Silver Earrings
The silver earring is the richest branch of the silver ornament family of the Miao ethnic minority: in the incomplete collection in the Museum of Guizhou Province alone, there are nearly one hundred kinds. There are four types of earrings, namely the suspending type, the circle type, the hook type and the wheel type. Most of them belong to the suspending type and the circle type. In modeling of the earrings of the Miao, there are some other patterns besides commonly seen flowers, birds, butterflies and dragon.
Silver Bonnet Ornaments
The Miao people regard silver as a thing to avoid evil spirits, so those living around the Qingshui River have a custom of decorating their children with silver. The silver ornament is usually nailed on the bonnet. In the traditional modeling of the bonnet ornaments, you can often see a lion, a fish or a butterfly; some have Chinese characters because of the influence of the Han culture, such as "Fu Lu Shou Xi(respectively mean prosperity, high position, longevity and happiness), "Changming Fugui(longevity with wealth and honor)", and so on.
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