The fashion of men wearing flowers in Song Dynasty was led by Song Huizong.

Men wear flowers, but Tang has them. However, it is not very common. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, I did this occasionally. It was not until Song Dynasty that it became common for men to wear flowers. If you don't believe me, go back and read the Water Margin again, and you will find that Liangshan heroes are simply "flowers": Yang Xiong, who is ill, "loves to put hibiscus flowers on his temples"; The prodigal son Yan Qing "has four seasons of flowers on his temples"; Ruan Xiaowu "wears a broken headscarf and pomegranate flowers on his temples"; Cai Qing, the executioner and juryman, was born to love a flower, so people simply called him "a flower" Cai Qing. ...

Fiction is a true reflection of real life. People in Song Dynasty dare to wear flowers so wantonly. Of course, there is an official fashion trend leading ahead. Among them, the romantic monarch Song Huizong is the most fashionable benchmark. Every time Song Huizong travels back to the palace, he always wears a small hat, hairpin flowers and rides a horse. All courtiers and guards who follow him are also given flowers and hairpins. Song Huizong not only advocated wearing flowers, but also formulated some rules. He gave the guard a coat and a golden leaf. Only those who have palace flowers and brocade jackets can freely enter and leave ouchi.

Men's hairpin flowers developed to the Song Dynasty, almost to the extreme. A small hairpin flower has even become a symbol of social status and rank. This is recorded in detail in the important historical note "Tieweishan Conghua" in the Song Dynasty. Every major festival, such as the memorial service in the suburbs, the palace banquet and the banquet of new scholars, the emperor will present flowers to his officials. The flowers that the emperor gave his courtiers were also graded: when the Liao ambassador was present at the birthday party, he used silk flower; Spring and Autumn Banquet to Luo silk flower; At the small banquet accompanying the emperor, we used a few drops of golden flowers ... when sending flowers, we also decided how much according to the rank of the officials. It can be described as pecking and orderly.

"Spring scenery, why don't you push the drum, and the king will bring spring back in January. Peony, peony and rose are all on the hats of millions of officials. " This is the script of the poet Yang Wanli, but I can see Ada Song Dynasty soaked and submerged by the sea of flowers. It seems that the national conditions of the Song Dynasty are really different from those of the previous dynasties, that is, ruling the country by writing. This policy was formulated by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, who was born in a traditional family of military generals. In order to let future generations thoroughly implement his spirit, he also left an unprecedented legacy, carved on stone tablets and hidden in the secret room of the deep palace. Whenever the new emperor ascended the throne, a secret ceremony was held to read out his legacy. Only the emperor can enter the secret room, so even the etiquette doesn't know the existence of "the legacy of stone carving". It was not until the death of Song Taizu 150 that the capital of song dynasty was captured by nomads from the capital and the palace was ravaged that this stone tablet was discovered.

What is Song Taizu's legacy to future generations? "Don't execute a scholar-bureaucrat for his remarks." There are only two sentences in the end, and this is one of them. Imagine how many things a king asks when arranging his own funeral, but Song Taizu just left this sentence, which shows that he has a special purpose. Perhaps he thinks that no matter how nonsense scholars talk, they will not rebel with guns, so they can be allowed to speak freely. In any case, the benefits of this legacy are obvious, that is, the literati hold their heads high and turn over to be masters. Song people worked hard to be literati, were keen on enjoying life, and admired literature and art. With such a strong literati atmosphere, it was hard not to develop everything related to elegance to the extreme. Among them, men who originally belonged to customs, hobbies and customs wore flowers, which evolved into a national ritual system.

Speaking of hairpin flowers, in addition to flowers, Song people also wear fake flowers. One is made of stained glass, which is glass. During the religious period, it was popular to wear colored glass flowers in the palace, and the world followed suit. A poet wrote a poem saying: "The pearl is forbidden in Beijing, and the colored glaze is all over the world." Coloured glaze-displaced, people of insight think this is a "sign of displacement". Indeed, five years after Du Zong's death, the Southern Song Dynasty perished. Can this be called a mistake?