Heraldry

What is it ？！Such a weird word for me ...but believe me ,this is a really interesting thing to knowHeraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander" .The word, in its most general sense, encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms.To most, though, heraldry is the practice of designing, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and heraldic badges.

Historically, it has been variously described as "the shorthand of history"and "the floral border in the garden of history".The origins of heraldry lie in the need to distinguish participants in combat when their faces were hidden by iron and steelhelmets. Eventually a formal system of rules developed into ever more complex forms of heraldry.