The custom of using ring, one of the important accessories of our women.

A ring is a decorative piece of feminine finger, with two rings of flat inside and rough outside, and a ring in one.

Over the long historical period, finger rings were only available for married women, and unmarried women used rings.

The fact that the ring was made of shell, known as the primitive age, shows that its history is very long.

The ancient ring was made by gold, silver and bronze and it was the main materials.

The custom of wearing rings was inherited to Koryo and the feudal Joson dynasty. In the period of the Korean feudal dynasty, Confucianism became dominant and marriage was considered as an important process of human events, so its meaning was further emphasized as a symbol symbolizing love and marriage.

In this period of time, gold or silver was mainly used as the material of rings, besides jade, agate, amber, nephrite, pearl, and malachite were also used.

During the Korean feudal dynasty, the rulers wore rings of various materials according to the seasons and rings made by good materials like gold and silver were worn by women of the landlords family, whereas the rings of nickle and bronze were worn by ordinary women.

Thus, the ring has been widely used for many years, considered as one of the important accessories of our women, as a symbol of love, a symbol of marriage.