Why did an ancient bronze mirror have a nose head with holes?

The copper mirror with a hole does not have a handle or a handle, so it is inconvenient to pick it up, so this hole is used at this time, and you can put cotton thread on the hole, so that it is easy to carry and use.

The rope with holes is used to thread the rope, in order to facilitate the carrying and hanging, the main purpose is to hope that it can be more convenient to use.

Because this makes it easy to hang on, there is this nose head.

During the Warring States period, the three mountains ytterbium were rare and extremely precious.

The main thing is to facilitate the fixation of the mirror. Generally speaking, the larger bronze mirror will have a ribbon tied to the "nose head" at the back, and then it can be easily fixed on the table, wall, etc. Individual hand-held copper mirrors, the back of the "nose" will be larger, mainly to facilitate hand-holding, when holding with the hand, the middle finger just wears into the "nose", so that the mirror is fixed on the hand, will not fall off at will, and it is also very convenient to use.

In general, in ancient bronze mirrors, there is only one "nose head" behind it, and there are many three "nose heads", and there are relatively few more, but it has been found that there are five "nose heads". At that time, the copper mirror was very thick, so it was very heavy and inconvenient to use, so a hole was made in the back, a rope was put on, and then it was fixed. Later, most of the mirrors were used by the women in the family, and the women loved beauty and did not let go of any details, so a rope that was originally tied at random was tied with a ribbon by them.

After all, they not only have to dress themselves up beautifully, but also decorate their surroundings beautifully.

In response to people's needs, when the bronze mirror was made later, the "nose head" behind it was not made at will as before, but made more delicate and meticulous to meet the conditions of women's love for beauty as much as possible, and of course, it will be a little higher. You must know that in the early days of ancient times, ordinary poor families could not have such things as bronze mirrors, and poor families generally used water instead of mirrors. And the rich do not lack money in a mirror, eat less and dry, and have more time to pursue the quality of life.

Later, the technology of smelting metal matured, and the copper mirror could be polished very thin, so that the girls in the boudoir could directly hold the mirror without having to use the middle finger to fix the "nose" behind it, so at this time the "nose" behind the mirror became very small, basically only having the role of decoration, and no longer had a fixed role.

This perforated nose is called a "button" and is used to tie silk silk to prevent it from falling to the ground during use.

The ancient craftsmanship is backward, and it is more troublesome to make a bracket, and you can hang the mirror on the wall with a nose head, or you can tie it to your waist with a rope.

For ease of hand-holding. It can be tied with a rope or fixed to the mirror stand. Where there are holes are buttons, which most copper mirrors have.

This perforated nose is called a button, and it is generally found on copper mirrors. It's a silk strip or something.