What are the components and characteristics of jade belt ornaments in Ming Dynasty?

The so-called jade belt usually refers to a belt decorated with jade, that is, a belt. This kind of jade product used to decorate belts is called "belt", commonly known as jade belt board. The early jade belt is a kind of diéxiè note belt, that is, the belt is decorated with jade and many hooks, which are used to hook gadgets or accessories. There is only a cymbal (tā ng, music hall) and a buckle in the belt, and there is no thallium (tā, music it) tail. With the development of society and the change of people's aesthetic concept, the shape and pattern of jade belt have also changed greatly. Therefore, in a sense, the evolution of jade belts in past dynasties also reflects and embodies the different artistic styles of Chinese jade in different periods.

1, cymbal: "belt". As can be seen from the unearthed cultural relics, when in use, a section of both ends without pattern should be put into a section of silver buckle with both ends with pattern, and the needle on the silver buckle should be inserted into the small hole on the belt. Sometimes when a silver buckle with a wide thallium tail can't get through, the end without thallium tail should be put through the silver buckle first, and then the first one should be put on.

2. Racket: It has square, arched and ancient eyes, and is an ornament on the cymbal. Although it was originally used for decoration, it can be seen from Song Shen Kuo's Talk about Meng Xi that raccoons were originally used to connect rings, while rings were used to hang things. After the Tang Dynasty, jade pendant became more and more institutionalized. Take off the ring and leave the ornaments with cymbals, which are pendants.

3. Thallium tail: an ornament at the end of the belt. Its purpose should be to protect the end of the belt at first, just as the thread ribbon used now is to nail a piece of metal to protect the end of the belt, and it will gradually become a decorative thing in the future.

Together, the above three parts are the big belt (jade belt). The hooked section is backward, because the original purpose is to connect the ring, the ring is a hanger, and all the hangers are behind it, so there is a hooked section behind it.

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