What are the characteristics of the Qing Dynasty women's jewelry

Tin divided into phoenix tin, full tin, half tin three kinds. Its system to black velvet and satin made of inner tube, silver or copper wire outside, embellished with dots of Cui, or wear beads of ornaments." General women with copper or iron wire made of "hair braces", tin has a phoenix tin, full tin, half-tin three kinds. Tin before such as phoenix crown, after adding the dustbin, on the dome under the wide; will be divided into two strands of hair wrapped around it, and then inserted on the flat, hairpins, flowers and other ornaments

Hairpin is a Manchu women combing a variety of buns indispensable jewelry. Usually, Manchu women like to decorate their hair buns with big ear-piercing hairpins, small ear-piercing hairpins, bead flower hairpins, sideburns hairpins, phoenix hairpins, dragon head hairpins, etc., made of gold, silver, jewels, onyx, coral and other precious materials. Although there are many kinds of hairpins, the selection of hairpins is also based on the conditions and status of each person.

With the pearl is also comparable to gold, jade and other materials for the best, in addition to gold-plated, silver or copper, but also gemstone jadeite, coral ivory, etc., made of a variety of hairpins ring jewelry, decorated in the hair bun above, which if compared with the customs later, it is much simpler. After the customs, due to the influence of Han women's headdress, Manchu women, especially the court ladies hairpin ring jewelry, the more elaborate.

From the Qing Dynasty consort left hairpin jewelry, hairpin is divided into two types. One is the practical hairpin, mostly used to fix the bun and head shape. The other type of decorative hairpin, more precious materials, made of beautifully patterned hairpin head, specifically for hairpin combed in a conspicuous position. Many realistic paintings of the Palace Court in the collection of the Forbidden City have depictions of consorts wearing hairpins. Some of them wear the hairpin in the center of the bun, while others insert it diagonally at the root of the bun. The heads of the consorts were full of jewelry, but the hairpin was the best of them. Thus, the Qing Dynasty consort wearing hairpin more gold and jade jewelry for the texture, the production process is also very careful, often with a block of jadeite, coral crystal or ivory hairpin head and needle stile made into one of the most precious hairpin. Such as the Beijing Imperial Palace collection of white jade a longevity hairpin is a piece of pure white jade made of sheep's fat, hairpin stile that is the last stroke of the word longevity. With the same method of carving the jadeite dish intestines hairpin, coral bat hairpin are hairpins in the masterpiece. In addition, there are gold Fu in front of the tube, magpie hairpins, five bats holding longevity hairpins, etc. with fine carving, exquisite and clear and attracted attention. There are also gold base inlaid with a variety of pearls and gemstones on the head hairpin, mostly hairpin head and needle coupling two parts of the combination together, but still do not lose its sense of opulence and splendor. Along with the Qing dynasty consort hair gradually widened and increased, hairpin decorations of the shape of the gradual development of the two extremes, a hairpin head gradually become smaller, such as pimple needle, ear digging spoon, old crows dipper, etc.; Another is the hairpin decorations are getting bigger and bigger, not only suitable for Manchu women combing two head covering the surface of the characteristics of the large, but also gradually evolved into the head of the flower, flat square, and other large jewelry.