Wednesday, August 8, 2012

History of wigs in China

Are Chinese people have long been accustomed to wearing a wig, originally for upper class women accessories Han's wig, added to existing hair, making it more dense and can get more complex hair. The spring and Autumn period wigs prevailed, to the Han dynasty were developed based on the rites of hairstyles and hair accessories. Women are also commonly used during the period of the three kingdoms chignon; after Northern Qi, form the singular direction chignon, until the Yuan dynasty of Han nationality women started using something called the bun bun chignon. Bun bun styles that appear in the Qing dynasty still a lot, but after the establishment of the Republic of China, become easy hairstyles, wigs, fake bun for less. Japan traditional hairstyles are often coupled with a wig comb type. Wigs in Japan has a long history, it is said that Japan in the original dance, people have been using stalk of grass and flowers and vines as decoration on the head. In the Koryo dynasty started to spread on the Korean peninsula wear a chignon, ordered by the King of martyrs ' Korean national wear Mongolia suits, left Mongolia bun (disseminated). Later the Emperor Li Chenggui established Korean dynasty of Korea (Lee of Korea), adopted the "men drop women do not drop" policy, men restored Han women "Mongolian and Han parallel" and later developed into "Add wig" style. Pure women's Inga heavy wig broke his neck when the progenitor to death, revocation of Royal family married women only in the Palace and the provisions of nvguan must be wearing a wig.

Zhou Fang in the ladies whichare high bun in the Zhou Fang of Tang dynasty women ladies whichare comb high bun of the Tang dynasty women, is likely to add a wig China long wigs, early is the upper class women of accessories, used to encrypt the original hair, making hair more dense, making more complex the hair. The book · Yong Feng · referred to gentleman growing old together a wig called "Vice", and "wig disdain". "Wig" is a local wig or hair into a chignon. The book · called South · mining fan said the wig into a bun for "is", is the interchangeability of wig.

The rites are broken down into a variety of wigs, "the Deputy" righteousness in the "review", is a decorated wig; "part" is a non-decorated wig; "times" is a wig and really prepared up bun. Later, these names have been "wig" and "TI" alternative, "wig" means personnel made wigs, "TI" refers to the wig. Western Zhou dynasty Queen, upper class noble women such as Mrs June, major activities such as participating in the ritual, are wearing Deputy, editing and semi-precious jewellery. Chignon with specialized court officials of the Queen "architect" is responsible for stewardship.

The spring and Autumn period wigs prevailed, the Zuo Zhuan · mourning public 17 years records of Wei Zhuanggong seen on the walls of a surname of man's wife's hair is beautiful, people forcibly shaved off her hair, made into wigs for his wife Lv Jiang as a decoration, known as the "Lv Jiang髢". Men also wore wigs, Zi · heaven refers to the Yu Shi (Shun) bald head covered with a wig. Although the contents of the Zhuang Zi Guan Yu Shun legends of the genus, but visible man also used wigs.

In accordance with the rites of the Han dynasty developed a hairstyle and hair accessories. Such as the Empress Dowager to chignon to host a variety of headwear bearing the heavy and complex, and later evolved into heavy much cherished. Palace of wigs in great demand in order to get someone to do a wig, some government officials even poll taken forcibly cut. The Imperial Readings of the Taiping Era introduced the zhuya mentioned Lin Yi Ji (also made by Pearl cliffs, this Hainan Island) many people with long hair, the local mayor brutal greed, get the women's head cut off their hair made wigs of the three kingdoms · Wu · Xue Zong also recorded Xue Zongti and Han dynasty of the matter. Visible wig at the time was regarded as treasures. Because there are really that wig is not easy to attain, then began to appear in black wig made of silk, Changsha, Hunan unearthed from the Mawangdui Han tombs, first there is physical.

Three women were also common when chignon, Cao Weishi provisions for woman's jewelry, the literature-pass Exam records in which a chignon is known as "big hands bun", is to say something, Lady woman with jewelry. When the Jin dynasty, wigs, fake bun was very popular at Court, aristocrats and civil, because people will remove wig, fake bun while sleeping on the wooden or bamboo-made cage, looks like the head, also known as false. The Jin book · Quan Deyu served a log record levels of woman wore a laced with gold ornaments, called "cover the scalloped hammerhead" chignon. During the Taiyuan, princesses, aristocratic, class of scholar-officials of the women are wearing wigs as Sheng makeup, said "sustained light twice bun", that is, loose bun, became fashionable. However, the wig is not everyone can afford, on the Jin recorded some poor but beautiful woman will take chignon worn to others, known as "borrowing", claiming to be "headless". Also some poor food or sell their hair to change money, such as Tao Kan's mother had cut their own hair person sells wigs, result a surname change meters, and then do the post is cut firewood, cooking for staying Fan Kui. The new · Yin 媛 also recorded the incident, later generations cited as work behind, as well as idiom "Tao Mu invited guest" allusion.

Northern Qi to singular directions of development in the form of the chignon, the Book of Northern Qi · young chignon describe women in the main to remember there are flies and mosquitoes, dangerous, evil, eccentric style. Wigs and even completely replace the growth of hair on his head at that time, the Assembly Yi Ji records at that time some of the Palace beauty women shaved off their hair to wear wigs, and later from pop to folk.

Ancient beads bluff County, Hainan Island, Emperor Wu Ding for six years (111 BC) settings. Its Tan Dou (now Guangdong Southeast of King), its northeastern boundary is equivalent to Hainan Island. At that time, due to shangaohuangdiyuan here, how proud and self indulgent officials after the arrival of more than seven illegal in Western Han dynasty, so indigenous peoples often strive to resist. Three years early in Emperor hanyuan (46 BC), Han dynasty official sees the indigenous of the beautiful hair, had ordered the "fine China Chang for the wig" (the three kingdoms · Wu · biography of Xue Zong), cut their hair for wigs, violent thus interested in indigenous resistance. Western Han regime be removed from the Pearl cliffs, and the Western Han dynasty because of their own contradictions, unable to send armies to *, had to renounce the Pearl cliffs. Western Han dynasty had lost in Hainan Island.

During the Eastern Jin dynasty xiaowudi (373--396 years), more worse the wind of wigs. According to the book of Jin, Volume 27 records, when women hairstyles big anti-traditional, no longer pull the hair bun in the head, but "slowly pour twice twice; that Sheng decoration", hair more freely soon fall apart. This fluffy "shawl with long hair, you want into a considerable number of wigs, can achieve the beautiful results. However, the "wig is not constant wear", result, "was first installed in wood and cages, called chignon, or fake header", namely, caps, which was probably learned from the bald man, and integrated methods of law made by the former wig and really are not the same. Caps appear, indeed saving each is braided hairstyle hard, so greatly popular. "With regard to poverty, cannot own, since, without a head, people first, then the world". This shows that caps the price quite high.

The Tang dynasty, wigs are still very popular, the Xin tangshu · Cinco log Yang referred usually likes to wear a chignon, then known as the "bun". But it was also felt that Yang was wearing the righteousness of the scalloped hammerhead is based on other materials such as wood, manufacture of hair accessories, is not a wig. Yuan Zhen of the recall the past tours wrote: "comb bundle bun dance Cao Po. "" Plex bun "is fitted with a wig. Liu Zongyuan's in the County a Ministry Councillor Secretary wife Xue Jun Cui epitaph praising Cui "wig wig-e-e", then wig when aimed largely at high-bun.

The five dynasties continued the custom of Tang dynasty high bun, often to wear her hair in a bun wig to your hair, or directly into a chignon and then wear a wig. The song remains popular high bun, and more than in terms of the Tang dynasty. Wig, fake bun prevails, bustling metropolis with specialized production and sale of fake bun shop. At that time, some shops sell by unsterilized made of dead hair chignon, so that the wearer infection, and prevalence formed chignon Hao Chi of the wind, the annals · logs · Quan Deyu served contains end arch two years (989) Song dynasty Imperial Court on cakes was prohibited women from wearing fake bun, high bun but culture has formed, even if little cakes was also changed.

Yuan dynasty Han women started using something called the bun bun chignon, is someone else cut my hair or thread into a bun-shaped, and when put on a head, bun bun in the Yuan, Ming and Qing three generations have been used. Zaju of the Yuan dynasty by Wang Shih-fourth referred to the first fold of the romance of CUI Ying-ying "bun bun distorted". Had very poor sell hair wig. Gaoming zaju of the Yuan dynasty playwright pipa JI Zhao Wuniang to bury her in-laws are forced to sell hair. Biography of the moralizing of the Ming dynasty, Western Zhou dynasty lovers also mentioned a woman wearing pointed bun bun. In addition to bun bun, women are generally used in the Ming dynasty of the chignon style drum, is made of a wig covering a wire into a circular box.

There are many bun bun styles began to emerge in the Qing dynasty, at that time the city of specialized production and sale of bun bun workshops and shops. Early Qing Yangzhou have butterflies, moon, flower baskets, folding items, Lohan, lazy and comb my hair, shuangfeiyan, pillow, sides goddess bun bun style. Wu jingzi in the Qing dynasty wrote in the Hung-Fan Jin's wife Hu often wears silver chignon. When women wear not only in the usual black bun bun, even when mourning wore white bun bun.

The middle of the Qing dynasty, the wig to Westerners and Western China, Yongzheng Emperor had to wear Western-style wig. Some people in the late Qing went to Japan to study, they queue being Japanese tease as "pig tail" (pig tail), many students cut off the braids, returning sets of fake braids. Such as Lu Xun went to Japan to study on shear braids, six months after the return set of fake braids, arranged for his wife and parents wedding zhuanbaitang row [1]. Craft Shen's best family principle also mentioned the phenomenon of false braid, the kind of fake braids to plate in the head, round and enclosed fake braids don't fall down, so when the Boxer rebellion see people grasping the braided, if found is false braid catch into Governor Yamen tortured and then sent for jail, or behead them. Su xuelin in the text before and after the revolution, I also mentioned her uncle went to Japan to study at the local "modification made by the broken" return on installed a fake braids.

After the establishment of the Republic of China, become easy hairstyles, wigs, fake bun for less. In 1917, when Zhang Xun's restoration, Beijing cut off in the city braids people scouring the fake braids, until after People's Republic of China established seldom seen in Han nationality in wigs are used in everyday life. Minorities have some has a habit of wearing wigs, yongning Naxi women's Club at the time used on yak tail hair into a thick braid, plate in the head, and then in addition to the fake braids wrapped around a large circle on blue, black and red silk, back down to the waist.



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