Is it true that southern brides wear gold bracelets throughout their wedding?

Guangdong, especially Zhongshan and Foshan, has this custom. In order to show the atmosphere, the wedding bracelet is actually very thin and light, with soft gold texture and easy deformation at the edge. So brides are also very careful about them. Parents, in-laws and uncles of the bride usually send bracelets, and if they have money, they will send more pairs of bracelets.

Bracelet, also known as "hairpin", "bracelet" and "arm ring", is a ring-shaped ornament worn on the wrist. Besides gold, silver and jade, it is also made of rattan. Bracelets have a long history and originated from the transition from matriarchal society to paternal society. According to relevant documents, both men and women wore bracelets in ancient times, with women as a symbol of marriage and men as a symbol of status or the nature of work. Besides, in ancient society, people believed that wearing bracelets could ward off evil spirits or meet with good luck.

In the late old days, the fact that humans wore decorations has been confirmed by many unearthed objects at home and abroad. In the statue of Venus unearthed in Willendorf, bracelets and other ornaments are engraved on the wrist. In the bone carvings unearthed in Ituriz, there are also ornaments similar to bracelets.

Among the objects unearthed in Maijin, Ukraine, there are exquisite bracelets with decorative patterns carved by mammoth ivory. Among the objects unearthed in Grimadi on the Riviera coast, besides bracelets made of fishbones, there are bracelets made of shells, oyster shells and animal teeth.

Archaeologists found bracelet rings used to decorate wrists in ancient times, such as pottery rings and stone bracelets, at Banpo site about 6,000 years ago and the Neolithic site of Xiahou in Qufu, Shandong Province. Judging from the unearthed bracelets, there are animal bones, teeth, stones, pottery and so on. The shape of the bracelet is tubular and round, and there are also two semicircular rings that are divided into two parts.

The bracelets in the Neolithic age have been decorated to some extent, not only with smooth surfaces, but also with some simple patterns engraved on their surfaces. From the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Warring States Period, bracelets were mostly made of jade. Whether it is bracelet shape or jade color, it is particularly rich. In this period, besides jade articles, metal bracelets also appeared.

After the Western Han Dynasty, influenced by the cultural customs of the western regions, the wind of wearing armbands prevailed. There are many styles of armbands, some of which can be extended freely. This armband can be adjusted according to the thickness of the arm. Shen Kuo, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote in Meng Qian's Bi Tan: "Jinling people climbed the tombs of the Six Dynasties, got jade arms and offered heroic spirits."

There is also a kind of arm ring called "tripping", such as spring-shaped, which is coiled in a circle, ranging from three times to more than ten times. Both ends are woven with gold and silver thread to adjust the tightness. This "jump-off" armband can be worn on the arm and wrist.