with her. It is the most commonly used token of the ancients.

Sachet has a long history. In ancient times, it was also called sachet, fragrant tassel, sachet, fragrant ball, Pei Wei and purse. The history of ancient people wearing sachets can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. According to the Book of Rites. Internal rules ":"Children are parents and use them around; ..... to suit my parents and aunt. " In other words, when young people meet their parents and elders, they should wear "tassels", that is, woven sachets, to show their respect. Because sachets are personal items, lovers often give them to each other as gifts to express their love. In a Dream of Red Mansions, Sister Lin also made a sachet for Brother Bao, and every stitch and thread condensed her feelings.

There are many names for bracelets in ancient times, and "jump" is one of them. There is a story in Song Jiyong's Chronicle of Tang Poetry. One day, Tang Wenzong asked his ministers, "There is a saying in an ancient poem,' A light shirt with a jump'. Do any of you know what "jump" is? " No one can answer. The literati school told them: "Breaking free is today's wrist." In ancient literary works, it is very common for women to send bracelets to their lovers. In Empresses in the Palace, Liang Taohongjing described the escaped fairy sepals, green flowers, sheep rights in Zeng Zeng, gold and jade. In Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. Bai Yuyu wrote about the scholar Wu Shengou going to fairyland to have fun with a fairy in purple. When she left, the fairy gave Wu Sheng her gold brooch as a souvenir.

According to The Source of Poetry, Zhou Wen fell in love with his neighbor's wife, Jiang, and gave Jiang a crystal needle as a token. Chiang opened the shoe box, took the sewing thread, and knitted a concentric knot back to Zhou Wen. Plain wisps represent purity, while needles are homophonic with chastity.

Weave the ribbon into a string of palindrome-like concentric knots for each other, which also contains endless thoughts and thousands of feelings. In the poems of Liang Wudi and Xiao Yan, there is "double belt around the waist, and dreams are concentric knots". In the Song Dynasty, Lin Bu wrote the poem "You are full of tears, my concubine is full of tears, my heart is not finished, and the river is flat".

Hairpin, a long needle used by the ancients to fix the bun or connect the crown hair, later specifically refers to the jewelry for women to insert the bun. "Biography of Historical Records and Funny Stories" said: "There was a fall before, and then there was a hairpin". And "I stroke my white hair. It has grown too thin, and it can no longer hold hairpins.

The ethnic minorities in China have the traditional custom of fixing their hair with hairpins. Their hairpins are various, with a long history, rich national characteristics and rich cultural connotations.

Hairpins are flowers or other styling hairpins made of pearls, jade, gold and silver. Two or more long hairpins are used to connect and fix the bun, which is inserted into the temples when in use.

Hairpin is not only an ornament, but also a symbol of love. In ancient times, there was a custom of saying goodbye between lovers: women divided their hair clips into two parts, half for each other and the other half for themselves until they met again another day. In Xin Qiji's "Late Spring in Zhu Yingtai", the words "Baochai Powder, Taoyedu, Ada Dark Nanpu" express this parting. In Nalan Xingde's words, "Baochai is obsessed with it, why should she be wet?" is also full of the pain of separation from her love.

The ancients attached great importance to body parts and thought it was also a part of "filial piety" Therefore, among the Three Kingdoms, Xia Houdun was shot in the eye by an arrow and shouted, "The blood of the father, the essence and the mother must not be abandoned!" Eat your eyes back in one bite. Give a part of your body to your sweetheart to show your infinite love. Hair is naturally the most suitable. Therefore, in ancient times, women often cut off a bunch of hair and gave it to their lovers as a token of love.