玉带钩起源很早，新石器时代晚期良渚文化就发现了形态完美、结构合理、功能明确的玉带钩，以后不断发展，经东周至汉代达到一个高峰。元明清时期由于服饰的改进，把玩玉之风的兴盛，玉带钩复兴，并以崭新的面貌出现，最具特色的是仪态万方的玉龙钩。玉带钩，洁白无瑕，透明滋润，可爱无比。玉带钩呈S状扁条形，形态优美，钩背琢一钮形扣，钩腹以镂雕工艺，雕刻苍龙教子图。钩首作龙首，钩腹也是龙身，苍龙曲身回首，与一条钩腹上游动的螭龙面对面，仿佛苍龙正给龙子面授机宜，或谆谆教诲，神情并茂，情趣无穷，是为汉代玉龙钩经典造型。
The origin of the jade belt hook is very early. The jade belt hook with perfect shape, reasonable structure and clear function was found in the Liangzhu culture in the late Neolithic Age. It continued to develop and reached a peak from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty. Due to the improvement of clothing in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the prosperity of the wind of playing jade, jade hook revival, and with a new appearance, the most distinctive is the graceful jade dragon hook. Jade hook, flawless white, transparent moisture, lovely and matchless. The jade belt hook is S-shaped flat strip, beautiful shape, the hook back cut a button-shaped buckle, the hook belly to carve the craft, carved dragon teach son figure. The head of the hook is the head of the dragon, and the belly of the hook is also the body of the dragon. Looking back on the body of the dragon, I face to face with a dragon-swimming dragon on the belly of the hook. It seems that the dragon is giving the dragon son a chance to face, or inculcated with great enthusiasm.
此玉带钩玉质熟润，包浆醇厚，个大型美。寓意望子成龙之说，寓父养子，应与教，养不教，父之过，借以赞美这无私的父爱。寓意望子成龙、吉祥美好。
This jade hook is ripe and moist, with mellow pulp and a large beauty. Allegorical hope the dragon said, the father foster son, and should be taught, raise not to teach, the father's too, so as to praise the selfless father love. It means wishing your children to be a dragon and good luck.
龙是中华艺术重要装饰神兽，至明代出现了“龙生九子”的多种说法，其中一说：龙子九种，各有所好，一曰赑员，形似龟，好负重，今石碑下龟趺是也；二曰螭吻，形似兽，性好望，今屋上兽头是也；三曰蒲牢，形似龙而小，性好叫吼专司乐器编钟顶；四曰狴犴，似虎有威力，故立于狱门；五曰饕餮，好饮食，故立于鼎盖；六曰蚣蝮，性好水，故立于桥柱；七曰睚眦，性好杀，故立于刀环；八曰金猊，形似狮，似好烟火，故立于香炉；九曰貔貅，龙九子，大嘴无肛，只进不出，视为财神。龙生九子，虽各有所长，但技艺一般。需要调教，于是出现了“苍龙数子”等说法，如玉带钩图像。
Dragon is an important adornment for Chinese art. As early as the Ming Dynasty, many sayings have come into being that "Dragon born nine sons". One says that the nine types of dragon sons, who differ from each other in their tastes, are like turtles for the two people. Two yue Chi kiss, the shape is like a beast, the nature is good, today on the house is also animal head; Three yue Pu prison, shaped like a dragon and small, the sex is called roar music bianzhong top; Four Days Bian He, like tiger has power, so stand in the gate of the prison; Five yue Taotie, good food, so stand in the ding cover; Six days, vips, good water, so on the bridge column; Seven grievance canthus, sex good kill, so in the knife ring; Eight days of the Golden spirit, shaped like a lion, like good fireworks, so standing on the incense stove; The nine PI xiu, Dragon Nine children, big mouth without anus, only into, as the god of wealth. Longsheng nine children, although each has his own strengths, but the general skills. Need to be adjusted, then appeared "dragon number son" and so on, such as jade hook image.