Han waist is a kind of leather belt tied from back to front wrapped around the waist of the object, Han waist is a kind of clothing accessories of the ancient Khitan people, from the archaeological excavations, Han waist is the Khitan royal family members or high-level aristocratic clothing utensils.
Defend the waistfeatures
The earliest function of defending the waist is mainly designed by the Khitan people to protect the part of the back waist at the very least, so the waist is protected by the waist. It makes it bumpy on a long-term horse without damaging the lumbar spine. The purpose of the "mountain" shape is to protect the middle of the waist.
Secondly, the waist has become an important ornament for the Khitan royal family and nobles, so there are various high-quality materials for the waist, such as the gold waist, the silver waist, the white jade waist, the gold-plated waist, etc., all to meet the Khitan nobles.
Silver-gilt inlaid dragon pattern jade waist guards.
The style of defending the waist
The style of defending the waist is generally divided into two categories, one style is the tube type, and the other type is the row method.
1.The whole of the cylinder type waist is surrounded by the "mountain" shaped silver plate, the middle is convex, there are holes at both ends, and it is a piece of "mountain" shaped that gradually rises from the middle high to both sides to the end and gradually rises again. The total length of several pieces of the girdle is between 60 and 75 cm.
The double phoenix plays with beads and gilt waist.
2.Platoon way to defend the waist.
The height of each piece is about the same, and there should be a certain gap between each piece.
The common feature of the two types of waist defense is that the bottom edge is flat, and the bottom of the upper side is high in the middle. The ratio of the height of the sides to the height of the middle is about one-half.