What gifts do ancient people give to their lovers on Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day, the ancient people will also send gifts to lovers, generally send comb, hairpin , bracelets, handkerchiefs (sweat towel), scented sachets, jewelry and so on.

Valentine's Day, although the ancient people are not like our modern life is so grand, and is to send roses, and is to go out to travel, and is to send red envelopes. But in the ancient times, on Valentine's Day, men would give a meaningful gift to their lovers.

The most common Valentine's Day gift for the ancient Tanabata Festival is a scented bag. We all know that in ancient times, both men and women would wear scented pouches, especially for women, the scented pouches are not bought, but made by themselves, which need to be embroidered by hand and then filled with spices and other fillers. Because the price of the scented bag is not high, but also their own hand-made, so that the meaning is more special, usually is the first choice of gifts for the Tanabata Valentine's Day.

The second choice is jewelry and the like, such as nice hairpins, nice bracelets and so on. Ancient people have longer hair, both men and women have longer hair and need to decorate it with hairpins, so hairpins become a very practical gift.

In ancient times, bracelets were a token of love between men and women. The bracelet can not be given casually, between ordinary friends can not give bracelets, only when a man and a woman are in love with each other need to send bracelets.

The third gift is the most common comb in our life. Because in ancient times the comb is a most commonly used thing, both men and women need to use the comb to comb their hair every day. Especially for women, before they get married they have to have their hair combed by their family members. That's why the comb is also one of the must-have gifts for Valentine's Day.

The fourth gift is a handkerchief or a sweatband. In ancient times, women would embroider their bosom friend on the handkerchief, or embroider some beautiful meanings, and then give the embroidered handkerchief to their beloved ones. Then men would also choose their own personal use of the hanban to give to their beloved women.