Why do Tibetans bring so many gold and silver jewelry?

This is a form of traditional culture:
As Tibetan culture is loved by more and more people, it condenses the various Chinese jewelry of Tibet, and the market is becoming more and more broad. Small shops selling Tibetan jewelry are all over Lhasa City, especially in the area centered on Bayigon Street. Various natural stones, animal bones, and metals are inherited by all my ancestors. And foreign tourists who are reluctant to move their footsteps. It seems that these beautiful Tibetan jewelry has the magical magic given by this land. Tibetan jewelry has a variety of materials, and all kinds of materials are available. As long as it is gorgeous, it has the potential to be a jewelry.
The yak bones
In the concept of Tibetans, yaks that are closely related to them are beautiful and sacred animals. Yak bones are also a unique decoration. A wild charm.
organic gem
The red coral stone and amber and pearls are called organic gems. They are shaped like trees and grow in the deep sea. In his 20 years, one -inch, an increase of one kilogram in 300 years. The texture is solid, beautiful and gorgeous, and has the effect of nourishing beauty and beauty. There are a small number of varieties such as dark red, pink, and pink white with red corals that can be carved into valuable jewelry. Among them, the dark red is the most expensive. represent.
Tibetan headdress
In Tibet, different regions, clothing and wearing are not the same. Among them, the regional nature of the headgear is particularly obvious and is the most local color decoration.
In the past, in areas centered on Lhasa, women wear a luxurious headdress called "Bazhu". This is a "human" glyph, fixed the side of the bifurcation on the top of the head. "Bazhu" is covered with precious gems such as coral, agate, emerald, and pearl. These fragmented decorations, like other Tibetan clothing, have many names. If you want to remember all, you have to work next. Now, few people wear this headgear, and many people sell or treasure it as a valuable collection. Sometimes, you can enjoy this graceful and luxurious headdress in Tibetan drama or dance and film and television works. However, in the crowds of weaving, people can still see the true appearance of this type of headdress. Unmarried women are also used to making a braid on their heads.
In northern Tibet, married women are accustomed to compiling hair into many slender braids, and then coral or emerald on the front forehead, and a thick braid on the back of the head. Silver round cake. In winter, they will also wear hats on the headdress. Among them, the fox skin hat is a hat.
It southern Tibet, there are strange customs. The married women in the southern Agricultural and Pastoral areas of the southern Tibet must compile two braids. From the middle of the braid, the hair accessories called "Zhaxiu" are called "Zhaxiu". , Bad with your hair. Agart is usually three color lines with the same thickness but different colors. Each color line consists of many roots of the same color, so that the color braids that are composed of are often on the top of the head to give people a beauty.
Thecong's small boxes are neatly coded together. This kind of things can be installed in this kind of small blessing objects. We all come here to buy a beautiful box to go home and prepare to give children a gift.
In the long history, corals, agate, yak bones, Tibetan silver, and Tibetan copper are the main raw materials for making trims, that is, these flat materials, the rough appearance has exquisite connotation. Small patterns, carved, and inlaid all form the design style of Tibetan jewelry.
In the past, in the traditional nomadic life, Tibetan compatriots needed to transform the cumulative property of the whole generation into the jewelry of jewelry that are convenient to carry. Safe and convenient. Therefore, in the minds of Tibetan compatriots, Tibetan jewelry is not only a symbol of beauty, but also the evidence of wealth.
The babz, mules, cards, silver coins on the braid, large ring on the ears on the heads of Tibetan compatriots, to the necklaces, brackets, Gulu, and pictures on the waist Tattoo belt, hanging fire sickle box, hiding knife, waist buckle, snuff bottle; and various rings and bracelets wearing on the hand, all have deep cultural connotations.
It earrings, items and chest ornaments
The earrings are indispensable accessories for Tibetan compatriots. In the past, they were made of gold and silver inlaid. The most common earrings worn by men are called "Alon", which are round, with gold, silver and copper, inlaid with pine ears. The earrings in the pastoral area are large, and the agricultural areas are relatively small. Men usually wear only one earrings. Women wearing bipolar rods are richer in texture and shape than men's earrings, including gold, silver, gems, and pearl earrings. Some exquisite, small, some are large and heavy. Alipland has a earrings worn by a girl, like red flowers, hanging from the auricle to the shoulders when wearing it. In the past, Mrs. Gui and Miss brought an earrings called "Eluo", which were made of gold and silver inlaid and other turquoise. The aristocrats and the status men used to wear ears called "Suer" in the past. The shapes are round and slender, and they are dotted with golden silk and superior turquoise skewers.
The small boxes mentioned earlier, Tibetan name is "Gaowu", is also one of the essential accessories on people's necks. In addition, people usually wear a string of beads in various natural gem string on the neck. Among the Tibetan decorations, there are two main compositions, one is gold and silver utensils, and the other is natural gems, while Tibetan compatriots have a special preference for natural gems. When the plateau land rose from the ancient sea of ​​"Titis", the world of stone was left to this vast earth. Since ancient times, stones have been closely related to the development of Tibetan and Tibetan culture. The Tibetans are inseparable from gemstones. They use various jewelry jewelry as a symbol of wealth and beauty. No matter how poor the family is, they must also try to buy or add several jewelry as the decoration of their daughters. The favorite natural jewelry of the Tibetans is amber, cat -eye stones (the most precious with nine -eye beads), agate, pearls, corals, turquoise, etc. Some women wear gold, silver, and jewelry in the festival. I do n’t know how many generations of talents have accumulated.
Tibetan waist accessories
In addition to headwear and items, another major feature of Tibetan clothing is the decoration of the waist: decorative ornaments such as fire sickle, small knife, snuff bottle, silver dollar, milk barrel hook, and needle line box. Most of the Tibetan waist accessories come from production labor tools, which are determined by the characteristics of nomadic culture. Such as: Luolong was the earliest to slow down the load of the arms and lift barrels with the milk bucket hook hanging on the waist and coordinated the force. Later, it gradually became an decoration. The needle line box was first to install the needle line. The fire sickle was the earliest fire. There are also small waist knives are carnivorous utensils, etc., which are transformed from practical to aesthetic. The "Bang Dian" is also one of the Tibetan waist accessories.

The mother passed it to her daughter.