"In bygone days, standards of hygiene were none too good, and infants would often die, and so people thought up the idea of using a golden chain to 'chain' the baby's life to its body," says Hsu Lun-hua, chairman of Taipei Jewelers 'Association.
「早年衛生條件不高，新生兒容易早夭，於是想出用金鎖片將命『鎖』住」，台北市金銀珠寶商業同業公會理事長許倫華說。