There is a difference between ancient and modern times when it comes to women's modifications. The ancients were dressers, we were makeup. Is there a difference? Yes! Makeup is more about the face, drawing eyebrows and painting eyes; grooming includes the emphasis on combing hair, such as Li Qingzhao has "the wind and dust flowers have been exhausted, and the tired combing of hair at night and night" is tired. Wen Tingjun has "lazy to draw moth eyebrows, make up and wash late".
The ancients thought that the shawl was scattered and unkempt. In the Book of Poetry, Wei Feng, Boxi, there is "From the east of Bo, the first is like a flying puff." There is no anointing, who is fit. "After the beloved person went out on the expedition, his hair did not have the heart to comb, like a mess of grass.
Therefore, when women are pleasing to themselves, they always pay attention to the modification of hair.
I have seen many exhibitions and seen many Qing Palace headdresses. There are the queen's phoenix crowns, and there are also daily flat squares. Tidy up and look at the hair ornaments of the concubines of the Qing Palace.
WanRong chao dress image. There are not many women in the Qing dynasty who can wear phoenix crowns. This is the only one that has a photo.
Mink inlaid with beads queen winter crown.
The top is pressed with three golden silk phoenixes, and the top is inlaid with one large eastern bead, and one of the eastern beads runs between each layer.
Zhu Wei is surrounded by seven golden silk phoenixes, which are decorated with one cat's eye stone, nine east pearls, and pearls on the tail.
Dotted with beaded queen concubines towards the crown.
The top three layers, Jin Fengqi, and Jin Zhaiyi were the highest rank imperial crowns among the queen concubines.
What a beautiful phoenix!
The crown of the empress is only eligible to be worn by the queen, and it is also worn on the largest occasions. Usually or ordinary auspicious festivals, harem women wear more of a headdress called tungsten.
The tin is a beanie worn by the queen, concubines, and concubines. This kind of hat is generally woven with rattan wire into a hat frame, and some are wrapped in cardboard or fine wire with black silk thread for the tire and woven into the form of checkered patterns, money patterns, coiled intestines, etc., and then embedded in the hat rack with various gems and pearls to form a variety of auspicious patterns.
According to the number and style of tungsten flowers installed, it can be divided into semi-tungsten, full tungsten and phoenix, each with different use occasions. When you use it, wear it on your head like a hat.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the phoenix with dotted cui inlaid jewelry wore a peony pattern phoenix.
Dot cui inlaid jewelry five phoenix tin. This exhibit is displayed in the East Room of the Treasure Museum of the Forbidden City.
This tungsten is pearlescent, precious and luxurious.
The silk golden phoenix is exquisitely crafted.
Wen Xian Guifei Reiss Phoenix Crown. This piece is a cultural relic that was stolen and recovered from the Qing Tombs. It belongs to the Gentle Concubine.
Concubine Wen, concubine of Kangxi, daughter of Shu Bilong, half-sister of Empress Xiaozhaoren of Kangxi, and biological mother of Ten Brother Yin.
This cultural relic was exhibited at an exhibition of recovered cultural relics at the National Expo. The delicate reticulated golden phoenix and the reticulated gold flower are still adorned on the old black crown base. But a closer look at the craftsmanship of gold jewelry is absolutely superior. It is not the emperor's favor, not the mother's family has strength, except for the empress, the general concubines should not be able to afford it.
The phoenix crown of Concubine Wen is extremely exquisite. Because it is a recovered stolen cultural relic, it should not have had time to renovate it.
Clear black satin inlaid with cui phoenix play peony women's hat.
This piece is from the collection of the Palace Museum in Shenyang.
This kind of green mat is also a high-end commodity in the Forbidden City.
Material flower tin. This belongs to the semi-tin, usually or lower grade concubines used.
However, judging from the daily entertainment charts of the concubines left in the Qing Palace, there are more harem women combing the "two heads".
The hairstyles of the Qing palace women are inseparable from an ornament called "flat square",
The flat square is the most important tool for Manchu women to comb the "two heads", which is equivalent to the flat hairpin on the bun of Han women. It not only has a simple decorative effect, but also controls the bun from falling. Manchu women comb "two heads", initially dividing the real hair into two, relying on flat squares to fix. In the late Qing Dynasty, the two heads were made of green satin and installed on the top of the head, and the connection with the head seat made of real hair also relied on flat squares. The materials used to make flat squares are jade, jadeite, tortoiseshell, and some are gold tires, jade, or other jewelry, or gold chisels, silver gilding, etc.
In fact, earlier, the Manchu hairstyle was relatively simple, called Tuantou, braided braided plate head. Empress Xiaozhuang has a portrait of the head of the regiment without any ornaments on her head.
Before, many Concubines of the Qing Palace Drama wore such headdresses, called flag heads and large wings, but in fact, they appeared very late, and it was already the late Qing Dynasty. It is said that Cixi invented it in her later years because her hair was thinned. Therefore, in the "Burning of the Yuanmingyuan", Cixi wore the flag and wore it early, not to mention Yongzheng's concubines and Kangxi's concubines.
To the Republic of China, the flag head became more exaggerated and vulgar, not only larger in area, but also usually decorated with huge head flowers in the middle of the "flag head board". This is a photo of WanRong, and this big pulling wing is the characteristic of the Republic of China.
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