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Nowadays, earring, ring and necklace are so fashionable that nobody hasn't ever seen them. But do you know the origine of them or how they come to our life first? Read this article carefully and then you will find the answers. Earring is also called eardrop, which is a kind of adornment worn on the earlobe. It can be made of mental, silver, jade, pearl, amber and other materials. It is a difficult work to explain its origine to some extend. Some say that earring is initially from north ethnic for protecting themselves from cold by mental ears set. But there is another more cogent saying, earring appears with the medical purpose. This statement is reasonable in modern medicine, because wearing earring can help protect our vision, and it takes good effect especially on prevention and treatment of myopia. Ring is a circle that wears on the finger as memory or decoration. This small thing is made of gold, silver, platinum, emerald, agate, etc, and ring is a common and important ornament. In general speaking, it is an keepsake between lovers. In the ancient time, ring didn't appear as an ornament but a special sign of "royal luck" in the court. According to research, our country had ring in Shang dynasty about 3000 years ago. And ring is not popular among female until Qing and Han dynasties, only some rings have ornaments. But ring had been an important decoration in Ming and Qing dynasties, most nobles have diamong, jade and pearl ring. Necklace is a chain shape decoration that wears on the neck. There are several statements about the origine of necklace, here I just tell you one of them which is more acceptable. Necklace came initially in the primitive society when matriarchal right transforms to paternity. At that time, male's economic position has gradually been improved. They often plundered female from other tribes or captured women in the war as their wives. To avoid these women escaping at night or at war, those male bind their neck by mental chains or ropes which likes today's necklaces. Years by years, this kind of mental chains or ropes on the neck are changed into necklaces now.
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