"Wood shavings water" is the slightly sticky water of paulownia wood shavings. In the past, women used to comb their hair to make it bright, clean and moist. Wood shavings water is called sticky tree in ancient times and concentrated wood shavings in Shanghai dialect. What kind of tree is the concentrated shavings of this sticky tree? Mr. He Youzhi, a painter, explained that "it is an elm tree" in "Self-talk and Self-painting".
"Carved water" is a great creation and invention of our ancient ancestors. There was no accurate written record of its origin, but it reached a peak of development and perfection in the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang dynasty, women first tied all kinds of hairstyles with fine bamboo silk and fixed them on their heads, then soaked their hair with "shaving water" and coiled it in a circle, and then took a sip with a fine comb.
After the hair is dried, it naturally sets and creates a variety of beautiful hairstyles, which makes ambassadors from all over the world amazed when they come to Korea. "Wood shavings water" developed to the Republic of China, and gradually declined with the entry of western chemical hair cream and hair oil, but it was still used by many people in the vast land. In fact, the unique effect of shaving water: natural and non-toxic, which is beyond the reach of modern chemical coagulants.
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Other functions of "shavings water": According to legend, Empress Dowager Cixi mashed torreya nuts, walnuts and arborvitae leaves together, soaked them in snow water and mixed them with shavings water. She often loses her hair because of oily hair. At that time, the doctor also specially prescribed a recipe for licking her head, using mint, angelica dahurica, agastache leaves, angelica sinensis and other traditional Chinese medicines. As a result, in her seventies, Cixi's hair was still like black velvet.
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