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发簪是女子用来固定和装饰头发的一种首饰。以前人们常在发簪上装缀一个花枝，并在花枝上垂以珠玉、花结等饰物，称为“步摇簪”。
烟袋是吸水烟或旱烟的用具，由烟袋锅、烟袋竿和烟袋嘴构成。烟袋竿通常系有坠儿，可以是丝线打成的花结，或是坠以玉饰、珠串等。
除了物品的坠饰，中国结还可作为陈设品单独悬挂，或制成各种形状的小工艺品。
jewelry.In addition，there were special pouches holding pipe tobacco，needle and thread.In addition to functional and decorative role，they were seen as a token of love in old times.A girl often gave her embroidered sachet to her beloved expressing her affections.When making sachets and pouches，women never forgot to stitch a long decorative knot to beautify their needlework implying the meaning of"a harmonious union lasting a hundred years"and"good luck".
Women wore hairpins to ornament and fasten buns.They usually decorated floral shaped accessories with jade pendants and knots hanging on hairpins.This kind of hairpin swayed with women's each step，hence its name
Tobacco pouches acted as a tool for water pipes and long—stemmed Chinese pipes.The whole piece was composed by the bowl of the pipe，tobacco holder and the mouthpiece of the pipe.There were pendants，beads，jade accessories and knots hanging on the pipe holder.
