What are the styles of ancient hairpins? Is there any attention to the length of the hairpin?

When we look at the cultural relics, we will find that the names of the hairpins are particularly long, such as the white jade dragon hairpin, the silver-gilt phoenix hairpin and so on. In fact, these are all decorated with raw materials, styles, workmanship, dynasties, etc.

To put it simply, there are several styles of hairpins. The first is a hairpin, which is a pole; The second is a hairpin, which has two poles; The third is the hair comb, which is like a small comb, but it is not used to comb the hair, but there are many patterns on the back of the comb for decoration; The fourth is the hair cutting, which is a small flower pattern, all with short poles, which are used to supplement the decoration. The hairpin and hairpin will be a little deformed, that is, a string of tassels, or pearls, or gems will be added to the tail, which is also known as step rocking.

The shape of the pole can also change, for example, it is not cylindrical, it can be flat, which is called a flat hairpin and a flat hairpin.

In addition, hairpins will also appear in various names due to the different raw materials, workmanship, style, etc. For example, raw materials, can be used wood, jade, aggregates, metal, etc., the hairpin and the style of the main rod, rich in variety, the hairpin can be made into birds and animals, flowers, birds, insects and fish, the pole is decorated with various patterns, among which more is the "phoenix hairpin" that we often hear.

There are many styles of hairpins in ancient times, some of them are flat and square, and some are round. The shape of the hairpin head is also diverse, some are flowers, birds, fish and insects, some are the shape of birds and animals, and there are other shapes!

Hairpins are generally three or four inches long, and there are longer ones, but there are very few.

The hairpin has a pointed head and a round pimple at the tail. The head is thin and easy to insert into the bun, and the small bumps at the tail make it firm.

There is also a kind of flat hairpin, which is thick at both ends and thin in the middle, mostly silver and copper. The two sides of the flat hairpin are reversed, the front side is decorated with flowers and grass blades and auspicious patterns, and the reverse side is light, and the whole shape is slightly bent inward.

The flat hairpin has a very obvious decorative significance, fixed on the hair, shining.

The hairpin is an indispensable ornament for women of many nationalities when grooming their hair, and it is an effective product for women to fix their hair and beautify their hair, which is the main reason why it has been used for thousands of years.

The process of making a hairpin is as follows:

First of all, it is a line, and there are many patterns of hairpins, which can be set according to your preferences. Choose one or design a pattern you like and draw it directly on the wood with a pencil. Then there is the saw, where the wood is fixed to the vise, and then sawed by hand with a wire saw.

Then sharpen and file, and use a knife to sharpen the excess hairpin handle part of the wood, like a pencil, taking care not to cut too much. After cutting off the flute, fix the hairpin on the vice, file it with a four-in-one file, continue to file, and file the hairpin handle partially. Depending on the shape of the pattern, use a small wooden file or a knife punch to repair it little by little.

The last step is sanding, and after filing the shape, it is sandpapered in turn. This process seems very simple, there are not many skills used, but the actual process is very cumbersome, each layer of sandpaper must be sanded for at least a few minutes, this process must not jump sandpaper, layer by layer slowly grinding.

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

As a kind of jewelry used to fix and decorate hair, 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, and later specifically refers to the jewelry of women's buns. During the Tang and Song dynasties and later generations, hairpins were extremely popular.

Many of the women in the Dunhuang murals of the Tang Dynasty are full of flower hairpins.