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Culture Insider: Love tokens preferred by ancient Chinese

( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2014-08-01 07:15:13

Half of something

To cut an item in half such as jade or a hairpin and give one half to a lover was a usual way to show one's promise of love. Some people would even break a rouge box, where one kept the lid and the other kept the body. The two halves of an item were sometimes used as a measure to identify lost relatives.

Culture Insider: Love tokens preferred by ancient Chinese

A mandarin duck-shaped box at Hubei Provincial Museum. [Photo/IC]

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