The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous ancient dynasty in the history of the mainland, and its cultural level, financial strength and national strength reached the peak of history. The economic development and political development of the Tang and Song dynasties reached a very high level, and the cultural prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, the citizen class and the rich class, both had a certain purchasing power, which led to the relatively emancipation of women's thinking in the Tang Dynasty, and the women's aesthetic and creative consciousness was also liberated to a certain extent.
Then, the wind of dressing began to prevail, Tang Dynasty women not only have high requirements for clothing, their hairstyles and hair accessories also began to pursue exquisite charm, then hairpin hairpin as an indispensable ornament, its production process is more and more sophisticated.
Women in the Tang Dynasty often used hairpins to do a variety of head styles, especially like high hairpins, increasing the head, so there are many more gaps, used to decorate women's favorite hairpins. They often insert their favorite hair ornaments such as walking shakes, hairpins, hairpins, hair buns, and combs on the towering hairpins.
Speaking of hair ornaments, it must be understood that Tang style hair noodles, Tang hair noodles have common flakes and long-horned flower noodles, of course, there are many uncommon expression techniques, such as flower and bird themes purely composed of filigree filigree, and there are more concise and light natural curves, step shake refers to a kind of jewelry inserted obliquely in the hair, exquisitely made, from Han to Tang, quite popular among aristocratic women. The steps are mostly twisted into birds, beasts and branches of gold as the top, and there is the beauty of the tassel hanging down, which is very moving.
In addition to the step shake, the flower and bird theme of the hair is a large proportion of the Tang Dynasty's business records, in the flowers in the flock of birds flying, as if this world is so wonderful, accommodating all directions, nourishing life, nurturing life, nature gives birth to a peaceful atmosphere, the use of flower and bird theme jewelry also presents an amazing, exquisite, flowing light and shadow, intoxicating heart feeling. The hair of the flower and bird theme is generally relatively long, and the head of the plutonium is generally hollowed out, and there are many small animals winding and waving on it, playing with the scene.
In addition to the above simple headdresses, the most complex in ancient times was the phoenix crown. In the middle of the last century, a large number of valuable Ming Dynasty gold and silver artifacts were unearthed from the famous tomb of Guantianba in Zunyi, Bozhou, and among these excavated cultural relics, the most amazing thing is the two golden phoenix crowns, which are exquisitely made and of great value, and this process has been admired by future generations.
These two phoenix crowns, one of which is large in size and very heavy, is also inlaid with a golden dragon as a foil, which is more luxurious and luxurious. The main owner of these two golden phoenix crowns is exactly what Yang's toast was built for his wife and concubines, and these two golden phoenix crowns reflect the strength and wealth of the local toast regime, and also reflect the thick burial customs of the Yang clan in Bozhou.
The golden phoenix crown uses a lot of fine gold craftsmanship, and the dragon phoenix, flowers, butterflies, etc. in the crown ornament are particularly exquisite. The Golden Wind Crown is exquisitely made, and in addition to using many exquisite gemstones, it has also injected the painstaking efforts of many craftsmen to create this perfect golden phoenix crown. The golden crown is set with countless gemstones, of which rubies and emeralds are the most precious. On its front is a six-petal qiongtai flower, the flower type is relatively full, highlighting the grace and magnificence of the phoenix crown, golden splendor. Then above the flower, there are five phoenixes standing, as if dancing in the wind, setting off the beautiful face of the owner, at the same time, its crown top has the shape of three dragons in the air, which is more exaggerated to show the high status of the master.
The golden phoenix crown is very exquisite from the inside to the outside, through disassembly, we found that his inner tube is a Ming-style beam crown, which is also inserted with a variety of Ming-style head jewelry and phoenix crown, and adds some dress jewelry to retain the construction of classical dress. Inside this golden phoenix crown, there are many small objects, do not look carefully at these small objects, but together to form this perfect golden phoenix crown, the golden wind crown with rubies and emeralds printed with each other, the crown of hair symmetry left and right, very beautiful, the proportion of up and down is also very appropriate, worn on the master's head, graceful atmosphere, rising brilliance, elegant and luxurious, elegant.
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