Nowadays, the Qing Palace drama is very popular with the audience, and the clothes and costumes of the ladies and ladies in the play are very special, especially they all wear very delicate long nail sets, which is also a symbol of their status and status for the harem concubines, and the reason why they invented the long nail set in addition to facilitating the emperor has a very important purpose, that is, for self-defense.
Qing Dynasty concubines wear nail sets are mostly made of metal and tortoiseshell, so it is very gorgeous and hard, can protect the nails very well, at that time Manchu Qing women like to grow long nails to show their status of honor, because the working people have to work every day, can not keep long nails, so long nails also show their pampering, for them this is not only a living habit, but also a great glory.
Cixi cherished her nails very much, her long nail sets are also valuable, beautiful, in order to maintain their nails every day to spend a lot of time and money, through the old photos left by Cixi can also know that Cixi's nail sets are very valuable, because she was the most powerful empress at that time, the concubines of different ranks and positions of power used different nail sets, so the emperor can distinguish the identity of concubines with nail covers, which is very convenient.
In addition to showing the dignity of their identity, long nail covers are also an important tool for the emperor to distinguish their identities, but in addition, these hard nail sleeves can also be self-defense, because their tops are very sharp, and Cixi has also applied anesthetic to the top of the nail sleeves, if in danger, you can use the nail sleeves to defend yourself, it is easy to scratch the enemy, so the harem concubines can wear long nail sleeves just in case.