earpick shape is very simple, slender handle, one end of the handle makes a small spoon. Spoon, pick it up. Pictographic. In fact, I agree with the package that all spoons belong to the spoon ". (Shuowen) its texture includes bamboo, ivory, horn bone, Jade, iron, copper, silver and gold. It is small and exquisite, and can be dug into the ear hole.

When did this ear cleaning tool originate? According to archaeological physical inference, it will not be later than Shang dynasty. Among the large number of cultural relics unearthed in the tomb of Fu Hao of Yin Luo, there are two Jade dug ear pick, ear pick carved into fish shape, mouth, eyes, back, chest and tail, with clear decorations, which are very exquisite. This woman is good. He is the Princess of King Wu Ding of Yin, a general who once fought against the West in the command of Bing Yi, and he is also the earliest female shooter known in China.

The earpick of gold was once found in an ancient tomb in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. The tomb owner is Gaorong, who was a member of the Dongwu people in the Three Kingdoms and should come from the prominent people. The funeral gold is ear pick, weighing 9 grams and 24 centimeters long (about 10 centimeters for ordinary earpick ear pick), from which we can see the special identity of him.

According to the records of Qing Dynasty, du Zong, the prime minister of the Tang dynasty, called the "spoon" (ear pick) as the "Iron thing" and made it from refined iron, it can be seen that these big figures are also inseparable from this thing.

In the novel "lasting stories to awaken the world" of Ming Dynasty, there appeared a word called "picking the ear", which meant seeing others raising their hands to dig their ears, but mistakenly thought it was greeting themselves. This also shows that the use of earpick in Ming Dynasty is also very common.