In ancient times, soldiers used to wear a scarf to wipe their foreheads. In China's Notes on Ancient and Modern Times, the article entitled "Wipe your forehead" wrote: "When Qin Shihuang patrolled the sea, there were also sea gods coming to the DPRK. They all wear robes and open their mouths, thinking it is a military ceremony, which is not easy to control so far. "
This is also very common among martial artists in the Tang Dynasty. Li He's poem "Painting the East Corner" says: "The spray touches the forehead, and the flag welcomes the tide all night." Zi Zhi Tong Jian, Volume 2 15, Two Years of Emperor Xuanzong Tianbao, article: "Cui Chengfu, wei ren, Shaanxi Province, was wearing a brocade half-arm, and he lacked a blue hip to give him, and his head was red. (Bow, today people call it a stroke. ) "In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the amount of arrowhead was a headdress lined with men's hoes. The color and technology of the amount of arrowhead varied with different ranks, such as red embroidery used by instructors in the Song Dynasty and purple embroidery used by arrow-recruiting classes. In Song Dynasty, men advocated wearing headscarves, and their foreheads were mostly used by women. In the Song Dynasty, women were more particular about making trowels than before. Usually, five-color brocade is cut into various specific shapes and embroidered with colors. Some are decorated with pearls and gems, and gradually move closer to jewelry.
The Ming Dynasty was a popular time to wipe one's forehead. At that time, women, regardless of rank, master and servant, often wore such ornaments between their foreheads. During this period, the shape of the trowel also changed greatly. In addition to wrapping cloth around the forehead, there are many styles: some are made of colored brocade and tied to the forehead; Some are made into strips with gauze and hidden in the eyebrows; Some are made of black silk and hung on the forehead, and there is also a kind of trowel, which is woven into a net with silk rope and decorated with pearls and green flowers and wound around the forehead for a week when used. This float is called fisherman's towel, or fisherman's towel. In fact, there are still relics. The trowel used in winter is generally made of thick materials such as velvet, coat and felt. Some are made of silks, satins and silks, and the appearance is embroidered with colors; The sommelier will also decorate pearls and jade, and install metal buckles at both ends, which are tied around the forehead and behind the back when used. There are also various shapes: some are wide in the middle and narrow at both ends; Some are narrow in the middle and wide at both ends, while the latter covers both ears when used. Because this kind of forehead has the function of keeping out the cold, it is called warm forehead. Women in wealthy families advocate making warm foreheads with skin. Commonly used skins include otter skin, fox skin and mink skin. The mink fox's skin is the most valuable. This furry animal skin is wrapped on the forehead like a rabbit crouching, so it is also called a lying rabbit figuratively. There is even a trowel made of carved gold and silver inlaid with pearls and shining. There is also a gold contract besides scratch music, which is similar to scratch music, but narrower than scratch music.
In the Ming Dynasty, quotas were also used by women. At first, women used handkerchiefs made of healds to form a net to cover their hair. Later, they used cloth and silk, black silk in winter and black gauze in summer. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were two kinds of forehead pads, each about one foot square and obliquely folded into a strip about one inch wide. One is worn inside, the other is covered outside, and tied in a flat knot in front of the outer frame. It seems a little troublesome to put it on and take it off every day Therefore, women cut their hair and forehead according to their size, and put them in the middle with coarse brocade and silks, usually made of black velvet, black silk and black gauze, which is called headband, also called "black pocket". When in use, it can be worn once and taken off once, which is very convenient. Headbands come in various forms, wide and narrow, and two ear protectors are cut on both sides. When women in rich and powerful families wear hair bands and black pockets, they often decorate them with jade, jade and other jewels. In winter, in addition to the above materials, more are made of animal skins, while some exquisite ones are made of mink and otter skins, commonly known as "mink cover" or "lying rabbit", and even carved with gold and silver, inlaid with pearls and green, shining. There is also a gold contract besides scratch music, which is similar to scratch music, but narrower than scratch music.
In the Qing Dynasty, this kind of dress was popular among aristocratic women and ordinary people's families, and it can be seen in operas and film and television dramas. Typically, in the TV series A Dream of Red Mansions, the old ladies and gentlemen in Rongning Mansion wipe their foreheads with different materials. This kind of costume can also be seen everywhere in China traditional operas.