Flower bud is a kind of flower ornament on the face of ancient Han women, that is, flower-shaped jewelry made of jade jewelry. There are three colors: red, green and yellow, with red as the most. Made of gold and silver, covered on the face. It is a kind of jewelry popular in Tang Dynasty. In addition to the plum blossom shape, there are all kinds of birds, small fish and ducklings, which are very beautiful and novel.
The origin of flower buds can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and they were used successively in Qin and Han Dynasties. Princess Shouyang invented plum blossom makeup in the Southern Dynasties, and rose again in the Tang Dynasty because of Shangguan Waner, and reached its peak. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms prevailed until the Song and Yuan Dynasties.
There are many folk legends about the origin of flower buds, some from the Han Dynasty, some from the Six Dynasties, and some from the Tang Dynasty. Cao Lifang said that if we trace back to the custom that women in China painted or pasted decorative patterns on their faces, it rose as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
For example, there are three rows of dots on the face of painted female figurines unearthed from Chu Tomb in Changsha during the Warring States Period, and dots on the eyelids of painted wooden figurines unearthed in Xinyang, Henan Province, which should be the embryonic form of flower buds, so the origin of flower buds is much earlier than folklore, at least dating back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. ?
shape
Judging from the image data, the shapes of flower buds vary widely. The simplest flower bud is just a dot. Complex and useful materials such as gold foil, pearls, fish cheekbones, fish scales, camellia cakes, black paper, mother-of-pearl and mica are cut into various flower shapes, among which plum blossoms are the most common. This may be the legacy of Princess Shouyang's plum blossom makeup.
Besides plum blossoms, there are all kinds of birds, small fish and ducklings. There are even many complicated and changeable patterns, such as trumpet, fan and peach. , more described as various abstract patterns, dense and symmetrical. This kind of bud is attached to the forehead, just like a colorful flower, which makes the woman dress elegantly.