Ancient men expressed their love and loyalty to women.

1. Hold your hand and grow old with your son

2. I miss the ancients and win my heart.

A day without seeing, such as March.

4. Do you know linglong dice Zi 'an Red Bean?

5. Red beans are planted on the acacia grave. Do you know when the beans are cooked and hit the grave?

6. The world is safe and stable, so you can live up to the Tathagata.

7. Ten years of life and death are two, and you forget it without thinking.

Noun interpretation

The keepsake of ancient women refers to the items that men gave to women as evidence when the marriage relationship between men and women was determined in ancient times. It is estimated that the history of the token is earlier than the love letter, and it will be later if it is terminated.

The meaning of the ring

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.

Types of love and trust

Jequirity beans

Jequirity beans

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.

comb

comb

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.

Jade pendant

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.

satchel

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.

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. "Let the soil smell the same as before, but for whom? Scattered into mud and crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains. "

bracelet

There were many names for bracelets in ancient times, and "Titiao" was one of them. Song Ji You wrote Chronicle of Tang Poetry.

bracelet

Tang Wenzong has a story that one day.

Questioning the ministers: "There is a saying in the ancient poetry that' the light shirt lining jumps off'. Do any of you know what "jumping" 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.

A true lover's knot

It is said in The Source of Poetry that Zhou Wen fell in love with his neighbor's wife, Jiang, and gave Jiang a crystal needle as a token, so Jiang began to wear shoes.

Box, take the connecting wire, thread the double needle, knit the concentric knot and return the paper. 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".

ring

In ancient times, unmarried women didn't wear rings, because the ring was a token of engagement or betrothal, so this smallest token was the heaviest in women's hearts, and it is the same today. Reach out and let the opposite person put it on yourself. Then, either wear it happily for a lifetime or cry for it until your heart breaks sooner or later.

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.

hairpin

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.

hairpin

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.

skirt

"Why do you want to answer huan xin? Su Wan has three skirts. "

In ancient times, silk was called Su-Wan, and "Su-Wan Three Skirts" refers to skirts made of silk. Han Liuxi's interpretation of names and clothes: skirts, groups and connecting groups. 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". There have been all kinds of skirts in history, such as: playing ink skirt, phoenix tail skirt, yuet skirt, pearl skirt, Yujin skirt, pomegranate skirt and so on. "New Tang Book Five Elements" records: "Princess Anle ordered the party to wear a hundred birds' hair skirt, with the same color on the face and the same color on the side; Japan and China are the same color, and the shadows are the same color. You can see the shapes of hundreds of birds. "This kind of skirt woven with hundreds of bird feathers was created by Princess Anle, the daughter of Tang Zhongzong, and it was widely popular among aristocratic women at that time, which led to the killing of rare birds on the mountain and was later banned by the court. Luxury ladies are a minority after all, and ordinary women in ancient times wore simple Chai Jing and cloth skirts. Therefore, "hairpin skirt" is also synonymous with ordinary women in China for thousands of years.

The most touching thing about skirts is Wu Zetian's "Ruyi Qu":

A picture of a skirt

Zhu Jian thinks in succession, looking haggard and fragmented.

If you don't believe me, you will cry. Open the box and take the pomegranate skirt.

Who did she write this poem for? In the world of mortals, the vast sea of people. Even if the women in the world are as heroic as Wu Zetian, they still can't escape the long thoughts every night when they see the osmanthus trees in the moonlight. Who can escape?

Love poems before Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties can be seen everywhere with undisguised sincerity and fierceness, as well as Love Poems by Fan Qin, a poet of the Three Kingdoms. In the poem, a couple witnessed their love with various keepsakes, and each keepsake was given a firm belief in love. Some of the tokens mentioned in the poem have been far away from our life today, and some are still passed on between people who love each other until now.

If in ancient times, men still had the freedom to contact with the outside world, then for most women who were confined at home, tokens almost represented that their bodies and minds were wandering in the outside world with their loved ones, so that the tokens carried by their loved ones played a role in making their loved ones see things and think about people.

Gold wrapped in arms

"How to punch? Double gold ring on the arm. "

Gold wrapped in arms

"Double gold rings on the arm" refers to armbands, also called arm wrapping gold, which is a kind of decoration that ancient women in China wrapped around their arms. Gold and silver strips are wound into spiral circles, ranging from three to eight, and there are as many as twelve or thirteen. The secret of wrapping gold around your arm is that no matter from which angle you look, you can see several rings that are unrelated to each other, just like wearing several bracelets. Although Su Dongpo's poem "Cold Ware" is about a kind of food called prickly heat, in the poem, "Sleeping at night in spring is thicker than wine, and beauty is more precious than gold." This sentence is even more reminiscent of a woman wearing arms wrapped in gold, which brings out a little intoxicating charm in a deep sleep, and also shows the effect of ancient women's arm support.

earring

"Why just? Two pearls in 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." You can see the fashion of piercing ears since three generations. Earrings are divided into earrings, ear hooks, earrings, earrings and other styles. Li Daiweng in the early Qing Dynasty called the small and simple earrings "cloves" and the complex and gorgeous earrings "lassos" in "Random Thoughts". He said that a woman's "one hairpin and one ear can accompany her all her life", which shows that earrings have a very important position in ancient aesthetic concepts.

sweatband

The oath of Hua Xiren and Jiang Yuhan in A Dream of Red Mansions is a sweat towel made by Hua Xiren for Baoyu and given to Jiang Yuhan.

Sichuan pepper

Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a kind of spice crop, because it has many seeds, which means "many children" after marriage. Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, men and women took pepper as a custom.

Sichuan pepper

& lt& lt In The East Gate of the Book of Songs, it tells the story of a man who got a bunch of pepper from a girl at a dance as token of love. When we made a promise, we agreed to have many children in the future. The ancients were actually very straightforward in love.

melons and fruit

"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.

melons and fruit

..... "It's about a man who got papaya, cantaloupe and plum from his beloved woman, and decided to give back all kinds of jade articles to express his wish to be United forever.

hair

The ancients attached great importance to body parts and thought it was also a part of "filial piety" therefore

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xia Houdun was shot in the eye by an arrow and shouted, "The blood of the father, essence and 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.

Love Poem

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I went out of the east gate and met Cheng. Think that a gentleman is a secluded room, a bedroom and a towel.

When there was no contract in Sangyuan, people on this side of the road were forced. I'm charming and handsome, and you like me.

Why are you punching? The double gold ring on Wan's arm. Why be diligent? About a pair of silver.

Why is it just a small area? Two pearls on the ear. Why are you knocking? The sachet is tied behind the elbow.

Why is the contract broad? Double jump around the wrist. Why are you grateful? Meiyu adorns Luo Ying.

Why is the knot center? Double needle plain silk. Why did you get married? Scratch your head with a thin gold painting.

Why comfort parting? Tortoise shell behind the ear. Why answer Huan Xin? Su Wan has three skirts.

Why are you sad? White silk double layer medium coat. How to eliminate stagnation and troubles, go one step further.

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1 How to punch in? The double gold ring on Wan's arm. (Ming: Biography of Jinhua) Ancient women's armbands were also called "arms wrapped in gold", such as Su Dongpo's poem "Cold Clothes": "Sleeping at night in spring is thicker than wine, and it is more difficult for a beauty to wrap gold around her arms."

Early armbands mostly appeared in the northern region, and gold and silver bars were generally hammered flat and coiled into spiral rings. The number of rings varies from three to five or eight, and there are differences between flowers and plain ones: those with patterns are called "garlands" and those without patterns are called "plain rings". No matter which angle you look at, you can see several rings, just like wearing several bracelets. The shape of the word "Shu" comes from "Jin" and "Chuan", among which "Chuan" comes from pictographic characters.

2 Why be diligent? About a pair of silver.

Friends of Yunxi wrote that Wei Gao fell in love with Xiao Yu. When leaving, Wei Gao gave Xiao Yu a jade ring and vowed to marry Xiao Yu five to seven years later. But later Wei Gao failed to break the contract, and Xiao Yu died of hunger strike. Later, Wei Gao gave up our time. After he knew this, he regretted it, so he "extensively repaired the Buddha statue" to atone for his sins. Finally, Xiao Yu gave birth to a singer and returned to Wei Gao's side to continue his lifelong love.

3 Why is it only a small area? Two pearls on the ear (Han: gold-plated flower basket earrings)

The earliest earrings were made of bronze and their shapes were relatively simple. Earrings are evolved from earrings. Their top is a ring with a set of pendants, so they are called earrings. Li Daiweng said in Life that the small and concise earrings are "cloves" and the complicated and gorgeous earrings are "winding ropes".

4 why is the contract broad? Double jump around the wrist. (Song: Jin Xiangyu jumps)

The ancient bracelet was called "Jump". There is a story in the chronicle of Tang poetry. One day, Tang Wenzong tested his traitor: there is a saying in an ancient poem, "A light shirt jumps against the background". Do any of you know what a jump is? Zaichen couldn't even answer. The literati school told them: "Breaking free is today's wrist." . "Tao Hongjing in the Liang Dynasty also described the story that the fairy sepals gave Yang Jinyu the right to jump in Empresses in the Palace. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the name Tiaotiao was gradually replaced by bracelets and cymbals.

5 why are you grateful? Meiyu adorns Luo Ying.

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.

6 Why did you end up in the center? Double needle plain silk.

In the poem Zuo Zhuan's Wife Answering Foreign Affairs, Don Sun Chang wrote that she tied an empathetic knot for her husband who was guarding the frontier fortress, in order to pour out the feelings of lovesickness: in the past year, people have been guarding the frontier fortress, and it has become more and more paper at night. A knife and candle cut the red yee, and the knot answers a thousand miles with one heart. Don't forget to send a side book, but I want unity in my heart. If you are United, you can't get rid of your heart. Look at the frequency of words, and you will be sad. Form a skirt and a tear seal, and the book is only in the sleeve. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it. Tell the truth, the so-called "the sky is not old, the feelings are hard to beat, the heart is like a double screen, and there is a Qian Qian knot inside." The Chinese character "Jie" is like a net of "Don't give up your heart, tie it with your feelings", but this net can't cover all the stories of crazy children who witnessed the trauma in the world.

7 why and? Scratch your head with a thin gold painting.

Grasping the head is another name for hairpin. According to "Miscellanies of Xijing", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved it, and the jade hairpin he had picked scratched his head, hence its name. "Advocate flexor. Want to ",a woman wrote," Wen Jun has his heart ",she was heartbroken and gave her lover a turtle shell" jumbled burning, when the wind blows. From now on, don't fall in love with you. " The greatest sorrow is the death of the soul. Why are you so miserable?

8 Why should you answer Huan Xin? Su Wan has three skirts.

Ancient silk was called Jiangsu and Anhui, and skirts evolved from "petticoats". 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, the words "skirt" and "group" were homologous. Han Liuxi's interpretation of names and clothes: skirt, regiment, regiment. "Han Xin's poem" Lin Yulang ":"Long skirt with tie and wide sleeve with acacia. " Seeing that Zhu was thinking in succession, he looked haggard and fragmented. If you don't believe me, you will cry. Open the box and take the pomegranate skirt.

9 Why do you feel sad? White silk double layer medium coat.

Like "China" and "longing", Beth is a spotless feeling of love. ...

10 how to eliminate stagnation and troubles, go one step further.

Cao Zhi's Ode to Luoshen refers to embroidered shoes, and Records of the Five Elements of the Later Han Dynasty records that women in the Han Dynasty wore clogs when they got married and painted them with ribbons to show good luck. In the Southern Dynasties, anyone who married a woman's family must first get a pair of new silk shoes as a dowry. In Tao Yuanming's Leisure Fu, the shoes under the feet of people who are willing to have sex are "willing to walk on silk, and attachment is enough to deal with." Cherish if this!