What accessories did "woman" originally refer to?

"Woman" originally refers to women's headscarves and hair accessories.

It turns out that women's towel is an ancient accessory, as wide as a crown. It is lined with metal wire sleeves or tied into various novel styles with thinned bamboo and wood pieces, and covered with black silk or colored long towels. Wear it directly on the top of your head when you use it, and then use it as a hairpin. This kind of headdress is called a woman's scarf.

There are many kinds and colors of women's clothes, such as those made of slender ponytails called "Jianmao"; It is made of red with black, which is called "black and white". In the pre-Qin period, both men and women could wear it as jewelry. It was not until the Han Dynasty that it became exclusive to women.

Allusions related to "women":

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, led an expeditionary army to attack Wei, and stayed in Weinan with Sima Yi, the general of Wei. Sima Yi knew that it was inconvenient for the Shu army to invade from a long distance, and the Shu army was bound to be eager for success. So stick to the army and try to bring down the other army.

Zhuge Liang challenged many times, but Sima Yi was as steady as Mount Tai and refused to go to war. Zhuge Liang goaded Sima Yi into sending "women's ornaments", that is, headscarves and hair ornaments worn by women, to satirize Sima Yi for not coming out of the closet and not being like a man.

This measure proved to be effective. Sima Yi asked Wei Mingdi to have a decisive battle with Cao Rui, but Wei Mingdi disagreed. He also sent a courtier named Xin Pi to Sima Yi's army with a scepter representing the emperor. Nominally a strategist, but actually trying to control Sima Yi.

Later, Zhuge Liang went to the front to challenge many times. Sima yi can't stand their shouting and ridicule, and wants to lead the troops to fight it out. But Xin Pi stood at the gate of the army with a staff and was not allowed to go out, so Sima Yi had to give up.