Empresses and concubines in Qing Dynasty are divided into: Empress, Imperial Lady, Imperial Lady, Concubine, Noble Person and Hengnuo.

According to their status, the decoration of the "flag head" is also different.

There are three kinds of cymbals: phoenix cymbals, full cymbals and semi-cymbals. Cymbals are made of black velvet and ribbons, decorated with silver or copper wires, or decorated with beads. "Generally, women use copper wire or iron wire to make their hair sticks. There are phoenix cymbals and full cymbals. Surround it with two strands of hair, and then insert ornaments such as flat hair, hair clasp and flowers.

Hairpins are essential jewelry for Manchu women to comb all kinds of hairpins. Usually Manchu women like to insert big earrings pins, small earrings pins, beaded pins, sideburns pins, crown pins and faucets made of precious materials such as gold, silver, pearl jade, agate and coral on their hair pins.

Compared with pearls, gold and jade are superior materials, as well as gold, silver or copper plating, precious stones, jadeite and coral ivory. It is made into all kinds of hairpin jewelry and decorated on the bun, which is much simpler than that after entering the customs. After entering the customs, due to the influence of headdresses of Han women, the hairpin ornaments of Manchu women, especially court ladies, became more and more exquisite. For example, in the sixteenth year of Qianlong (175 1), when Emperor Qianlong celebrated his mother's 60th birthday, only the names of all kinds of hairpins were jaw-dropping, such as All the Best, Mei Caiying's Winning Hairpin, Jingfu's Sleeping Hairpin and so on.

Judging from the hairpin ornaments left by concubines in Qing Dynasty, there are two kinds of hairpin. One is a practical hairpin, which is mostly used to fix the bun and head shape. The other is a decorative hairpin, which is made of precious materials and has exquisite patterns, which are specially used to comb the bun and wear it in an obvious position. There are many realistic palace paintings in the Forbidden City now. Some are inserted obliquely at the root of the bun. Empresses and concubines wear jewelry on their heads, but hairpins are the best among them. Therefore, in the Qing Dynasty, empresses and concubines were all made of jade jewelry, and their production techniques were also very particular. Using a whole piece of jade, coral crystal or ivory to make a hairpin connected by pins is often the most precious, such as the white jade collected in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Hairpin is the last stroke of the word "longevity". The likewise carved jadeite pan sausage hairpin and coral bat hairpin are both fine products in the hairpin decoration. In addition, there are Jin Fu Qian Guan, Magpie Deng Mei Hairpin and Five Bat Shoushou Hairpins, which attract people's attention because of their exquisite carving and exquisite production. There is also a gold bottom. The other is that the hairpin ornaments are getting bigger and bigger, which are not only suitable for Manchu women to comb two heads and cover a large area, but also gradually evolve into headdresses, flat squares and other big jewelry.

Hairpins, as a kind of jewelry, not only beautify the bun, but also symbolize auspicious words and express the beautiful pursuit of feelings and wishes. As far as the hairpin ornaments left by concubines in Qing Dynasty are concerned, many forms and patterns are not as wide as those of the previous generation. A deformed bead, the "boy's peace" hairpin, was exhibited in the Treasure Hall. Looks like an urchin dancing. The left side of the deformed bead is decorated with a sapphire carved vase, and a few thin red coral branches are inserted in the bottle mouth to set off the word "An". Behind the urchin, there is a handle of A Jin Ruyi, which is integrated with the vase. On the right side of the urchin, the head of Jinleisi Ganoderma lucidum is exposed. Judging from the decoration of the urchin, it is a boy. When the whole wishful thinking is linked together, it is called "the boy reports peace". Or "boys are happy and safe". The moral ethics of feudal society pays attention to the "three cardinal principles and five permanents", that is, the monarch is the minister's guide, the husband is the wife's guide and the father is the son's guide. Of course, the emperor's wives and concubines should learn from the emperor, have more children for the royal family, and "be blessed with many lives", so that the royal blood can multiply and the imperial power can be passed down forever. The intention of this hairpin is self-evident. Twenty-four of them grew up, and the emperors fought for power and profit, which made Emperor Kangxi die before he was seventy years old. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, two emperors, Tongzhi and Guangxu, had queens and concubines, but no children, which made their mother Cixi listen to politics twice and ruled China for half a century.

Cixi is also fond of beauty. She likes gorgeous clothes all her life, especially peony hairpin and butterfly hairpin made of ruby, red coral and jade. In the 11th year of Xianfeng, Yining died in chengde mountain resort. Cixi became a widow at the age of 27. According to Manchu custom, the wife should wear heavy filial piety for her husband and was released for 27 months. The hair clasp on her head should be made of uncut bone. Or sterling silver. Cixi ordered the factory to produce a batch of headdresses such as silver gray jade and thymelaeaceae. In February of the first year of Tongzhi, this batch of plain clothes jewelry arrived in Cixi one after another. Cixi reluctantly inserts every day. After the release period, all these jewels were put into limbo. Cixi put on the exquisite and luxurious headdress again, and this habit remained until her later years.

The queen wears hairpins seasonally. Wear gold hairpin in winter and spring, and change into gold hairpin and jade hairpin in long summer. Until beginning of winter changed into a food hairpin. Ms. Yu Deling, who worked as a female translator beside Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty, recalled:1April 24, 903 was a long summer. "On this day, everyone had to exchange gold. It is said that this hairpin was worn by three queens, and we chose two beautiful ones for our sisters, saying that these two are a pair, one is often worn by the queen mother, and the other is worn by herself when she was young. " At the end of the Qing Dynasty, most of the empresses' hairpins were relics handed down by their ancestors, and all the concubines in the palace regarded them as treasures. People that Cixi likes can be rewarded at will, but they are not bound. Cixi imprisoned Guangxu in Yingtai. One day, the Jade Dragon Queen went to see Guangxu, who was disgusted. Although he and Yulong are nominally husband and wife, they are not separated. Therefore, Guangxu was so disgusted that he couldn't breathe even when he saw Yulong. Guangxu didn't want to see the arrival of Yulong, and even said, "kneel down!" Twice. Yulong was angry and pretended not to hear. Guangxu saw that she didn't leave, and his hands trembled with anger, trying to push her out. I didn't expect to use too much force to touch the jade dragon hair pin. It fell to the ground and shattered immediately. This jade hairpin is a relic of the Qianlong period and passed to Cixi. She gave it to Yulong again. I read it and said that Guangxu was a sinner. Political differences made the relationship between Cixi and Guangxu like strangers, and a hairpin became the fuse of their mother-child relationship, and Guangxu's early death became a historical necessity.

In the folk, generally speaking, the rich use jade and silver, and the poor use bones. Silver hair clips are also essential for ordinary people to marry their daughters. Because they are relatively expensive companion items, women cherish them very much, and some of them will never be lost. However, most of the hair pins widely used by the people are bone pins, so people are always used to calling them "bone pins". There is a round knot on the tail. The thin head is easy to insert into the bun, and the small knot at the tail can make the bun strong. There is also a flat hair clasp with thick ends and thin middle, mostly made of silver and copper. The two sides of the flat hairpin are separated, the front is decorated with flowers, leaves and auspicious patterns, the back is lighter, and the overall shape is slightly bent inward. The flat hairpin has obvious decorative significance and is fixed.

The headdress flower is jewelry developed from hairpin. It consists of two parts: a flower head and a pin. Because Manchu women's hair styles developed from soft wing heads to two ends, then into shelf heads, and finally grew big wings, the hair styles on their heads became wider and wider. So a kind of headdress mm headdress with large coverage came into being. Most headdresses are made of pearls and precious stones, so they need a stable one. That is, some corresponding changes have been made on the basis of issuing cards. For example, a cross-shaped cross brace is welded at the top of the pin, and the main body of the headdress is made at the intersection of the cross. Decorative flowers, branches and leaves, birds, animals, butterflies and auspicious symbols surround the main body. This mutual collocation not only makes the primary and secondary relationship of composition obvious, but also makes the headdress itself with treasures as raw materials share the load reasonably. Manchu women

Besides flags and hairpins, Manchu women generally like to decorate their hair with flowers. Wearing big flowers on the head has always been a traditional custom of Manchu. In Diary of Jehol, the toe-flapping source records that Manchu women "have wild flowers beside their temples, regardless of age". "Even if they are over 50, they are still full of flower arrangements and golden flowers." Some Manchu women even put a small bottle filled with clear water in their hair, and several flowers in the bottle are full of vitality, which reflects their strong pursuit of beauty. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the country was on the rise, and people's living consumption remained largely in the traditional mode. In order to satisfy the desire for beauty, Manchu women often wear timely flowers on their heads, and there is also a kind of "honeysuckle wisp", which is made of paper tires, some of which are made of copper wire. The height is only two or three inches, the largest is nearly a foot, and it is also inlaid with exquisite pearls. In the early years of Shunzhi, family members of Manchu military camp often decorated their hair with this honeysuckle. With the establishment of politics and the consolidation of state power in Qing Dynasty, headdresses worn by Manchu women also appreciated. Although flowers can be seen everywhere, women prefer headdresses with precious texture. These women are wearing headdresses.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the national treasury was embarrassed and the national strength declined, which naturally affected people's lives. In order to save money, the headdress flower changed from pure gold to gold plating, gold plating, jewelry flower into velvet flower, silk flower, even paper flower, grass flower, and even the headdress flower with feathers and jade was dyed with madder. Feather jade jewelry has been circulating in China for a long time, and the technological level has been continuously improved. It reached its peak in Qianlong period. It is famous for its gorgeous colors and brilliance, but its production is very complicated. It is understood that a base is made of gold and silver pieces according to the flower shape, and then the H-shaped ring convex groove is welded along the flower edge of the pattern with gold wire. Apply an appropriate amount of glue to the concave part in the middle, cut off the kingfisher's feathers with small scissors, and gently arrange the feathers on the glued base with tweezers. Kingfisher's hair is in emerald blue and snow blue. Feathers are soft and thin, and it takes a lot of kingfishers to make a headdress. Because kingfishers have good luster and bright colors, coupled with sparkling convex edges, wearing headdresses on their heads can produce different effects from other jewelry.

At present, most of the metal jewelry collected in the Forbidden City in Beijing is from the Qianlong period, such as ruby string with rice beads, emerald inlaid pearls, sapphire dragonfly flowers, red coral cat iris flowers, gold double-friend pearl flowers, gold inlaid pearl jewelry, emerald inlaid flowers and fruits, gold inlaid rice beads, emerald inlaid coral turquoise gourd flowers and so on. , all welded at the bottom. It also highlights the characteristics of the Qianlong period, so that the eyes, tentacles, beards and branches of insects and birds are made of fine copper wires, which move gently and sway from side to side, making the image lively and dynamic. There is also a kind of metal welding as the base and pin, and the jewelry flowers are tied into a bundle of headdresses with copper wires, which is also loved by queens because of its flexibility. It is made of copper wires with different thicknesses. Then, the petals made of precious stones and the small holes at the end of leaves are strung into different single branches, such as flowers, stamens, leaves and branches, and then the parts are arranged according to the figure, and the single branches are tied into a bundle, and finally they are concentrated on a thick copper wire and fastened with a needle. This headdress is very effective when worn on the head, adding a lovely charm to women. In addition, the headdress is inlaid with metal and the silk is golden.

Manchu women's favorite headdress is velvet flower, especially when their daughters get married, they must wear red velvet flower on their heads, which is auspicious. It is said that "velvet flower" in Chinese is similar to "splendor" in Manchu, so wearing velvet flower means wealth. Among Manchu women, as long as conditions permit, they should wear velvet flowers not only in wedding festivals, but also all the year round. Wear willow branches in Qingming, wormwood in Duanyang, osmanthus in Mid-Autumn, dogwood in Chongyang and gourd flowers in winter. The headdresses of concubines in the Qing Dynasty, as well as a large number of velvet flowers, silk flower and silk flower, all exist in the world. These flowers have harmonious colors and rich halo levels, which can be called "spurious" flowers. It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, Yang Guifei had a mole on her temple, and she often wore big flowers on her temple to cover it up. The more refined, the more refined. The cashmere, silk, twill and silk headdresses left over from the Qing Dynasty include white, pink and pink peony flowers, pale yellow, medium yellow and dark yellow chrysanthemums, white, lotus root and snow blue Chinese rose flowers, pink plum blossoms and so on. It is still bright and pleasing to the eye after a hundred years.

Hairpins and hairpins have similar purposes, and they are both essential jewelry for women's hair bun. Hairpins have two or three pins, which are stronger than hairpins when fixing the bun. The ancient hairpin is similar to the hairpin shape, and it is also naturally connected with H through the hairpin. For example, the popular Yuyanzhai in Han Dynasty is one of them. Women in the harem wear hairpins in fashion, but they are looking for them everywhere. Once, the ladies-in-waiting saw that the jade hairpin was not carved or decorated, so they wanted to destroy it and make a new one. But the next day, when they opened the hairpin box, they saw a swallow flying straight into the sky. The beautiful image of swallows taking off with forked tails inspired the women in the palace, so they made hairpins into the shape of swallows. The swallow's tail fits well in the bun. Therefore, it was named Yuyanzhai. With the wide use of headdresses, headdresses of various textures and shapes appear constantly. The most common headdress is the Phoenix headdress, which consists of headdress and pin. At present, there are headdresses worn by empresses in the Qing Dynasty in the Forbidden City in Beijing, which are mostly divided into two types, one is extremely beautiful headdress, and the other is plain headdress without decoration.

People are used to calling the unadorned ones "inserts". There are various forms of inserts, such as round hair pins, pointed hair pins, flat hair pins, etc. Most of them are made of gold, silver and gold plating, which are commonly used by ordinary women such as copper and iron. The insert only plays the role of fixing the bun. There must be a fixed center in the headdress of Manchu women, and it is this kind of insert that plays the role of fixed center. If two flat hair clips are combined together, the silver clip not only attaches importance to the practical value of fixing hairstyle, but also has the aesthetic value of showing aesthetic feeling, so it is an ideal hair clip. There are also women who belong to the category of "Chai Jing Cloth Skirts". Because of their poor family circumstances, they only use thick iron wire to make inverted U-shaped plugs, and they also use straight iron wire to sharpen one end and smash it.

In appreciating the elegant demeanour of the national flag in the past, we can often see the headdress of Manchu women, which is wide and long, like a fan rather than a fan, like a crown rather than a crown, and is very eye-catching. Its name is Bian Fang, commonly known as "flag head". Another meaning of "flag head rr" refers to several hairstyles commonly used by Manchu women with significant national characteristics and unique charm. Such as "second in command", "water hyacinth", "swallow tail", "big wings", "high handle", "shelf head", "front bangs" and "pan head wings". Flat square is the main jewelry of Manchu women when they comb the second in command. The Life of the Noble in the Late Qing Dynasty written by He Yun. Above. " A flat square inserted horizontally on a bun like a hair crown, 32 to 33.5 cm long, 4 cm wide and 0.2 to 0.3 cm thick. It is in the form of a ruler, with a semicircular end and a scroll at the other end. For example, a disguised horizontal hairpin, whether combing two heads or pulling wings, plays the role of a "beam" connecting true and false buns. The function of the square is similar to that of ancient times.

As for the unique flat-edged headdress of Manchu women, we can see from the description of Mrs. An's headdress in the 20th chapter of the novel Legend of Heroes of Children in Qing Dynasty: "He Yufeng destroyed her filial piety and repaid her kindness with media service". The article wrote: "I saw that Mrs. hh had two short heads, a red head, a flat head and a pair of three rows of jade. On the back of the handle, Cui Hua on the left is closed with three big gem pins, a Fang Tianji and a row of three embroidered orchids on the right. No matter how many hairpins she wears, it reflects the portrayal of women's headdresses in Manchu bureaucratic families after the middle of Qing Dynasty.

In the northern folk of the Qing Dynasty, there were also very small squares. In the case of funeral, the wife is her husband Dai Xiao, so she put down her two heads, collected her hair and tied it on her head. She divided them into two braids, the ends of which were not tied with ropes. When her hair was loose, she put a small square with three or four inches of bones on her head. If her daughter-in-law is Dai Xiao, she will put a small square made of silver or copper horizontally. Generally speaking, squares are made of green satin. When worn, it can be fixed on a bun, often embroidered with various patterns, inlaid with gems or flowers, and decorated with long tassels. The square used by royal aristocratic women is exquisite in texture and elegant in style. On the narrow side of the square, which is only one foot long, flowers, plants, insects, birds, melons and fruits, pavilions and other patterns are vividly carved. The princesses wore square kerchiefs to deliberately show the patterns at both ends. In order to attract people's attention, the silk tassels hanging in the square are said to echo the flowerpot shoes worn on the feet, so that their actions are restrained and women's dignified and beautiful manners are added. Manchu women, such as those who receive guests on festive occasions, will wear square towels. Wearing this wide and long square towel will limit their neck distortion and make their bodies straight. Coupled with the long cheongsam and high-grade flag shoes, they will walk with extra stability and elegance.

Fun, commonly known as "Baotou", is called "brain" by northerners. It is a long belt with a wide middle and narrow ends, which is worn between the forehead and the eyebrows. Originally, it was a warm-keeping product used by elderly women in Jiangnan and Central Plains in winter. It was widely circulated in Ming and Qing dynasties, and was used as decoration by ladies and shelter from the cold by poor women. The fun used by married women in Manchuria in Northeast China makes their hair slightly backward, which is slightly different from the flat bun of women in Jiangnan. Its shape and quality are mainly yarn. In the first week or so, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, the size of the tune was still relatively wide, and then it gradually narrowed, but it was very thin. It is embroidered with auspicious patterns, with pearls and precious stones in the middle. Dai, a woman in Qing Dynasty, followed the old system of Ming Dynasty. For example, in the picture of the twelve princes of Yongzheng in the early Qing Dynasty, there were two beautiful women wearing them. From the picture, there are tulle and mink, reflecting the different styles of wearing in different seasons. Fun is mainly made of mink, which is called mink forehead. It was in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties when fun was popular that both ladies-in-waiting and folk women began to cover their eyebrows. Because of the difference between the rich and the poor, the texture and decoration of fun are different. This kind of eyebrow covering music is more practical in the north, so it has long been popular. In addition to fun, there is also a golden contract, which is similar in shape to fun, but narrower than fun.

Tassel is a favorite jewelry of Manchu women, and its shape is similar to hairpin. On the top of the hairpin, however, there are several rows of beads hanging, which follow people's movements and keep shaking, much like the stepping method of eight kinds of jewelry in ancient times. Footwear jewelry first appeared in the Han Dynasty, and it was only popular on the heads of court and aristocratic women in the Han Dynasty. What is stepping? "The person who shakes the step is Jin Zhuyu, hanging from the hairpin, which means shaking the step." Yaobu jewelry belongs to the ritual jewelry of Han Dynasty, and its shape and texture are symbols of rank and status. After the Han dynasty, pedal dance was gradually seen by the people and widely circulated in society. Among aristocratic women, there was a time when they wore a rocking crown on their crown. Wearing it on your head is more luxurious than stepping on it.

In the "China Cultural Relics Exhibition" held in the Forbidden City, several gold tree walking crowns unearthed in Liaoning Province were exhibited. The golden tree is a crown umbrella, and each branch has more than 40 branches and twigs. There are one or two movable gold rings at the top of each twig, and a gold leaf is tied under each ring, which makes us feel the ingenuity and superb creativity of our ancestors. At the same time, we can also learn about the luxury of feudal concubines' life. According to historical records, after the Tang and Song Dynasties, the shape of Buyao has undergone many changes, including precious materials such as jade, coral, stained glass, amber, turquoise and spar. Tang Yin, one of the four famous painters in the Ming Dynasty, wrote in the poem "Song of Recruiting the Sages": "Yujin steps to shake the silver, indicating that the moon hangs on the dragon chair. This may be a stepped shape inlaid with metal and jewelry. Among them, there are many new welding technologies popular in Ming Dynasty. In fact, the durability of welding Jin Lei silk with a gold base and embedding pearls and precious stones as ornament greatly exceeds that of traditional techniques such as carving and stewing.

In Qing dynasty, many new welding processes were adopted. In the Catalogue of Clothing Exhibitions in Qing Dynasty compiled by the Palace Museum in Taiwan, there is a piece of "Phoenix with a touch of emerald beads embroidered", which is backed by metal welding and decorated with kingfisher feathers. Its eyes and mouth are inlaid with red gems and white rice beads, and its sides are inlaid with red coral beads. Phoenix is on its side, and there are two strings of small pearls more than ten centimeters long in its pointed mouth.

In another catalog, there is a tassel with similar shape. At the top of the tassel connected with the pin is a golden halberd (an ancient fighting weapon) with a golden halberd pendant on it. A string of pearls, lapis lazuli, bats and rubies fell off. Another string is pearls, honeydew melons, fish and jade pendants. Homonym is "auspicious". This tassel is auspicious and unique in shape. It not only plays the role of decorating hair style, but also combines sense of humor, symbolism and homophonic. It is a masterpiece of tassel jewelry.

The original meaning of the word tassel refers to colorful silk tassels used by ancient people to decorate chariots and horses tents. However, the shape and function of Buyao and tassel are exactly the same. As for why Buyao's name was not inherited, it was replaced by the word tassel, which needs further research in the future.

Manchu women like a variety of tassels. Crowned, crowned, flowered, butterfly, mandarin duck, bat and so on. There are one layer, two layers and three layers of beads. Among the Qing dynasty empresses' jewelry exhibited in the Treasure Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing, there is a piece of "the tassel is wearing the words' Mi Zhu Shuang Xi', which was worn by the queen at the emperor's wedding. At the top of the tassel is a bat with small green feathers. It is connected with a flowing cloud with delicate feathers. Under Ruyi's head, three strings of long pearls are parallel, each pearl is divided into three layers on average, and each layer is separated by the double happiness carved by red coral. The bottom layer of the bead is made of ruby. The whole tassel is 28 cm long from the top to the corner, which is a relatively long tassel. This kind of long tassel is usually inserted obliquely at the top of the bun, and the beads hang down just at shoulder level. The other is the Qing palace collection. The most common ones are holding pearls at the top of the phoenix, such as "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Auspicious", "Cai Feng Qi Fei", "Phoenix Rising" and "Phoenix Wearing Peony". Phoenix is the king of birds. It is said that it can bring happiness, beauty and light to people. The image of a phoenix holding a pearl means that the phoenix is nesting and preparing to brood. In feudal times, the emperor wanted to have more children, so the headdress of the queen was a phoenix.

In the early Qing dynasty, ordinary flag girls and Han women imitated Manchu ladies' hair accessories, focusing on high bun. When they comb their hair, they divide it into two long flat buns, about a foot wide, commonly known as "fork heads" (also known as "two ends" or "handle heads"). When making a fork, a lock of hair hanging from the back of the head is bounded by the lower end.

"Tuantou", also known as flag temples, is a common hairstyle among the people. When Manchu women enter middle age, they no longer wear "Toma Evelle's son", but comb "Tuantou", which looks like a steamed bread with patterns, but "Tuantou" is different from the "pimple temples" of middle-aged women in ordinary people. There are also differences between the two combs, and the temples are on the back of the head and the top of the head. In addition, jewelry such as silver and copper squares are inserted in the hair. Some elderly women have a spiral "curly hair" on their heads because of less hair, which is simple and convenient. In recent years, it can still be seen in rural areas where Manchu people live in concentrated communities.

There is also a hairstyle called "water hyacinth", commonly known as "water sideburns". It is to pick out the weak hair on the sideburns and hook it next to the ears with soapy water, so that the cheeks are full and the face is pleasant. In contrast, it is like a peach blossom with rain, which is particularly beautiful.

After Kanggan, due to the influence of the "Ruyilou" of the Han nationality, Manchu J girls generally comb their hair in the shape of "I", commonly known as "prefix" and "Ruyilou". In the mid-Qing Dynasty, Manchu women's hairstyles gradually increased the height of J, and the "double horns" continued to expand. Manchu women's hairstyles developed from H-shape to shelf head, and at the same time. There are many ornaments in the bun. Among them, there is a plate-shaped ornament called "flat square", which was very small at first. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, especially in Xianfeng period, Manchu women's hair styles had become taller and more exaggerated, and evolved into "brand-high" fixed decorations, thus replacing two combs with shelves.

"Reading the World" once said: "At the beginning of Shunzhi, I saw Manchu women braiding their hair on their foreheads, and their heads were divided backwards. Their heads were wrapped in Chinese-style Baotou, but they were decorated on them, which was effective in the capital and invalid in other provinces." Later, this hairstyle became higher and higher, and later it became a tall and big form. Some people describe its head as a small blackboard, meaning this style. This arch decoration does not need hair. This is commonly known as "big wings", which is the hairstyle of Manchu ladies. These aristocratic women wear tall ornaments and high-grade flag shoes that they are used to wearing, which makes them look particularly slender and walk more steadily and dignified.

Big pull wings, also known as "Dajingpai", "Big rollover" and "Dala wings", are similar to the styles of court dresses in the Qing Dynasty seen on the stage and in film and television dramas. They should be developed from "two ends", that is, a bun on the top of the head is used as the "head seat", and a blue plain satin or gauze velvet frame is added on it, leaving a "dovetail braid" at the back. This hairstyle was popular in the late Qing Dynasty.

The headdress of "Dara Wing" is a hard shell shaped like a fan, about one foot high. According to the size of the head circumference, iron wire is used as hoop, cloth is used as tire, green satin or blue flannel is used as fixed decorative head, and some flowers made of green satin, green velvet, green yarn or silk are inserted. Wear it when necessary. It can be described as the best of both worlds. The big wings are shaped like great happiness, and the swallowtail hooked at the back of the neck is bigger than before, almost touching the collar. Because the large pull wing is made of thick iron wire, it has strong bearing capacity, and is equipped with fixing devices such as pins, hairpins, tassels, pimples, ear scoops, headdresses, etc., which meets the needs of wearing multiple pieces of jewelry at the same time.

This kind of hair accessory of Manchu women is unique to aristocratic women. The Palace Museum has a statue of the imperial concubine in the early Qing Dynasty, and it is this kind of hair accessory that is painted. Because this kind of hair accessory belongs to the dress of aristocratic women, ordinary women often wear it on their heads as a "ceremonial crown rr" when they get married, as if it were a "rockhopper gown" of the Han nationality. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, officials, ladies-in-waiting and folk women followed suit. In fact, except for aristocratic women, few people dress like this in daily life. The reason is that it is time-consuming and laborious and must be completed with the help of others. Don't tilt the pillow at will after combing your hair, and straighten your neck when standing or sitting. Although beautiful, it is uncomfortable. It is rarely seen by the people, except for grand occasions such as weddings or when young girls and daughters-in-law comb for the New Year.