Headdress culture of Ming Dynasty women

This can be seen from the Ming Dynasty women's headdress. In accordance with the status of the wearer of different status, the following is my for you to carefully organize the Ming Dynasty women's headdress culture, I hope you like.

Ming Dynasty women's headdress culture

Nine Dragons and four phoenix crown

To be able to wear this kind of headdress is the highest honor under the sky women, because only as a ? A person under the people, ten thousand people? The Empress can wear the Nine Dragons and Four Phoenixes Crown. The headdress by the crown frame, bead flower, sideburns, crown ring, scarf several components. According to the "Ming History" records, the Empress wore nine dragons and four phoenixes crown frame is round, with nine jadeite carving of the dragon and four pairs of gold phoenix decorations, the most middle of the emerald dragon's mouth holding a large pearl, the rest of the mouth are holding a raindrop-sized pearl. Surrounding the dragon and phoenix is a cloud of pearl and jadeite chiseled into small pieces. The pearl flowers are of two sizes, twelve large and twelve small, and are inserted between the hair buns. The sideburns are decorated with three bo temples, decorated with gold dragons and forty pieces of clouds carved from jadeite, all draped with teardrop pearls. The crown ring consists of a pair of cui mouth ring and a pair of gold mouth ring, cui mouth ring made of jade, decorated with jewels and twelve flowers of various colors inlay. Gold mouth ring made of gold, decorated with pearls, emerald flowers, a pair of pearl rings. Nine dragons and four phoenix crown with a black silk fabric topless turban, above the dragon pattern with gold thread sewing, turban using twenty-one pearls. Leaving aside the handmade fee, just look at these decorations, we know that its value is not expensive, no wonder the emperor's concubines racked their brains to compete for the throne of the empress to fight you to death.

Nine Zhai crown

This is the emperor's consort, Crown Princess, Prince Consort and Princess to wear headgear. Although it is not as expensive as the Nine Dragons and Four Phoenixes Crown, this headdress is also very expensive. This kind of crown with lacquer bamboo silk or black yarn made into a frame, with jadeite cloak, decorated with jadeite chickens nine, gold phoenix four, all mouth bead drops. Chicken and golden phoenix around the forty pieces of pearl jade cloud, inserted large pearl flowers nine plants, small pearl flowers nine plants. There are also two bo temples, both decorated with luan and phoenix, with bead drops hanging below the luan and phoenix. With nine dragons and four phoenix crown similar, nine Zhai crown also has a pair of jadeite mouth ring and a pair of gold mouth ring, jadeite mouth ring decorated with jewels above the flower color embedded gold ornaments nine pieces, jadeite embedded gold ornaments nine pieces; gold mouth ring inlaid with pearl and jadeite face flower five pieces, pearl into a pair of rows of jade ring. Nine Zhai crown with a black damask topless turban a, above inlaid with twenty-one pearls, turban with gold thread embroidered with a phoenix.

Pearl and jade crown, as the name suggests is the top inlaid with pearl and jade hat. This kind of headdress is the official woman is only qualified to wear. Due to the status of the owner of different status, a variety of pearl jadeite crown is not the same, the biggest difference is the number of feathers inserted above. According to the "Ming History" records, the Prince Prince Consort, County Consort, the Sheriff's Pearl Jadeite Crown worn with seven pheasant feather decoration; County King's eldest son of Mrs. Zhen Guo wife, the Pearl Jadeite Crown worn with five pheasant feather decoration; auxiliary wife, Mrs. Feng Guo, Zhen Guo wife of the Pearl Jadeite Crown worn with four pheasant feather decorations; auxiliary wife, the Pearl Jadeite Crown worn by the wife of the State of Feng Guo decorated with three pheasants feather; the rest of the lower-level officials of the wives and daughters wear pearl jadeite crown is not inserted feathers, directly decorated with gold hairpin.

Wusai hat

At first glance, many people hear Wusai hat, many people will naturally recall the ancient costume TV series male officials wear the kind of black yarn on both sides of the production of a long hat wings of the hat. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, wearing a black hat is not only the patent of male officials, female officials in the palace also wear black hats. According to the "Ming history" records, Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming dynasty after the emperor, in order to highlight the status of women in the palace level, at the same time to facilitate the management, the provisions of all the harem in the Palace of the Palace of the women are wearing a hat. This kind of hat and male officials wear a hat of the same shape, the difference is that the courtesans wear a hat embroidered with delicate flowers, hat before the forehead head is decorated with beads, hat wings hanging with two knots of beads and jade tassels, then known as the sideburns comb. The reason why there is such a design, mainly to highlight the gender characteristics of the courtesans.

Cherry celluloid

By the Ming Dynasty, the feudal hierarchy had developed to the point of culmination. The Ming Dynasty's regulations on civilian women's dress bordered on the harsh. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the civil women's dress can only use lavender silk, can not go beyond the point of wearing muddy gold clothes, not allowed to use gold thread Embroidery; robes and shirts are only allowed to wear light purple, green, peach and a variety of light colors, not allowed to wear red, duck green, yellow clothes, not allowed to wear blue silk and linen fabrics; not allowed to wear jeweled jewelry. Not allowed to use curtains, not allowed to wear jewelry, not allowed to wear bracelets arm hairpin. On the hair, according to the Ming Dynasty system, not married to the civilian women, hair for the comb three buns; status of humble maids, young comb a pair of buns, the older ones are combed high top bun. Civilian women's heads can only use silver gilded ornaments. However, the love of beauty, all people have. In the case of conflict with the provisions of the court, the lower strata of the Ming Dynasty women invented a very good-looking headdress, this headdress is not gold and non-silver, but a variety of fruit kernels dried, Mo into a round, in accordance with personal hobbies Dyeing on a variety of favorite colors, strung on a string of their own favorite styles, covered in the head, the headdress at the time known as the Cherry celluloid, the vast majority of working women in the widely circulated.

The reason why women's headdresses at all levels of the Ming Dynasty were so different, mainly the feudal rulers wanted to dress on the mandatory provisions to cultivate a peaceful and obedient obedient people, and then to achieve the maintenance of their own privileges, the consolidation of the rule of the need.

The hairstyle of the Ming women

In 1368 AD, the famous ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang in Yingtian claimed the title of emperor and established the state name Ming. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a series of pragmatic measures were taken to facilitate the restoration of production. As a result of the increase in productivity, the market expanded further, new types of industries emerged and industrial cities were formed, and the unified multi-ethnic state was further consolidated. After the Ming Dynasty seized power from the Mongol-ruled Yuan Dynasty, it emphasized on the rectification of rites and ceremonies that did not conform to Han customs, and mostly adopted and restored the systems and customs of the Tang and Song dynasties. From the data collected, the Ming women's hair, although not as rich and diverse as the Tang and Song periods, but also has some of the characteristics of the era.

The basic inheritance of the early Ming Song and Yuan hair style, to be after the Jiajing women's hair style has changed significantly,? Peach heart bun? Is the more fashionable hair style, women's hair bun combed into a flat circle, and then in the top of the bun decorated with flowers. Later, it evolved into a gold and silver wire knot, and the bun was combed high. The top of the bun was also decorated with jewels, jades, and jewels. Peach Blossom Bun The variations of the hair style, there are many patterns, such as? Peach tip topknot? The peach blossom chignon has many variations, such as the peach-tipped chignon, the peach-topped chignon, and the peach-topped chignon. Peach Peach Bun? and the Han Dynasty imitation bun? The buns were made in imitation of the Han Dynasty. etc. Ming Dynasty women's clothing than a