This bun is the double-ring Wangxian bun of the Tang Dynasty
Chinese women have been paying attention to the changes in buns since ancient times. Archaeologists have studied the styles of the Shang Dynasty, Zhou Dynasty, Qin and Han Dynasties and other dynasties. Women's hairstyles were classified, and the hairstyles of the Tang Dynasty not only inherited the legacy of the previous dynasty, but also incorporated foreign characteristics and showed creativity. According to the book "The Art of Costumes in Chinese Dynasties", women in the Tang Dynasty paid great attention to makeup on their heads. Their hairstyles and bun styles were varied and varied, and they wore hairpins, hairpins, pearls, jade, gems and flowers on their heads. This not only inherited the legacy of the previous generation, but also deliberately innovated. , can be described as rich and colorful.
There are many names for hair buns in the Tang Dynasty, such as Feitianbao bun, Double Huns Wangxian bun, Toujia bun, etc. We can get a glimpse of contemporary costumes from the pottery figurines, calligraphy and paintings in ancient tombs.
Hairstyle
Take off your hat
Feng hat At that time, women would wear hats for beauty and to cover their faces. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Kanli. This kind of headdress originated from the northwest Yi people. Due to the strong wind and sand in the north, the northwest Yi people are accustomed to riding horses, so they cover them with face clothes or curtains to protect them from the wind and sand. In ancient my country, women must cover their faces when going out. In the past, there were veils and hoods, and later there were scarves and hijabs, which have similar meanings. The valance is also a decorative cloth used by women to cover their faces to resist wind and sand. The fabric is made of translucent gauze and silk, etc., so that outsiders cannot see it, but you can see other things. Most of them use rattan mats or blankets to make the frame of the hat. , the paste surface is cotton, and some are brushed with tung oil to prevent rain, and then covered with soap gauze all over the brim of the hat. Most of them are made of light and transparent silk, which can be used as a hat skirt to cover the whole body.
Double-huan Wangxian bun
Naoshuangzhuang bun
Throwing home buns The buns of women in the Tang Dynasty were inherited from the previous dynasties and were created, such as Shuanghuanwang Immortal buns are traditions of the Qin and Han dynasties that have been passed down by immortal alchemists; many ancient tombs, such as the female figurines of Xian Yuhai tomb in the 11th year of Kaiyuan of the Tang Dynasty in Xi'an, or paintings of the Tang Dynasty, such as "Pictures of Ladies with Hairpins", "Guo Kingdom" "Lady's Spring Outing", "Palace Music", etc., all retain a large amount of image data on women's hairstyles in the Tang Dynasty. Women's hairstyles in the Tang Dynasty directly affected the period from the Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty. This period was characterized by high competition. Women at that time used their own and other people's hair to add to their own hair, or made various wigs to dress up. Wear. Such hairstyles are mostly reserved for aristocratic women, and common people only dress up like this during weddings.
Feitianbao bun
In addition to tying the hair into a bun, the hairpin bun also included hairpins and hairpins, which were also common hairstyles in the Tang Dynasty. In the late Tang Dynasty, high buns were also associated with The silver hairpins and tooth combs match. According to "Entering Shu", girls in Shu all wear their buns in the same center, two feet high, with six silver hairpins, and a large ivory comb as big as a hand in the back. Others, such as the Luan and the Phoenix, the Hairpin and the Comb, can also be seen in the murals in Cave 9 and Cave 10 of the Dunhuang Grottoes of the Late Tang Dynasty and Cave 98 of the Five Dynasties.
Hair accessories
Hair accessories in the Tang Dynasty can be divided into hairpins, hairpins, rocking hairpins, combs, hairpins, etc. Since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it has been popular to wear combs on women's heads. The wind became more popular in the Tang Dynasty. We can observe the dress of women at that time from the relics in ancient tombs.
Bronze comb from the Tang Dynasty, unearthed from the Paper Garden in Changsha, Hunan, and restored based on the remains
A chiseled gold comb unearthed from a Tang Dynasty cellar on Sanyuan Road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, 12.5 cm high and 14.5 cm wide , weighing 65 grams, collected by Yangzhou Museum
Tang Dynasty bone comb, unearthed in Shaanxian County, Henan Province
The three pictures above show the materials used in the combs left over from ancient tombs of the Tang Dynasty There are many, such as animal bones, copper, silver and other metals. As you can see from the patterns in the picture, the carvings are exquisite. In terms of technology more than 1,400 years ago, they were in the leading position at the time. And in the picture Geometric patterns were also introduced to China from the Western Regions. Since Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty passed through the Western Regions, there has been an endless stream of Chinese and foreign business travelers. We can know from the daily necessities commonly used by aristocratic women in the Tang Dynasty that the popular patterns at that time originated from Persia, Shendu and other countries. From this, it can be seen that at that time, the Tang Dynasty The emperor of the dynasty was called Tian Khan (Lord of Heaven), and he still integrated with foreign cultures to form a new situation.
Silver hairpins unearthed from the Five Dynasty Tombs in Caizhuang, Hanjiang, Jiangsu
It is a type of hairpin. In the Sui Dynasty, it was made into a double-stranded shape, with one long and one short, for the purpose of being easily inserted into the hair. Hairpins. After the middle and late Tang Dynasty, hairpins gradually became simpler and were also used exclusively for decorative purposes. Archaeologists have also discovered different types of hairpins in ancient tombs in Jiangsu, Xi'an, Shaanxi, Changxing, Zhejiang and other places, such as in Huijia Village, Xizhujiao A 37-centimeter-long gilt silver hairpin with double phoenixes was unearthed from the tomb of Dazong in the second year of the Tang Dynasty. The head of the hairpin has double phoenixes and curly grass patterns.
The picture above is unearthed from Caizhuang, Hanjiang, Jiangsu. It was made by molding, carving, shearing and other techniques. Each type of hairpin comes in two pieces. The pattern is the same but in opposite directions. It is divided into left and right parts.
Southern Tang Dynasty four-butterfly silver-stepping hairpin unearthed in Hefei, Anhui
Gold-inlaid jade-stepping hairpin? In November 1956, Anhui Province Agricultural School Ruan Nan Tang's Tomb was unearthed from the Tang Dynasty tomb. Gold inlaid jade-stepping hairpin A hairpin with a total height of 19 cm and a width of 9 cm, collected by the Anhui Provincial Museum
The four-butterfly silver-step hairpin was unearthed from the tomb of Tang Tang in Ruan Nan, Agricultural School, Hefei City, Anhui Province in November 1956. The four-butterfly silver-step hairpin was unearthed in November 1956. Hairpin, 19 cm in height and 9 cm in width, Anhui Provincial Museum
The three pictures above belong to Bu Yao Hairpin, a type of hairpin, first seen in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, left over from the Tang Dynasty in Xi'an, Shaanxi Images of people walking and shaking hairpins can be seen in the murals of Shudong tomb and the stone carvings of Li Chongrun's tomb in Qianxian County, Shaanxi Province. There is also a description of Bu Yao in "The Biography of Concubine Yang". The book says that at that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ordered people to take the finest purple gold from the town treasury from Lishui, cut it into Bu Yao, and personally put it on Yang Guifei's temples, and "Yun Hua Yan Jin" "Bu Yao" is how people at that time described Yang Guifei. It can be seen that the popularity of such hair accessories spread across all social strata at that time, especially the nobles in the palace and high-ranking officials.