First of all, send a small bag.
Sachets have existed since ancient times, and the ancient people wore sachets can be traced back to the pre-Qin period. Young men and women in the pre-Qin period wore sachets to show their respect when meeting their parents and other elders. Later, it gradually evolved into a gift that men and women gave each other on Qixi. The reason is that the sachet is for girls, as if with her. This is the first love novel of the ancients. The amorous feelings of sachets mean that in the feelings of men and women, women wearing sachets mean belonging, and sachets express love.
Second, send a knot.
Empathy knot was the first popular gift in the Northern Song Dynasty. When a man gave a girl an empathetic knot on Tanabata, he accidentally "tied the knot together forever". The knot of empathy is not easy to untie Ancient men once gave each other empathy, which is just your intention not to marry others in this life, indicating his innocence of feelings for him.
Third, send a comb
It is the most common scene for the ancients to send combs on Tanabata. The comb itself represents growing old together, and this unshakable meaning will not be easily given up. Moreover, before a woman gets married, her family will comb her hair and express her love and happiness. The happiness of marriage is not only because of men's admiration for women, but also because of her family's blessing. Therefore, on Tanabata, a man gives a woman a comb just to be with him.
Fourth, send acacia red beans.
Red beans, called acacia in ancient times, can also be felt from the name that this little red bean contains endless thoughts, but this similarity is not the object of conveying friendship between men and women at first, but a symbol of expressing friends' reluctance: when those red berries come in spring, they blush on the branches of your southern country; People who want to miss them collect more, and Mix red beans have attracted people's attention.
This is a quatrain given to a friend by Wang Wei, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Red beans symbolize endless yearning for friends. Later, people thought that acacia beans were red in appearance, just like love, and gradually had the meaning of representing family.
Fifth, send a ring.
Although the ring is small, it has a very high status in the hearts of ancient women. Different from now, ancient women were not allowed to wear any rings before marriage, so it can also be said that if a woman is willing to accept the ring you gave her, that is to say, she has feelings for you. It is worth mentioning that before the Tang Dynasty, it was very popular for men and women to exchange rings on Valentine's Day in China. Not only do men give them to women, but women usually give gifts back to show their acceptance. After the Tang dynasty, it gradually evolved into a habit of just sending women to men.
Sixth, send Yu Pei.
Yu Pei has always been a symbol of gentleness and elegance of a gentleman. When a man gave a woman Yu Pei on Tanabata, he not only implicitly expressed his love for this woman, but also showed that he was not too bold. Most of them are small objects given by a scholar to the right person.