Most of them are inlaid with jewels. Empresses and concubines like to wear headdresses. Because of its large flowers and large coverage, it looks magnificent when worn between the "two ends". The headdress flower has the intention of beautifying the bun, and also shows the significance of identity and status. In many portraits and photos of Cixi, we can see her towering bun and wearing a big headdress. Cixi not only likes jewelry headdresses, but also likes to wear large velvet flowers. This is because "velvet flower" in Chinese is similar to "splendor" in Manchu, and wearing velvet flower means splendor. Empresses and concubines in the Qing Dynasty wore velvet headdresses all year round for good luck.
The plain materials worn by the Empresses in Qing Dynasty are gold, silver, jade, jadeite, tortoise shell, palm, sandalwood, pearls and precious stones. Its exquisite workmanship is rare in the world. For example, gold silk dipped in jade, silver inlaid with precious stones, golden flower jade carving, and so on. On a narrow plane only one inch wide,
Can make beautiful patterns such as flowers, birds, fish and insects, pavilions, melons and fruits.
The flat square of Manchu women in Qing Dynasty has a similar function to the long hairpin in Han Dynasty.
And have the same size. It's just different people. It can be inferred that the rectangle may have evolved from the long hairpin. But there are also rectangular ones and small ones. At the funeral, the wife was her husband Dai Xiao. Put down the "two heads" and insert a small flat bone about 3 inches into the head. If the daughter-in-law is Dai Xiao, a small square of silver or copper should be inserted to show the difference.
Wings with caps were popular in the late Qing Dynasty: a hard shell shaped like a sector,
It's about a foot high. According to the size of the head circumference, a hoop and skeleton were made of iron wire, and then a tire was made of cloth. Covered with green satin and green flannel, make a fixed purely decorative head. Wear it on your head when in use, and take it off and put it aside when not in use. It can not only beautify the hair, but also choose and wear it freely. It is said that the big pull wing replaced the two heads combed with a hair rack, which was the original creation of Cixi. Cixi was named empress dowager, but she was actually a queen. Her position is different from that of the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty. Besides, she lives in luxury and spends a lot of money. Food, clothing, housing and transportation must meet her standards of pursuing beauty.