Detailed Description:

With more than 5000 years Chinese traditional culture, Chinese decoration has roughly 3000 year history. In ancient, people consider decoration jewelry. The early jewelry are aiming at the men or women"s headwear, or colloquial name, Tou Mian. The jewelry are divided into five parts-headwear, collapsible, earring, bracelet, baldric. In the Shang dynasty, the technique of making decoration is very simply. On the surface of decoration, there isn"t tiny decorative patterns. In the Tang dynasty, carving, nipping, inlaying, etc. were emerged, totalling 10 kinds. After that, the artisans in the Qing dynasty further improved. The parital tone of flowers, birds, fish and insects can spead breautiful blessings. The decorative patterns gradually became the pupular subject matter in folk. The Qing dynasty is the booming period in terms of industry of decoration. Due to the long-time stablization of people"s life and affluence in the Qing dynasty, various precious decoration were collected in wherever the palace and local residents.