Ruyi Ruyi, Shun me: the past life and present life of Ruyi.

Ruyi is a traditional Chinese auspicious object. Chinese literati and ink masters love to collect all kinds of ruyi as ornamental objects. Holding Ruyi in one's hand has its own elegance.

So what did the ancient ruyi do?

Initially, Ruyi was a weapon of war, and was also used to command the army.

With the development of history, the wutu and the scratching stick gradually evolved into the later Ruyi, which also had a variety of uses. Ruyi became a tool for scratching.

The Northern Song Dynasty Shi Dao Cheng recorded this Ruyi: "The handle can be three feet long, or the ridge has an itch, the hand can not be used to scratch, such as the person's intention, so it is called 'Ruyi'." To solve the back of the itch, this object can be so like a person's will, so people called "Ruyi".

In the Wei, Jin and North and South Dynasties, the development of culture is very prosperous. Ruyi was also widely developed during this period.

The Shishu Xinyin (New Words of the World) wrote: "Yu Zhengxi's expedition to conquer the Hu, which was completed, stopped at Xiangyang. Yin Yuzhang and the book, sent a folded horn Ruyi to tune. Yu replied to the book said: 'get due to, although it is a defeat, still want to reason and use.'"

This line says that Yin Yuzhang (Yin Xian) sent a broken horn Ruyi to Yu Zhengxi (Yu Yi) to mock him, and Yu Zhengxi replied with a letter saying, "I received what you sent me, and even though it's a broken thing, I can still fix it and use it."

This also shows that Ruyi was already common in people's hands. At the same time, Ruyi also became the artifacts of the big families at that time to show their power and status.

Until the Qing Dynasty. Ruyi once again got a lot of development, reached the historical heyday. At this time, Ruyi is not commonly used to scratch the itch, but more as a kind of auspicious ornaments.

Ruyi became an elegant craft, favored by countless people. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was particularly fond of the exquisite ruyi.

Until today, people's love for Ruyi has not receded.