Yingluo (simplified Chinese: 璎珞; traditional Chinese: 瓔珞; also written as 缨络; 纓絡; from the word keyūra in Sanskrit which was transliterated into jiyouluo (积由罗) in China) is a ring-shaped neck ornament or fashion jewellery of Buddhist origins in ancient China with its earliest prototypes having roots in ancient India.
[1] The yingluo depicted as decorative Buddhist art elements and was later imitated and turned into an actual elegant necklace by the Tang dynasty.
[2] It also often featured suspended beads combined with auspicious trinkets or motifs rooted in Chinese culture.
[7] For example, some bodhisattva figures in China dating from the second half of the 6th century AD wear extraordinary jewellery which already displayed Chinese stylistic art and innovations in iconography as well as influences from Non-Chinese culture, including Central Asian tradition in material culture.
[9] These decorative elements in the yingluo of this period also reflected the characteristics of the Tang dynasty-style Bodhisattva iconography which was eventually fully established and gradually became more mature.
[2] The yingluo eventually became a classical neck jewellery in China while still remaining in use as a decorative ornaments in Chinese Buddhist iconography.