Generally speaking, jewelry can be classified from different aspects such as craftsmanship, material, purpose, and style:

(1) Jewelry with different production processes: Based on the difference in the processing or smelting process of the jewellery, jewellery can be divided into such as casting jewellery, stamping jewellery, filigree jewellery and inlaid jewellery. Jewelry inlaid with various gemstones with metals such as gold and silver or other hard materials is called inlaid jewelry. Gold, silver and other materials are drawn into filaments, tailor-welded into various patterns and equipped with gems. There are also some jewelry that are mass-produced by casting machines and stamping machines, which can be called cast and stamped jewelry or machine-made jewelry.

(2) Jewelry of different materials: According to different jewelry materials, jewelry can be divided into gold and silver jewelry, gem jewelry, pearl jewelry, artificial jewelry made of artificial materials, etc. Generally, the high, middle and low grade jewelry is also made of materials used in jewelry To divide.

(3) Jewelry for different purposes: According to the different purposes of jewelry, jewelry is divided into value-preserving jewelry, gift jewelry, decorative jewelry (such as fashion jewelry), and commemorative jewelry (such as wedding rings).

(4) Jewelry of different wearers: According to the gender of the jewelry wearer, jewelry can be divided into male jewelry and female jewelry. Traditionally, male jewellery is characterized by boldness and boldness and chic style; female jewellery is characterized by silky and delicate style and delicate style. Nowadays, neutral-oriented jewelry has gradually become fashionable. Women's jewelry is made into men's clothing to highlight the style of women, and men's jewelry is feminized to reflect the gentleness of men. These are in line with the trend of the times. According to the age of the wearer, jewelry can also be divided into children's jewelry, youth jewelry, middle-aged jewelry, and old-age jewelry.

(5) Jewelry of different wearing parts: According to the different parts of the jewellery worn, it can be divided into head ornaments, neck ornaments, hand ornaments, chest ornaments, waist ornaments, foot ornaments and so on.

(6) Jewelry of different shapes and different ways of wearing: According to the different shapes and ways of wearing jewelry, we can specifically divide jewelry into rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks, tie pins, hair clips, waist chains , Ankle rings, etc. and some difficult to name headdresses, hand ornaments, arm ornaments, foot ornaments, chest ornaments, waist ornaments, etc.

(7) Different styles of jewelry: We can divide jewelry into two categories: commercial jewelry and artistic jewelry according to the intention of the jewelry designer. For example, according to the style of design, it can be divided into classical style jewelry, natural style jewelry, romantic style jewelry and innovative style jewelry.