Send a comb. What does it mean to send a comb to the old man?

In ancient times, combs were used to make things. We often hear the auspicious words of "one comb to the end, two combs of white hair, Qi Mei, three combs of children and grandchildren". Therefore, the comb is acacia, love, growing old together, and a representative and symbol of health and happiness.

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Comb is a tool for combing hair, which may be named because it is made of wood. There are many kinds of combs, including mahogany combs, sandalwood combs and horn combs. There are more than 300 kinds of combs in five series, such as practical combs, craft combs, tourist combs, high-grade boutique combs and health care combs. Correctly combing hair can protect hair, beautify appearance and protect brain.

brief introduction

Comb, also known as comb, also known as comb in ancient times, is a tool to arrange hair. Generally, [zhì] are flat and have many teeth. Some combs have handles, others don't. In the past, combs were usually made of wood, such as jujube combs, plum combs and boxwood combs, but there were also bone combs, tooth combs, horn combs and metal combs. Now, most of them are made of plastic. A comb with dense teeth is called a grate. Besides arranging hair, some combs can also be used as hair accessories. In ancient China and Japanese traditional female hairstyles, combs were often inserted as decorations.

The origin of the name

Fang Shile, the second wife of Xuanyuan Huangdi, is a very calculating woman. Lei Zuhou, the first wife of the Yellow Emperor, invented sericulture, and she pioneered the invention of bone needles. She put silk thread on the tail of bone needle, sewed clothes and flew needles to thread, which was highly praised by women in the palace of the Yellow Emperor. However, some things are still engraved on Lei Fang's mind. She is in charge of more than twenty women in The Yellow Emperor's Palace, who are often unkempt. Whenever there is a major festival, she always calls these women and smoothes each woman's hair one by one with her fingers. Sometimes, even five fingers are scratched. Lei Fang often worries about these things. One year, there was a big flood in the river, which gave Huangdi the boat and its goods, and 19 hairtail was salvaged from the flood, which was thicker than his arm. He insisted that Tong Yu, the third wife of the Yellow Emperor, cook for him. Unexpectedly, Tong Yu was ill and couldn't get out of bed, so Di Cai had to go to Lei Fang's house. Lei Fang cooked fish according to Tong Yu's usual method, that is, heated the slate with firewood, put hairtail on the slate, and rolled it up and down, and soon hairtail was cooked. German goods ate three at a time, and fishbones piled all over the floor. Lei Fang's hand picked up a piece and folded it. He looked from left to right. It was so beautiful that he couldn't help combing his hair with a fishbone comb. At first she didn't mean to, but after a while, her unkempt hair was combed neatly. Even she can't figure out why her unkempt long hair can be smoothed neatly with fishbones.

Lei Fang secretly collected these fish bones. The next day, she broke these fishbones into long pieces, called all the women around her, and each gave them a piece with fishbones and taught them how to comb their hair. A group of women smiled and began to comb. At first, some women couldn't use it, and the fishbone stuck into the scalp, and some broke it with too much force. Some women also said that it is better to cut hair with two fingers, and it is safe and can be scratched. Although she failed, Fang did not give up the inspiration that brought fishbone to her. What can be used instead of fishbone? Fang Shile pondered day and night. One day, she met a sleeper, a carpenter under the Yellow Emperor. She took out the fishbone and asked Sleeper to make a wooden comb based on it. The sleeper looked at the fishbone and told Fang that he could do it, but there was no such tool. But let me try first.

A few days later, the sleeper made a fishbone comb out of a piece of wood and showed it to Lei Fang. Fang didn't look at it, but when he saw it, he laughed loudly. What does it mean to sleep without understanding? Fang said with a smile, this thorn is thicker than a finger, just like a rake. How to comb your hair with it? Sleep also smiled. But he didn't let Lei Fang down. After returning home, he found several brothers who can do carpentry to discuss and study together, and finally made a comb for Lei Fang with bamboo. Fang was very happy after reading it. The era of women using combs in China has begun. No wonder the "comb for clearing resentment and love" unearthed from Princess Yongtai's tomb in Ganling, Shaanxi Province is very similar to the one with fishbone.