Why is the little girl called "Yellow Flower Girl"? What is the origin?

Because "yellow flower eldest daughter" refers to unmarried girls aged about 16 to 26 years old.

The origin of "big girl with yellow flowers" comes from the ancient custom of wearing yellow flowers on girls' heads.

The decorative powder of Huahuang (i.e. "plum blossom makeup") is yellow, and the girls who use this kind of makeup are all young girls who have not left the palace. After the girls get married, they have to change their decorations and dress up differently. Therefore, there is an ancient folk proverb

It says: "Today the fair-faced yellow-flowered sister will be tomorrow's beautiful and green-haired wife." In addition, "yellow flower" in ancient times also referred to chrysanthemums, and chrysanthemums have the characteristics of being frost-resistant and cold-resistant, so they are often used to describe noble character.

Later, people reversed the word "Hua Huang" and used it in front of the word "Girl" to form the term "Hua Huang Girl". On the one hand, it means that the girl is not married yet, and on the other hand, it also means that the girl's heart is pure and her character is chaste.

Later, this usage gradually spread among the people, and over time, "yellow flower girl" became synonymous with unmarried girls.

Extended information The custom of applique yellow is earlier than the Liu Song Dynasty. There is a sentence of applique yellow on the mirror in the folk song "Mulan Poetry" of the Northern Dynasties. The establishment of the Northern Dynasties was earlier than the Liu Song Dynasty. An ordinary folk woman in the Northern Wei Dynasty had already appliqued yellow. It can be seen that this

The custom may have existed before the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

At that time, people believed that if there were no yellow flowers, it would lack female characteristics.

In ancient times, when unmarried women were dressing up, they would use yellow to draw various patterns on their foreheads or face and cheeks; they would also cut yellow paper into various patterns and paste them on them.

Therefore, Huanghua Girl means that the woman is not married yet and can maintain her chastity.

This custom was slowly eliminated until the nomads of the Jin and Yuan Dynasties invaded the Central Plains.

Although women no longer wear yellow flowers, people still call unmarried young women "yellow flower girls."