1. Origin: Qin and Han period
In China, rings have been used for at least two thousand years.
It is reported that the ring originated in the ancient Chinese court. Women wear rings to take notes. The ring is a sign of "abstinence" and "abstinence". At that time, the emperor had three palaces and six courtyards and seventy-two concubines. When the emperor was favored in the harem, the eunuch noted the date she accompanied the king and wore a silver ring on her right hand as a mark. When the queen concubine became pregnant, she informed the eunuch and put a gold ring on her left hand to show her abstinence.
When rings reach the people, their role is not just simple ornaments. Men and women love each other, give each other, and swear to prove it. It originated in practicality, then gradually turned to the unity of aesthetics and wealth, and gradually was given different cultural meanings.
2. The emergence of the word "ring": Yuan dynasty
The third fold of Guan Hanqing's opera work "Wangjiang Pavilion Mid-Autumn Cut" in the Yuan Dynasty includes: "(Zhengdanyun) This is a gold medal Yannei see love me, fight with me ring." What's in this? This is where the word "ring" comes in.
The Korean Chinese textbook "Park Tongshi Proverbs" preserved in the fragment of the "Yongle Grand Classic" reads: "Less redemption, twenty taels is not enough, I will pawn a house, I will put a head face, a seven treasure gold, a pair of earrings, a pair of gold rings embedded in the cave, these six pieces of fifty taels of silver, a total of 200 taels of silver, a large mansion." "
3. The word "ring" is widely used: after the Ming Dynasty
It was not until after the Ming Dynasty that the name "ring" increased. The book "Ancient Chinese Costume Customs" said of Ming Dynasty clothing: "As for calling it a ring, it seems that it is still after the Ming Dynasty. Ming Wangqi's "Three Talents Picture Meeting" also said: "Nineteen people of the Later Han Dynasty and Sun Cheng made meritorious contributions to the Shun Emperor, and each gave the golden ring ring, which is the ring of today." "