Why does the old lady in A Dream of Red Mansions wear a headscarf?
Wang Xifeng's clothing description is basically concentrated in the first few films, and I think the 87 th edition of A Dream of Red Mansions is also based on this. Another detailed description of Wang Xifeng's clothes is the sixth time "Jia Baoyu's first experience and rain, when Liu Lao enters the house": it is said that Xifeng often wears a mink cover, a peach-colored coat, a sapphire carved squirrel cloak and a red crepe silver mouse leather skirt. Many people are familiar with this Zhao Jun suit and Zhu Zhu Fun, but their positions are ambiguous. Lezi and Zhaojunji are two kinds of hair bands, but the hair bands in Ming Dynasty are divided into three types. One is the ground bun, which surrounds the bun like a circle at the position below it, and is used as a leading jewelry, such as silk rope or gauze, which is called fisherman's fun. Those headdresses inlaid with pearls made of metal or silk, also known as saving pearls, are many gold headdresses inlaid with jewels, which imitate the childhood of Amin dynasty official Yan Song. The second category is rejection. "Continued Han Shu" said: "The north is cold, and mink is used to warm the forehead and attach a crown, which is turned into jewelry. This is the origin of rejection. " The warm forehead of mink, that is, the lying exemption mentioned by Ming people, is built for future generations. Moreover, it clearly shows that his position is attached to the crown, that is, on his head, which can be seen from the Millennium Beauty in the Ming Dynasty and Princess Yongzheng's Drama Music in the early Qing Dynasty. The third category is Baotou. Lian's Notes in the Cloud wrote: "Baotou, regardless of age. Ten years in Wanli, it was still a mane headband in summer, and now it is very easy to wrap your head. Mature Luohu was used in the Spring and Autumn Period. It was still very wide at first, but now it is getting narrower and narrower. " Moreover, the previous life-saving beads were not scratched, but should refer to her private household clothes. Knowing how Feng's bun is inserted and worn, you will know where Feng's life-saving beads are. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, high bun was no longer popular and was gradually replaced by flat bun. These three kinds of hair bands finally reached Baotou, which became narrower and narrower, and finally became a tie on the forehead. Therefore, in the 87th edition of A Dream of Red Mansions, Xifeng was dressed according to the established customs of later generations. What we see is only the shrinking of Baotou.