There is a big difference in the jewelry culture between East and West

Since ancient times, jewelry has been aspired by people in the East and West. Jewelry has changed with the development of human science and technology and culture and art. There are also many differences between East and West jewellery culture. Let's take a look at the specific differences!

Different material preference

In the selection of jewelry materials, Chinese people prefer jade and jade, and give it a magical cultural connotation, which constitutes an important part of the jade culture of the Chinese nation. In a sense, Jade Jade Culture is synonymous with traditional Chinese jewelry.

Westerners pay attention to the surface of objects and like shiny and dazzling things. Therefore, precious gems such as diamonds, sapphire, and rubies are among the most loved jewelry of Westerners.

Different choice of subject matter

Most oriental jewelry subjects are mainly dragons and phoenixes. Dragon is the image of Totem in China. After the further sacredization of totem development, a comprehensive totem image with various animal characteristics such as dragon and phoenix was formed.

Western jewellery uses a lot of lions and elephants. In the eyes of Westerners, the lion is the king of longevity and the embodiment of "noble". The lion's shape symbolizes "victory. The appearance of elephants in Western jewelry is influenced by religious images. Westerners think that elephants are a kind of sacred. The animal, which symbolizes "longevity" and "eternality."

Different design concepts

The humanistic characteristics are always in the oriental design field. The Oriental design emphasizes "transmission", emphasizing the grasp of artistic conception and exaggeration, while paying attention to the surface decoration and pursuing elegant and restrained design style. In line with the oriental subtle, delicate character traits.

Westerners are rationalists. In designing, they tend to be rational before the emotions. The pursuit of logic, so in the jewelry shape, the Westerners pay attention to the use of structural processing and materials, geometric design and rational design features fully show the Western jewelry style.