Today, when we wear it, we will bring some jewelry with us. We wear many kinds of jewelry on our heads. In ancient times, these jewels would be worn on us. It seems that the ancient way of dressing has become very fashionable.
What does the head jewelry set include?
The so-called "targeting top"
It is a complete headdress, with hairpins, hairpins, pendants and other jewelry inserted in it. Since the Song Dynasty, it has become the main decoration of aristocratic women's bun, and in the Ming Dynasty, the style has been further renovated.
"Pick the heart" is mainly decorated in the center of the bun.
The "top hairpin" is directly inserted into the top of the bun to support and fix the bun.
"Distraction" is mostly inserted in the middle of the back of the bun, opposite to picking the heart.
"Covering the sideburns" refers to the hairpin on the sideburns, usually two pieces, which are respectively inserted at the lower side of the bun.
The "hairpin" is inserted in the upper part of the mask and also plays a decorative role.
Generally, there are three hair combs, a pair of hairpins, a pair of walking combs, and forehead ornaments in the Tang Dynasty. The requirements of the rich and the poor are different in different periods. The above is the most basic. It is said that there are twelve haircombs, a pair of hairpins and a pair of hairpins. And the material is different. The rich use gold, silver, pearls and tortoise shells, while the poor use wood. ...
What does the whole set of jewelry include?
Jewelry now widely refers to birds, earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, etc., which are processed from precious metals and precious stones.
I'm afraid it's difficult to verify exactly when people wear jewelry. However, it is not difficult to infer that from the time when human beings began to realize the decoration and beautification of themselves, human beings also formed an indissoluble bond with them. The most primitive jewelry of mankind can probably be traced back to the distant Stone Age.
Full set of names of ancient headdresses
The headdress of ancient women, wearing different headdresses on different occasions, can be divided into: hairpin, hairpin, hairpin, Watson, bud, tread and comb.
1, and
In ancient times, it was used to penetrate or fix hair and crowns. It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "The embarrassment of the skin is the embarrassment of the Jue." Zheng Xuan's note: "Hey, today's hairpin." Ancient women often used a knot to fix their hair. In ancient times, when women came of age, they put their hair up with a spell, so the spell also refers to the rite of passage for women.
2. Bang
Developed from the quilt, it is a long needle used by the ancients to fix the bun or crown. Can be made of metal, bone, jade, etc. Later, it specifically refers to women's bun jewelry. Yi, hairpin, make your head into a hairpin that can scratch your head, so it is commonly called scratching your head. Miscellanies of Xijing records that when Emperor Wu visited Li Furen, he scratched his head with a jade hairpin. From then on, everyone in the harem scratched their heads with a jade hairpin.
Step 3: bang
A kind of jewelry is made up of two hairpins crossed and combined. It is used to fix the hair, and it is also used to fix the hat on the hair. Notes on Chai Zi in Ancient and Modern China in the Five Dynasties: "Chai Zi covered the ancient monument. In Qin Mugong, it was made of ivory, and the king was awarded the honor of tortoise shell. At the beginning, the emperor was also made of gold and silver as a phoenix head, tortoise shell as a phoenix foot, and posthumous title as a phoenix hairpin. " There is a difference between a hairpin and a hairpin. Hairpins are made into one strand, and hairpins are generally made into two strands.
4. Huasheng
That is, a flower-shaped jewelry that flowers win over ancient women, usually made into the shape of flowers and plants, inserted in a bun or embroidered on the forehead. Interpretation of names and jewelry: "Watson, Hua, like flowers of vegetation; Winning, people describe it as waiting, one person wins it, and the front is decorated. " Tang Yan stone drum note; "Victory is also a woman's jewelry, and the Han Dynasty was called Watson."
Step 5: Shake your steps
A kind of jewelry worn by ancient women on their hairpins. Interpretation of names and jewelry: "Beads are hung on the steps, and the steps are also shaken." Wang Xianqian summed up the explanation and quoted Chen Xiang as saying, "In the Han Dynasty, gold was a phoenix, with a mansion under it and jade in front of it. When it hangs down, it will shake. " Bai Juyi used this sentence in Song of Eternal Sorrow: "The clouds in her hair, the petals on her cheeks, and the golden ripples in her crown when she walked are covered by warm hibiscus curtains on spring nights." To describe yang guifei.
6.fireplace
A comb tool that is denser than a comb. It also refers to combing hair with a comb to remove hair scales. China pays attention to etiquette since ancient times, and people attach great importance to their appearance and decoration. Combs were a necessity in ancient times. Women, in particular, are almost inseparable from their bodies, and after a long time, they will form a grooming atmosphere. Combs in Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties were mostly trapezoidal, and their height was obviously reduced. Their materials and decorations vary according to their uses.
After the Song Dynasty, combs tended to be flat, usually made into a half-moon shape. The combing style in Ming and Qing Dynasties basically maintained the Song system.
7. flower buds
Flower-shaped decorations made of gold, silver, jade and shellfish. Zhong Note: "Flower-shaped ornaments are made of precious things, such as gold, mother-of-pearl, precious stones, emeralds and jade."
The whole set of headdress jewelry includes the core, which is mainly used to decorate the bun. The top pin can fix the bun well, and it is distracted and inserted in the middle of the back of the bun to cover and decorate the temple, and the hair pin is inserted in the upper part of the temple to cover the temple. Under normal circumstances, the general decoration is a pair of hairpins and a pair of walking positions.