Jewelry, as an ancient art form, has been closely related to people's life after thousands of years of development, and the connection is getting closer and closer. The oldest jewelry discovered by human beings is the jewelry made of natural materials such as stones and shells left by primitive tribes. Although we cannot tell with certainty whether these ornaments were used for decorative functions, for religious ceremonial needs, or both. But one thing is certain, the human need for aesthetics is one of the nature that comes from the bottom of the heart.

Therefore, jewelry is one of the most closely related and closest art forms to the human body. Jewelry produced for the purposes of aesthetics, decoration, warding off evil spirits, commemoration, and protection is an indispensable part of human civilization. As long as there is the existence and development of human beings, there will be the existence and development of jewelry.

Jewelry is a way of transforming art into decorative items that can be worn by design. It is precisely because of the close combination of practicality and artistry that she has formed her own unique language independently of other art forms. Then the main functions of the original jewelry are: satisfying aesthetics, body decoration, totem worship, witchcraft practices, status symbols, special commemorations and so on. Baoge here summarizes the most important functions or value expressions of jewelry as follows. Of course, the same piece of jewelry can also have multiple functions.