In this Wu dynasty, not only men can practice martial arts, but even women envy learning to ride and shoot. The princesses in the palace have arranged to learn riding and shooting with the princes since childhood. In film and television dramas, the costumes of the Qing Dynasty are exquisite, wearing different costumes and combing different hairstyles on different occasions, with changeable styles and exquisite beauty. So what was the bun of Qing women in history? Is it the same as in the TV series?
Manchu was the last feudal dynasty in history. Since the abdication of Emperor Aisin Giorro Puyi, the feudal dynasty has disappeared forever. Although there was a great decline in the later period of this dynasty, the history and culture of the Manchu Dynasty are still worthy of careful study. In the early Qing Dynasty, Nurhachi first established the post-Jin Dynasty. Manchu is actually a descendant of Jurchen. Nurhachi took the lead in leading the tribe out of the rule and jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty and became king in Hetuala.
The Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack Nurhachi many times, but all failed. The Ming army was almost wiped out by Nurhachi. In the Ming Dynasty, Nuerhachi had no choice but to send troops to attack again and decided to take a truce for some time. But here Nurhachi did not stop, but led the troops to attack other tribes.
Nurhachi did not formally establish the Qing Dynasty, which was formally established by his son Huang Taiji. Li Zicheng's extinction drove Emperor Chongzhen to commit suicide. In the name of revenge against Emperor Chongzhen, Wu Sangui joined forces with the Qing army, introduced the Qing army into Shanhaiguan and exchanged fire with Li Zicheng. However, this vigorous uprising in Li Zicheng was quickly suppressed by Huang Taiji, which achieved the unification of most areas and finally established the Qing Dynasty.
Although Huang Taiji was the founding emperor in the true sense, he didn't have time to realize his dream of dominating the world. Because he missed the dead favorite Hailanzhu so much, Huang Taiji was so ill that he died without even choosing the prince. Later, with the help of Dourgen, Fu Lin, the son of Da Yuer, ascended the throne smoothly. He is the emperor shunzhi.
The emperor shunzhi is more diligent than his father. He didn't always think about the harem. He worked hard when he was in office. When Wang Chaogang was established, the frontier was often unstable. Under Shunzhi, many problems were solved. However, Shunzhi is too much like his father. After the death of his favorite concubine, Dong Eshi, Shunzhi wrote down his crimes and fled into an empty net. Some people say that this statement is unrealistic, but it is said that only his clothes were buried in the mausoleum of Emperor Shunzhi, so it seems that this statement has some truth.
Later, Emperor Kangxi ascended the throne at the age of eight. From this time on, under the rule of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty really got substantial improvement. It was also from this time that the prosperity of Kanggan, which was praised by the people in history, began. Kangxi solved many problems for future generations and developed many cultures.
Manchu is the second largest ethnic group in China. In the Yuan Dynasty, the Mongols established political power. After the Mongols, Manchu became the second minority to rule the Han nationality. After making Beijing its capital, the first thing to do is to spread the Manchu costume style to all people.
In order to facilitate riding, shooting and hunting, Manchu men shave off half of their long hair and braid the rest. Women also ride and shoot, so Manchu women also braid their hair when riding and shooting. After Manchu entered the customs, women didn't have as many opportunities to ride horses and shoot arrows as before, so they put their long braids in a bun.
After the establishment of Nurhachi, it has always been stipulated that when holding grand celebrations, you must wear imperial clothes and crowns, so the rules for making imperial clothes and crowns at this time are becoming more and more strict. Later, after entering the customs, the royal family paid more attention to women's hairstyles, so "the second son was the first to be promoted."
On important occasions, the queen not only wears a crown, but also wears some ornaments to make herself more beautiful, so there are two small heads. Empresses can insert some simple ornaments when they take off their crowns. At first, princes and nobles did not advocate extravagance, and women mostly dressed up with velvet flowers or flowers, without heavy gold and silver jewelry.
During Kang Yong's reign, the quality of life of princes and nobles was strict. Women, in particular, don't make a lot of gold and silver jewelry to wear. For example, in the film and television drama "The Queen of the Palace", Dunsu's imperial concubine Nianshi accepted the support of her family and made luxurious jewelry with a lot of gold and silver. This phenomenon is absolutely impossible in Yongzheng period.
Empresses' jewelry in the Qing Dynasty was handed down from generation to generation. After their death, they can only bring a small amount of funerary objects into the imperial tomb. Every piece of jewelry must be registered, and concubines are not allowed to make jewelry privately and accept money from their parents. It can be seen that the plot in the TV series can only be seen. If carefully matched with history, most of them are biased.
Kangxi and Yongzheng were busy creating a prosperous scene. Of course, many things happen. Kangxi and Yongzheng solved many problems for future generations, pacified San Francisco, outwitted Ao Bai and solved the border problem. When Emperor Qianlong succeeded to the throne, his father and grandfather saved a lot of money, and Qianlong began to enjoy life.
At this time, Qianlong relaxed the requirements and no longer strictly controlled the empresses to wear ornaments, so many concubines began to wear gold, silver and other jewelry, and put beautiful beads on their heads in order to be beautiful. But the simple second head can't bear the heavy beads, so the brand-new hairstyle has been respected.
In the middle of the Qianlong period, in order to wear more jewelry on your head, you invented a hair rack and fixed it on your hair with a wig. Hair stands firmly on your head, even if you wear heavy jewelry on your head, it won't fall off. The two heads in this period are smaller than before, and the shape of the two heads is slightly larger. Together with the fixation of the hair rack, more jewelry can be worn.
During the Jiaqing period, the two heads were improved to "prefix" and "ruyitou", and the hair rack became larger, and more wigs were wrapped around the hair rack. You can wear more beads on your hair, which makes your appearance changeable and more beautiful. However, it is natural for women to love beauty, hoping that they can be more luxurious and beautiful, wear more jewelry and luxurious clothes, so the more complicated shelf heads are all admired by concubines.
Compared with the wishful head and prefix, the frame head is fixed with a double bun. When holding grand celebrations, most concubines and aristocratic women comb their heads and wear more gorgeous beads. Hair style is stable, curlers and wigs are used more, and luxurious clothes and flags can better show the identity of female aristocrats.
Finally, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi invented a new and more luxurious hairstyle, "big wings pull". Because of its large shape, this hairstyle is no longer fixed on the head with hair. Instead, luxurious silks and satins, with hair in a bun and a crown on it.
Later, the big wing became bigger and higher, like a big board, so it was called "flag board". It can decorate flowers on the front and back and hang beautiful tassels on the side. Empress Dowager Cixi loved this kind of flag head very much. Under the esteem of Empress Dowager Cixi, aristocratic women almost always keep this hairstyle on important occasions.
However, the wing or flag head plate is too heavy. Women wear heavy wings as well as heavy robes. They must have stiff necks and need help when walking. They are very tired. Therefore, such costumes are only worn on important occasions, and ordinary people or daily life rarely dress up in such a complicated way.
Conclusion:
Manchu is originally a nation advocating horseback riding and archery, claiming to conquer the world on horseback. However, just looking at the development history of female hairstyles, it is not difficult to see that in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, some habits of ancestors did not get a good continuation, but instead pursued luxury and falsehood. What we see more is that nobles enjoy life, sign unequal treaties, cede land and pay reparations, and bow to the powers. If we look at the daily life of ordinary people, even if they are naked, hungry and can't afford to wear clothes, how can they pursue what they wear and what they wear appropriately?
Judging from the change of hair style, the demise of the Qing government is inevitable. The closed door made the feudal dynasty self-righteous When other countries made great efforts to develop their industries, only the closed hearts of all China people congratulated them in the Qing Dynasty. If you fall behind, you will be beaten, just like the devastated country at that time. Fortunately, I was born in modern society, and with the continuous development, the motherland is getting richer and richer. At the same time, it also reminds us that no matter what we do, we should look at the problem from a developmental perspective, love our country, learn from the revolutionary predecessors and build our country with a loving heart.
References: Bodhisattva Man, explaining the Qing Dynasty in detail and talking about the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty.