During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, women's jewelry was dominated by bun, commonly known as Zhusong. In addition, the use of bracelets has been very common, with many names such as undressing, tripping, wrist stop, arm hairpin and so on, and the shapes are also very rich.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, various kinds of gold ornaments gradually increased, such as the gold ornaments unearthed from Princess Ru Ru's tomb in the Eastern Wei Dynasty in Cixian County, Hebei Province and Lou Rui's tomb in Dongan, Northern Qi Dynasty in Taiyuan, which were well-made and novel in style. Rings were popular in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The gold rings unearthed from the Golden Tomb in Yixing, Jiangsu Province and the Golden Tomb in Fangshen Village, Beipiao, Liaoning Province are narrow at one end and wide at the other. The wide rings are chiseled for decoration and used as thimbles when sewing clothes.

Sui and Tang Dynasties

The styles of women's bun in Sui and Tang Dynasties are very rich, so there are many jewelry on women's bun, such as comb, comb, hairpin, hairpin, walking, jade, gold and silver, scratching and so on. There are more than a dozen kinds of hairpin combs. Besides gold, silver and jade, precious ivory is also used to make hair clips.

At that time, the gold particle inlay technology was spread to China from Xitai area along the Black Sea: tiny gold particles were inlaid on smooth or embossed metal surfaces to form decorative art of various patterns, which was widely used in jewelry making in the Tang Dynasty.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, necklaces were widely used, mainly made of gold and jade. Typical is a gold necklace unearthed in Xi 'an in the fourth year of Sui Dynasty. The "chain" of the necklace consists of 28 gold beads, with a blue jewel buckle engraved with a deer pattern at the top and a double pendant at the bottom. The production is extremely exquisite, and it has achieved good results in the collocation of jade and precious stones, which reflects the superb level of fine metal technology in Sui Dynasty.

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, influenced by "Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism", jewelry declined sharply from the prosperous style of Tang Dynasty to the cold and thin style of literati in Song Dynasty. Ornaments with plant patterns are more common, especially those symbolizing integrity, such as pine, bamboo and plum. The gold art and jewelry culture of the northern famous families have reached a high level.

The basic components of women's gold and silver jewelry in Song and Yuan Dynasties are comb, hairpin, earrings, bracelets, rings and pendants. In addition to the traditional dragon, phoenix and tiger, the patterns of gold and silver jewelry are mostly fresh, beautiful and vivid images, such as peony, lotus, butterfly and mandarin duck. To express rich and harmonious feelings. In fact, these materials have already appeared in the works of art in the Tang and Liao Dynasties, but in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, they were reorganized into various schemata with new shapes, and through flexible and natural application, they became smooth new artistic styles.

Ming and Qing dynasties

Everyone is familiar with jewelry after Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are many unearthed jewelry and jewelry handed down. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, necklaces, necklaces and other jewels were made with great care, including gold, gold-plated jade and precious stones embedded in gold. Some people also tie some long tapestries and pendants on their gold collars, which are worn by both men and women.

From the point of view of production and artistic style, jewelry in Ming and Qing dynasties has two diametrically opposite characteristics: one is complicated and complicated, blending various precious materials, taking gold as a piece and inlaying jewelry on it; Some use jade as a needle, covered with gold and inlaid with silver, carefully carved and attached with complex pendants; Second, it is extremely simple, and there is no pattern or decoration on the gold and silver blank. Gold and silver rings or jade rings show their beauty with the texture of their own materials.

After the Ming Dynasty, jade played a more important role in jewelry, especially white jade, which has always been the object of appreciation. Jade jewelry in Ming and Qing dynasties usually adopts the method of deep relief, making full use of the special effects of various jade articles, and then embellishing with various animal and flower patterns, giving people an elegant and decent feeling.