Pan button, also known as Pan button, or knot or tie. It is a button used in traditional clothing to fix the placket or decoration. Panhuakou is an ancient Chinese knot.
There are many types of buckles, including chrysanthemum buckles, plum blossom buckles, and goldfish buckles that imitate animals and plants, buckles with the character "吉", longevity buckle, and "囍" buckle formed into characters. There are also geometric shapes, such as straight buckles, wave buckles, triangle buckles, etc.
The disc flowers are split on both sides, some are symmetrical and some are asymmetrical. The role of the flower buckle has gradually changed in the evolution of Chinese clothing. It not only has the function of connecting the skirt, but also is called the finishing touch of decorative clothing. It vividly expresses the decorative interest of clothing that emphasizes meaning, connotation and theme.
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Nowadays, buckles are not only used as buttons, but can also be viewed independently. They are a novel work of arts and crafts. Its production process includes a variety of techniques such as wrapping, sewing, and knitting. It is extremely particular about style design, color matching, etc., fully demonstrating the designer's superb skills and amazing creativity. No matter what kind of buckle, it must be made into hard strips first and then coiled.
The hand-made buckles use delicate and graceful hand-cut edges and flower buckles, showing meticulous self-cultivation. The exquisite buckles contain delicacy. Each buckle has a name that expresses its characteristics, ranging from ordinary straight buckles to lifelike butterfly buckles, dragonfly buckles, chrysanthemum buckles, plum blossom buckles and longevity-shaped buckles that symbolize good luck and good fortune. There are nearly a hundred kinds.
In all kinds of traditional cheongsam, the buttons on the skirt often play the finishing touch, embodying the national charm. In recent years, buckles have become popular as a traditional means of clothing, enriching and beautifying people's lives with strong vitality. It is not only used in cheongsam clothing, but also widely used by many designers as an embellishment in all types of fashion.
A beautiful set of fashion is certainly pleasing to the eye, but without the rendering of matching buttons, accessories and other accessories, it will lack charming brilliance. The coordination of accessories plays a finishing touch to the fashion. The various buckles incorporate the maker's mind and wisdom, and have extremely high aesthetic value.
However, with the acceleration of the pace of urban life and the improvement of socialization of life, few women have learned the art of pan buckle. As a result, the machine-produced buckles came into being, with the same winding of silk, the same carving, the same like a dragonfly touching the water, the same like a butterfly falling in love with a flower, but it always makes people feel that there is a missing aura, a lack of "tenderness is like spring water". Very graceful.
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