玉环，如同玉壁，其形似女性生殖器，为女性之象征，属生殖图腾崇拜器。由母系氏族社会发展而来的游牧民族部落，仍然对女性充满崇敬心理，是女性创造了人类社会。当时生育与繁衍仍处在神秘阶段，人们佩以玉环，以求得到祖先庇护和部族的人丁兴旺。


   Jade ring is in the shape of female genitalia,representing the female.It is a phallic totem.The reverence on females is originated in the history of normadic tribes traced from matriarchy times when women are thought to create the societ of human being.The procreation is still mysterial to ancient people.For this,jade ring sysmbolizes the prosperity under the aegis of ancestors.