Hairpin to hairpin, and then to shake, in fact, is a simple and practical to complex and gorgeous process.
I. Hairpin(FAZAN 发簪)
In ancient times, women had to perform the rite of maturity after the age of 15, of course, according to some actual circumstances, the latest can be up to 20 years old to perform the rite, the same as men's crown ceremony, is a ceremony to indicate adulthood. The hair is changed on the divination day when the rite of maturity, the hair is combed into a bun, and then wrapped in a black cloth, and then fixed with a hairpin bun, to show the difference between men and women. After a woman has performed the Maturity Ceremony, it means that the woman can get married as an adult.
The original name of the hairpin is "maturity", and the hairpin is the hair ornament for women at maturity, and is also the most basic fixed and decorative hair ornament.
The "Dictionary" has this explanation: hairpin, the ancient people used to fix the hair bun or a long needle in the hair crown, and later specifically refers to women to insert the bun jewelry.
This is basically what it looks like:
II. Hairpin(FACHAI 发钗)
Hairpin, a kind of jewelry made of two strands of hairpins crossed together. It is used to hold the hair, but also used to pin the hat on the hair. Five Dynasties five onyx "Chinese ancient and modern note - hairpin": "hairpin, cover the ancient hairpin of the legacy of the elephant also, to Qin Mu Gong to ivory for it, King Jing to tortoiseshell for it, Shi Huang and gold and silver for the phoenix head, tortoiseshell for the feet, called the phoenix hairpin." Hairpin and hairpin is different, hairpin made into a strand, while hairpin generally made into two strands.
Hairpins became popular around the late Western Han Dynasty, and since then, they have been one of the main headwear for women in China.
The simplest double straight hairpin:
Slightly upgraded:
III. Hairpin(BUYAO 步摇)
If the hairpin hairpin is decorated with a movable flower branch, and draped with beads and jade and other ornaments on the flower branch, it becomes another kind of jewelry, named "BUYAO".
The concept of BUYAO, started in the two Han dynasties, initially used for noble dresses. Its shape is mostly phoenix butterfly class, or decorated with tassels, with the wearer walking and swaying, so the name shake. The release of the name. Interpretation of jewelry" has recorded, "BUYAO, with pendant beads, step is moving also."
The production of more gold bent into the shape of the dragon and phoenix, decorated with beads and jade embellishments. Six dynasties and the next, the more complex fancy, or ambush into birds, animals and flowers, etc., crystal glitter, exquisite, and hairpin fine mixed, hairpin on the hair.
The following is a butterfly BUYAO:
This is the tassel BUYAO:
