A Story of Bookmark

Reading is a activity of possessing knowledge, understanding the world, developing our thinking while acquiring aesthetic experiences. More and more people believe that reading can help them live a better life by extending their vision of the world as well as cultivating the temperament. AS the saying goes, to open a book is always beneficial. Regardless of your aim of reading, it can always help you.

Some romantic Chinese have a habit while reading, they may take any interesting things by their side as a bookmark before closing the book. There are common ones like using leaves or petals, especially petals. In ancient times, many students need to prepare a long time for the imperial examination. In order to keep them away from trivial affairs, some parents will let kids live alone in somewhere quiet and desolate. Living there, the only thing that accompanying them is nature, plus the fact that nature is also a theme in scholars’ works, they will be close to it. While reading, they may pick up a petal and write a poem on it, and put it in the book as a bookmark. Sounds very romantic right?

Nowadays, there are more and more types of bookmarks. They can be made of wood, metal, or even magnet. The patterns on bookmarks varies more. One of the most famous is the imperial palace bookmarks. They are not made by the emperors but the company who is helping spreading the Forbidden City culture. Most of its theme are related to life of the royal family of ancient times and they have attracted lots of young customers.

Here we will recommend our bookmark materials. You can buy them and then make yourself a unique bookmark. Some of them have holes on one end so you can connect beads or tassels with copper wire or brass chains to it as a small decoration. Come and join us to make one!