Different Belts Have Different Meanings

A belt (girdle) is a belt used to tie the waist. If the belt is made of leather, it is also called a belt as the saying goes.
The raw materials for making belt hooks are mostly metals, such as gold, silver, copper, iron, etc., and jade, stone, bone, and wood are also used, but there are not many. There are also many obvious changes in the shape of the hook due to differences in times and regions. Some are made into stick shapes, some are made into puppet shapes, some are made into animal shapes, some are made into bird shapes, some are made into human shapes, some are made into dragon shapes, and there are also qin, spoon and lute shapes. Shape, etc., cannot be described. The production process of the hook is also very distinctive, some are engraved, some are inlaid, some are engraved, some are wrong, and so on.
The belt 鐍 appeared later than the belt hook. The real objects with 鐍 that I have seen in the past few years are all products after the Warring States period. The so-called belt buckle refers to a ring-shaped buckle, its shape may be square or round, and the exquisite one is attached with a pin. When using it, put the belt into the buckle, and then insert the pin. Because it is tied more firmly than a hook, it is generally popular. After the Three Kingdoms period, the number of people using leather belts gradually increased, while the number of people using hooks decreased day by day, and finally completely replaced belt hooks. The hooked belts, scorpion belts, gold belts, and jade belts that were popular in later generations all used belts instead of hooks, and the mission of belt hooks came to an end.