Libo Silver Jewelry

Libo Silver Jewelry

　　Exquisite silver jewelry—Among the Buyi, Shui, Yao, and Miao ethnic groups in Libo, silver jewelry holds great significance, especially for the Shui people, who have a saying that "a Shui wedding must include silver." Their Shui-style dragon-head bracelets won provincial/ministerial-level quality honors in 1985; the Buyi four-season bracelets were awarded provincial-level quality recognition in 1987; the Yao silver birds took home provincial-level and second prize for design in 1989; the Shui-style collar ornaments were honored with provincial-level quality recognition in 1991, and the Libo Silverware Factory was designated by the state as one of the national production bases for ethnic minority essential goods in 1991. In 1993, all products from the Libo Silverware Factory were exhibited at the Azalea Festival sales event and received a Certificate of Trusted Product Quality.