가랔지

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You know what's cool? 가랔지 (garakji)

In Joseon Korea (when my family was a yangban clan) single women wore 반지 (banji), or a single ring, and married/engaged women wore two matching rings, one on top of the other, called 가랔지. The rings could be tied together or be one ring that looks like two. It represents the harmony of the married couple. As seen in the K-drama 동이 (Dong Yi), when the king gives Lady Chun a pair of jade rings tied together with red silk.

Nawwwwww.

And of course now I am dying to have one.