Original title: The rare equipment of ancient beauties can scratch their heads!
Ming Gold and silver glazed enamelware Filigree inlaid with jade inlaid treasure gold hairpin
Sell flowers on the shoulders, buy a branch of spring to put.
The tear stains are light and even, like the dew marks of Tongxia Xiaoxiao.
Afraid Lang guessed that slave noodles were not as good as flower noodles.
The clouds are slanted, and the disciples want to teach Lang Bi and look.
- "Minus Magnolia", Song Li Qingzhao
Hairpins are one of the most important objects in the lives of the ancients, with the role of inserting and wearing decorations on the bun or holding the bun to fix the hair ornament. Originally called "jī", people used bones as a fence to tie their hair to make their faces cleaner and more convenient and better at work.
Later, people sublimated the meaning of the basket from the daily utensils, and regarded it as an important artifact for men and women to perform the rite of passage. "Twenty men, crown and word", "Women promise to marry, ten has five years and the fence". Slender and exquisite, fixed in the crown of hair, green silk as a cloud bun, for each young man who has not faded to give a school of elegant temperament, so that men have solemnity, women have charm.
In ancient times, whether it was a concubine in the palace or a lady in the boudoir, there would be a hairpin of her own.
A hairpin marks the growth node of a woman, she is no longer a child under the wings of her parents, she is about to marry a woman, to experience human experience.
Ruby dots pierce beaded flowers
Clear/width 23 cm/length 24.5 cm
I feel that the woman with the hairpin, Fanghua is long, never old. The ornament that is most similar to the spirit of the woman in the world is probably the hairpin.
Silver gilded Yoshiki tassels (pair)
Clear / width 2.8 cm / length 18 cm
Buried in the hair, exposing the neck of the swan, the snow white shoulders are looming, and the hair is scattered. Whether it is after the rolling red dust, the noble lady left the way; Or the look back and shallow smile of the woman who "bowed her head to get the lotus seed, and the lotus seed is as clear as water", which is fascinating.
Part of "Lady of the Flowers"
The Tang and Song dynasties and later generations were the flourishing times of the popularity of hairpins, as we can see from the "Lady of hairpins". The style of the Hairpin in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is very rich, and the changes are mostly concentrated in the head of the hairpin.
Tourmaline-encrusted gem flowers
Clear/width 11 cm/length 27 cm
It is said that Cixi favors ruby, coral, emerald texture peony hairpin and butterfly hairpin. She became a widow at the age of 27 and needed to be released for 27 months, and the hairpin on her head had to be changed to a simple style. Therefore, the manufacturing office was reluctantly ordered to produce a batch of plain silver, gray white jade, agarwood and other head hairpins.
At the end of the release period, this batch of jewelry was quickly beaten into the cold palace, and since then, Cixi has been wearing a rich and gorgeous headpin until the old age.
Cixi's favorite peony hairpin
There is also a story related to Cixi's hairpin, which is even more cold and resolute. After the failure of the Wushu Reformation, Cixi imprisoned Guangxu in Yingtai. One day, Empress Longyu went to see Guangxu, and Guangxu did not like her, and did not even look back, even saying "Kneel down twice."
LongYu was in a difficult position, so Guangxu turned around and pushed her out of the door, with too much force, touched the jade hairpin on Longyu's head, and fell to the ground and fell in half. This headpin was passed down to Longyu by Cixi. Longyu cried to Cixi, and Cixi was furious, and from then on he kept strict care of Guangxu, sending food and cold soup, and a jade hairpin became the fuse for the two to completely break up.
Inlaid with jade flowers and red sapphire double beaded blonde hairpins in the collection of the Ming Dynasty Guanfu Museum
Since the emergence of spontaneous hairpins, its form has been constantly changing, and gold, silver, teeth, jade, etc. have also appeared in the material, and there is also a continuous development, that is, craftsmanship. Or engraved or hollowed out or burnt blue or dotted green, each has its own beauty. It also makes us have to sigh at the ingenuity of jewelry artists.
Inlaid with jade flowers and red sapphire double beaded blonde hairpins in the Ming Dynasty Guanfu Museum collection
The golden hairpin, painstakingly smiling, the small hairpin carries almost all the metalworking skills: hammering, molding, engraving, filigree, filigree, hollowing, inlaying, etc., the craftsmanship is so fine that it has reached a breathtaking point.
Liaoning silver gilded phoenix
Ming Butterfly-shaped pure golden hairpin
Ming gold flower hairpin (pair)
Ming Dynasty Golden Hairpin
Ming Xuande three years engraved inscription golden hairpin (pair)
Ming Dynasty Flower golden hairpin
Qing 18th/19th century Gold-encrusted gemstone "Fushou Changqing" figure flower hairpin (pair)
Silver hairpin, quiet and restrained, as if falling into the dust of time.
Pavilion pattern hollow silver hairpin
Qing Dynasty Ruyi head silver hairpin
Gilded ruyi large silver hairpin
Mingfeng high relief phoenix wearing peony hairpins
Dot Cui, the craftsmanship is complicated, the ingenuity is unique, luxurious and exquisite, pouring the painstaking efforts of the craftsmen.
Inventory the kingfisher butterfly inlaid with compass pins
Qing silver gilded dot cui dragon head fu shou hairpin (pair)
Inventory of jade inlaid white jade phoenix
Jade hairpin, delicate texture, ancient appearance, moon white streamer warm, or fine impurities, a little carved traces, with the beauty of traveling clouds and flowing water.
Tang Jade carved immortals riding on phoenix hairpins
Ming white jade serial Zen pattern hairpin
Ming White Jade Crested Hairpin
Late Ming/Qing White Jade Inlaid with Hundreds of Jade Dots
Late Ming and early Qing dynasties White Jade Fulu Shou Qiu
Qing Bai Yu Ruyi head hairpin
Qing White Jade Jade Hairpin (Pair)
Qing 17th century Jade dragon pattern elbow hairpin
Wood hairpins, made from solid wood, or peach or sandalwood, have accumulated over the years and precipitated with a natural aroma. Carefully carved and polished, the hairpin shape is delicate, the hairpin body is shiny, simple and elegant, and even a little breeze and skinny.
The change of hairpins has deeply entered the long history of China and made us deeply feel the splendid culture of China for 5,000 years. Whether it is the past life or this life, it will drag us into a historical masterpiece, into a legendary story.