Buttons of Ming Dynasty in china!

​Button, the marriage is good. You catch me, I take you two hold fast, to rely on a generation. Set the knot, and under the hand cut throat. For a while, and then again. - (Ming) Feng Menglong named "guazhier" "guazhier" is very popular in the Ming dynasty song, there are many depictions of love between men and women, the music will be the love of men and women like a pair of demountable buttons, seemed very interesting. There button very early, since the Tang Dynasty used in clothing is more common in Southern Song Dynasty Ling'an has specialized "buttons" small brokerage. 

To the Ming Dynasty, because women pay more attention to the neck wrapped in the collar with button will soon pop up, and thus led to the birth of stickup (collar). The buttons made of gold, silver, copper and other metal or jade style, size, usually used for collar button for small skirt buttons is slightly larger (there are of the same size). From a structural point of view, button is actually divided into two parts button "and" Newman "principle, and the same clasps, buckled, the circular protrusion button end inserted into the hole (" Neumann's "is actually a rectangular hole, equal diameter, length and width is less than the diameter of the hole) in a flat you can easily unlock, and vice versa.

The button style is very rich, mostly with beautiful meaning auspicious patterns, common are: catch the bee bee "Han Tang (chrysanthemum petals" poem: swim under the sky to find Fang Yang, chrysanthemum Cong. The sound to Rui, even in the shadow of incense). And the flowers ("Yuefu Poetry": the order of Jia Dielianhua, Rong Hua Fei Ying met.) Boy, Ephraim and sunflower, Ganoderma lucidum, longevity, swastika, auspicious clouds etc.. The production of sophisticated buttons will be inlaid with various types of gemstones, pearls as decoration. These exquisite beautiful buttons and other jewelry as well as women's love and attention. "There is criticism at Taowu" the button as a gift the description: "a boy will be a small box with a Niang son pass...... It is a white silk scarf wearing a pair of flowers, a pair of silver dental red flowers fold clothes, two pair of lacy, two pairs of jade buttons."

 Because the button "generates a pair of dependence on" characteristics between men and women naturally become the perfect Teaser token, "guazhier" has such lyrics: "I personally comb machine, is to do it. Fragrant tea son and button, are hidden in it. Songqin Pro fasteners, forget the old hugh. Fragrant tea son in mouth, button in my heart......" The use of the Ming Dynasty and women's button style closely, wearing jacket with two front stand up collar, or a pair of buttons in the collar, front still wearing Duijin jacket with lace; when the skirt generally five to sew on a button, such as a collar on the other two stand up collar, hanging on. "The Golden Lotus" description of Pan Jinlian's dress: "wearing color Lu Yan Lu Xian Chen Duijin coat pattern -- white silk flower eyebrow makeup, stand up collar, slipped Golden Bee buttons catch chrysanthemum." The late Ming Dynasty, female clothes to stand up collar long coat Duijin, collar with button, lapel is used (Opera female lace pleats still retains the shape of this). "The Peony Pavilion" and "dream", Liu Mengmei Du Liniang affectionately sang: "you put the collar loose clothing, and bandwidth, make a tooth sleeve tip son Er Shan also......" Such a straightforward, fiery confession, causing the future generations of how to fight against the feudal ethics association.