Manchu women's hairstyle

 

Manchu women's hairstyle

  

Modern women no longer regard "being a good wife and loving mother" as their life goal. They pursue excellence, excellence, and the perfect combination of career glory and happiness in life. This pursuit started in the teenage years. In order to create a beautiful image of oneself, dressing up is a common sense in women's life, which has not changed since ancient times. What has changed is that different eras have different aesthetic standards.

Burmese musician Dorje was giving a lecture on women's dressing to his Mongolian dance team of the Naypyitaw Song and Dance Troupe in an extracurricular lecture on a meadow on the bank of the Irrawaddy River. His daughters Yadan, Dawa, and Xiang Qima were in attendance. lecture.

Dorje said:

In order to thoroughly explain the knowledge of women's dressing, I might as well start with the characteristics and changes of Manchu women's hair styles. The hairstyles on women's heads during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties represented different states.

When Manchu girls are young, they have the same hairstyle as boys. Regardless of whether they are men or women, they all have a "horse-covered head" before the age of six or seven. The hair is about an inch long and divided into six clusters, shaped like the end of a pen, three in front and three in back, commonly known as "bastard braids". If it grows to more than three inches, it will be tied with two in the front and one in the back, or one in the front and one in the back, and dragged behind the head, commonly known as "dog pulling a cart".

Girls aged seven or eight have full hair, first at the back and then at the front. Around the age of ten, when the hair grows to about one foot, it is divided into three strands and braided, dragged behind the head, and tied with ropes at the roots. The hair rope used must be red, and there is no limit on the length of the hair rope. When mourning, black or white ropes are used.

When a woman reaches adulthood and is about to get married, she begins to grow her hair, either with bangs on her forehead, a single braid on the back of her head, or two buns, which is called "growing her hair" or "growing her hair." A married woman opens her face and starts to tie her hair into a bun. There are many hairstyles for married women, including "cicada", "two-bang hair", "water sideburns" and so on.

There is a hairstyle called "Tuantou", also called "Qi temple", which is a common hairstyle among the people. After Manchu women enter middle age, they no longer wear their hair in a bun, but instead wear a bun. The shape of the bun looks like a patterned bun, but the bun is different from that of ordinary middle-aged women. Pimples on temples". The two methods of combing are called differently depending on the position. The pimple on the temples is at the back and lower part of the head. The position of the head is directly above, and the hair is combed into a vertical round or flat high bun on the top of the head. Some also have "swallow tails" and wear silver, copper flat squares and other jewelry in their hair. Because some elderly women have less hair, they tie it into a spiral "curl" on the top of their head, which is simple and convenient. Until recent years, it can still be seen in rural areas where Manchus live together.

There is also a hairstyle called "water hyacinth", commonly known as "water sideburns". That is to say, pick up the weak hair on the temples and use soapy water to form a hook shape near the ears. The cheeks and cheeks will be plump, making them look like peach blossoms with rain, which is particularly beautiful.

Dorje continued:

There is also a hairstyle called "swallowtail". When combing, the hair is divided into two equal parts at the back of the head and combed horizontally to the left and right into two long flat buns. The two buns are about one foot wide together. It is commonly known as "fork head". "Two heads", "or handle heads". When making a fork head, a strand of hair hangs down from the back of the head, and the lower end is trimmed into two sharp corners, forming a swallow tail shape, which is called "Swallow tail". "Gong Ci" praised by Wu Shi in the Qing Dynasty This hairstyle is described as follows: "The bun is made up of two clouds, and the pearly hairpin shadow protects the larvae. The city is more than taller than a ruler, and the fork bisects the tail of the swallow. "These palace poems vividly describe the unique hairstyle of Manchu women.

There is also a hairstyle called "flag head", also known as two-headed hair, two-headed head, two-headed head, one-word head, fork head or Ruyi head, which became popular among women after the Manchus entered the customs.

Dorje asked her daughter Yadan to come to the podium. He also called the makeup artist of the Naypyitaw Song and Dance Troupe and asked the makeup artist to demonstrate Yadan's hair style. He explained on the side:

The makeup artist is combing Duoji's hair in a two-hand style. The second hairpin is to first tie the whole head of hair on the top of the head, and then use a long flat hairpin as the base to divide it into two strands and twist them to the left and right. After the two strands of hair are combed into a horizontal bun on the top of the head, another hairpin is inserted horizontally to secure it. The remaining hair on the back of the head is combed into a flat bun in the shape of a swallowtail. The flat bun close to the back of the neck restricts head movement and lying, but it also makes the woman's appearance more elegant and solemn.

Duoji continued to explain:

In the early Qing Dynasty, the two heads were only coiled up on the back of the head, and were all combed with women's own real hair. Therefore, the overall shape was relatively small and flat. However, as time went by, the position of the coiled combs developed towards the top of the head, and there were also cases where the two heads were combed. There is a trend to have taller and bigger hair, so wigs began to be included in the process of winding hair and dressing up.

In the late Qing Dynasty, a plate-shaped crown ornament called Dala Wing was developed, which gradually replaced the Erbangtou.

This was a lecture introducing Manchu women's hairstyles, which made the girls who attended the lecture feel both novel and knowledgeable.

Duoji smiled and said: Whatever we do, we must start from scratch. He asked his daughter Yadan to dance and sing a new song "Start from Scratch" written by himself:

 

Youth is like a hidden bud,

It always embodies my expectations for tomorrow.

 

I know that to live, I need to identify myself.

Ability to accept oneself and like oneself,

In order to develop yourself and express yourself.

 

Learn to find yourself in the mirror,

I will hold the two heads higher and bigger,

Everything you do must be done from scratch.

 

Starting from scratch can make youth more beautiful,

Starting from scratch can make your confidence stronger.