In the old days, women's hair buns like to insert a silver hairpin, hairpin's original role is what

In ancient China, men and women would use hairpins to fix their hair crowns, and there were also pens inserted in the head to make it easier to keep track of things at any time, which was called hairpin pen (hairpin pen originally referred to a kind of crown jewelry that put hair in the head of the hairpin).

Because the official hat will be fixed with a hairpin, so the hairpin is often borrowed to refer to the status of officials and eunuchs, such as hairpin sash, hairpin tassel and hairpin wutu, which is used to refer to the glory of the rich and famous. (A tassel is a silk hatband, and a wattu is a hand plate). Japanese women's traditional hairstyles are also often decorated with hairpins. Korean women use hairpins in their buns when they wear hanbok, and they also use hairpins to decorate their buns when they wear fake buns.

Often, women like to adorn their hair with big ear-piercing hairpins, small ear-piercing hairpins, beaded flower hairpins, sideburns hairpins, phoenix hairpins, dragon head hairpins and other hairpins made of precious materials such as gold, silver, jewels, onyx and coral, and so on. Although there are many kinds of hairpins, the selection of hairpins is also based on the conditions and status of each person.

Expanded Information:

In the ancient times, hairpins were called "maturity buns". During the feudal era in China, a Chinese woman's hairpin was a sign of adulthood, and a ceremony was held to perform the "maturity rite". The maturity ritual originated in the Zhou Dynasty. A woman was considered an adult when she reached the age of 15. At 15, if she is already married, she can wear her hair in an adult bun, which requires the use of hair buns.

Hairpins were common to both men and women in ancient times, and were simple in shape and used to keep hair in a bun. Hairpins are made of various materials, such as ivory, wood, copper, gold, and silver, and can be used as hairpins.

Hairpins are also often used for coiffure and cheongsam. The material and color of the hairpin can be chosen according to the style of the cheongsam. Elegant and simple cheongsam can be matched with wooden, ivory and other materials hairpin; complex and ornate cheongsam can choose metal materials.

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