Usually refers to a leather belt decorated with jade, that is, a leather belt. This kind of jade product used to decorate belts is called "belt", commonly known as jade belt board. The early jade belt is a kind of diéxiè note belt, that is, the belt is decorated with jade and many hooks, which are used to hook gadgets or accessories.
According to records, the wandering belt first appeared in the Warring States period and was introduced to the mainland by the knight Hu. The original decorative part is mainly at the two ends of the belt in front of the abdomen.
At the joint, the focus is on hooks, jade hooks and copper hooks. After the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it evolved into a jade belt with square bands on cymbals. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, jade belts were made for official uniforms. Jade belts were popular in Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang dynasty, there was a custom made by the court, which stipulated that there was a "big belt system", and the official rank was distinguished by the texture and quantity of ornaments.
Stone, civil and military officials above the third grade use jade belts, officials above the fourth grade use gold belts, and officials above the sixth grade use silver belts. At that time, most jade belts were double-edged and double-buckled with thallium tails. Usually, the leather cymbals are covered with brocade belts and decorated with jade belts. The number of bands depends on the rank and position of officials.
Extended data
The ancient jade belt consists of three parts.
1, cymbal: "belt". As can be seen from the unearthed cultural relics, when in use, a section of both ends without pattern should be put into a section of silver buckle with both ends with pattern, and the needle on the silver buckle should be inserted into the small hole on the belt. Sometimes when a silver buckle with a wide thallium tail can't get through, the end without thallium tail should be put through the silver buckle first, and then the first one should be put on.
2. Racket: It has square, arched and ancient eyes, and is an ornament on the cymbal. Although it was originally used for decoration, it can be seen from Song Shen Kuo's Talk about Meng Xi that raccoons were originally used to connect rings, while rings were used to hang things. After the Tang Dynasty, jade pendant became more and more institutionalized. Take off the ring and leave the ornaments with cymbals, which are pendants.
3. Thallium tail: an ornament at the end of the belt. Its purpose should be to protect the end of the belt at first, just as the thread ribbon used now is to nail a piece of metal to protect the end of the belt, and it will gradually become a decorative thing in the future.
Together, the above three parts are the big belt (jade belt). The hooked section is backward, because the original purpose is to connect the ring, the ring is a hanger, and all the hangers are behind it, so there is a hooked section behind it.
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