The hairpin was used to tie hair and decorate it in ancient times, why is it not popular now?

In the 5,000-year history of the development of the Chinese nation, there have long been records about hairpins, which refer to a kind of jewelry used to fix and decorate hair. In the Neolithic Age, China used a flute to fix the bun, the use of the flute is not only to fix the bun, but also used to fix the crown hat, the hat in ancient times can be worn on the head, but the crown can only be worn in the bun, and it needs to be fixed with the flute.

There is such an explanation in Cihai: hairpin, a long needle used by the ancients to insert a hair bun or a crown in the hair. Historical Records.

In the "Funny Biography", it is said: "There is a fallen hairpin in the front, and a hairpin in the back." There is also a sentence in Du Fu's "Spring Hope" that "the white head scratches shorter, and the desire is overwhelming".

The Han people in China have the traditional custom of using hairpins to fix hair and hairdressing, and their hairpins have a wide variety of types, have a long history, have strong national characteristics, and contain rich cultural connotations.

For example, the crown ceremony is a sign of male and female adulthood. In terms of style, hosta has male and female use, generally speaking, the male hairpin is longer, more attention to practicality, the hairpin head decoration pattern is relatively simple, and the pattern of auspicious longevity is more. Since the Qing Dynasty, because men have kept their yin and yang heads, hostas are mostly used by women, and the ends of women's hairpins are ruyi-shaped, engraved with moire patterns.

In general, the length of the male hairpin is generally 20cm or even longer. It seems that the nobles will use hostas (referring to Hetian jade, there was no jadeite in ancient times) during general sacrifices and major ceremonies), but it is not recommended to use hostas for daily hairpins, because high-quality jade ** is expensive and easy to damage.

In the early days of human society, people of both men and women generally wore long hair loose over their shoulders. Later, with the development of labor production and the increase of people's interactions, they felt that it was quite inconvenient for the long hair to be scattered, so they tied it with a rope and tied it with a bone hairpin. Until the late primitive society, four or five thousand years ago, people still treated their hair in this way.

By the Xia and Shang periods, people began to decorate themselves with braids until the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But there is a slight difference in braids between men and women. After that, the woman began to pull her bun on her head.

According to ancient records: "Since my ancestor Yellow Emperor made his clothes, he has concealed his body, only showing his face, confusing, and unrecognizable."

After the saint knew that it was true, he ordered men to wear braids and women's buns, so that they could be seen at a glance, and the sincerity and law were good and beautiful. "The Book of Rites. In the notes of the Quli Chapter, there is a record that if a woman is allowed to marry, she will be paid 15 yuan, and if she is not allowed to marry, she will be given 20 yuan.

It's because at that time people had long hair and needed to be coiled up, but now it's all short hair, so it doesn't need to.

I think this is the impact of the progress of the times. There is also a reason why hairpins were popular in ancient times, and there were no such hair accessories as they are now.

At that time, you could only rely on hairpins to pull up your hair, and now hairpins are also very popular in some places, but they are not popular.

This question is asked, because modern people are more concise and pay more attention to efficiency, so they are used less now.

Times are advancing, and some things are just a wave that has passed.

It seems that short collarbone hair is more popular now, and people's appreciation of beauty has changed.

The hairpin was a bundle of hair in ancient times, and there were many people with long hair at that time for decoration.

Troublesome, hairpins and demand have become smaller.

Originally used for self-defense**.

I laughed, of course for my hair.

Used to fix and decorate hair.

Hairpin, a type of jewelry used in ancient China to fix and decorate hair. It is a very old term for modern women, but when watching costume dramas, they can always be impressed by the exquisite effects they embellish.

In addition to metal and wattle branches, ancient hairpins were also made of various materials such as bamboo, wood, jade, tortoiseshell, ceramics, bone, teeth, gold, silver, and copper. The hairpin style is very rich, and the main changes are mostly concentrated in the hairpin head. It has a variety of shapes, and likes to use flowers, birds, fish, insects, birds and animals as the shape of the hairpin.

Common flower species are plum, lotus, chrysanthemum, peach, peony and hibiscus.

The names of the hairpins in the Ming people's "Tianshui Iceberg Record" include "Golden Peach Blossom Top Hairpin", "Golden Plum Blossom Treasure Top Hairpin", "Golden Chrysanthemum Treasure Top Hairpin", "Golden Jewel Top Hairpin", "Golden Chambers Inverted Weeping Lotus Hairpin", "Golden Chambers Cat's Eye Top Hairpin", "Golden Plum Blossom Hairpin" and other names. Hairpins headed by animals are commonly found in dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, birds, and swimming fish. Among them, the phoenix hairpin is the most abundant and the most exquisitely made.

A hairpin refers to a type of jewelry that is used to hold and decorate hair. There is such an explanation in "Cihai": hairpin, a kind of long needle used by the ancients to insert a hair bun or a crown in the hair, later refers to the jewelry of women's buns. The initial role of the hairpin is to be used for self-defense at a critical time

Ancient people used hairpins not only to prevent hair from falling out when tying hair, but also to fix hair; Ancient people also used hairpins as a hidden weapon that was convenient for them to carry, and used them for stabbing.

Bu Shao - a kind of jewelry for ancient women. Take its steps and shake, hence the name. Its production is mostly bent into the shape of a dragon and a phoenix, and it is decorated with pearls and jade. Six down, the more complicated the fancy style, or into the birds and beasts flower branches, etc., crystal shining, mixed with hairpins, hairpins on the hair.

It could be Huasheng, the kind that is worn on the forehead. The headdress of Lu Qingcheng of the Dragon Gate Dart Bureau is a hair ring.

If it was a fixed flag head in the Qing Dynasty, it was called Bian Fang.

The same function as the hairpin, there are also step shakes and hairpins, and there are also fixed with grates (the grate is a comb with a very dense ruler, which was used to grate off the head lice on the head in ancient times, and is still retained by Japanese geisha).

There are some differences between a bun and a hairpin in terms of structure and use.

1.Structure: A bun is usually made from a strand of hair, which is made by putting the hair together and burying it in a bun on the top of the head, on the side of the head or at the back of the head. The hairpin, on the other hand, is usually made of two strands of hair, and is a fixed hairpin of the bend family.

Overall, there are noticeable differences in structure and purpose between buns and hairpins, with buns being mainly used to fix hairstyles, while hairpins are mainly used to fix and decorate hair.

The knots of the two are different, and the bun is usually made into a strand and the hairpin is made into a double strand. There are some differences in use. Hairpin, a kind of jewelry used by the Han people in ancient China to fix and decorate their hair.

The bun is a long-haired potato hair style that gathers the hair together and coils it on the top of the head, on the side of the head or at the back of the head.