Song Dynasty Costume: The Complete Works of Women's Hairstyles in Song Dynasty

Female hairstyles in the Song Dynasty inherited the legacy of the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and they were mainly high-bun. Hair styles in the Song Dynasty are still rich and colorful, full of curiosity and quite distinctive.

Although it was also popular in Song Dynasty to wear a big bun and a big comb, on the whole, it was not as gorgeous and grand as in Tang Dynasty. Although there have been many changes in facial makeup, it is not as rich and beautiful as the Tang Dynasty. In a word, the overall modeling of women in Song Dynasty gives people an elegant and natural feeling.

Women in Song Dynasty liked high bun very much. In order to make their bun taller, they mixed wigs in it. It is said that the high bun of women in Song Dynasty has a dangerous bun as high as two feet, which is the result of following the fashion.

Hair accessories can be roughly divided into high bun and low bun The high bun is mostly combed by women, while the ordinary women comb the low bun. "Chaotian bun" needs a wig mixed with real hair. So at that time, there were also shops specializing in selling wigs. "Concentric steamed bun" is similar to "Chaotian steamed bun", but simpler. When combing your hair, comb it up to the top of your head and tie it into a round bun.

& ltimg p= " "

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, women not only imitated the costumes of the Khitans, but also made a popular hairstyle of the Jurchen nationality, called "Jurchen makeup". It was popular in the palace at first, and then spread all over the country. Similar to a concentric bun, the root of the bun is tied with a ribbon, and the ribbon hangs down like a tassel. "falling horse buns"; "Lazy people comb a bun" is usually the hairstyle that female geisha combs in the teaching workshop during banquets. "bun" is to comb the bun and wrap it with colorful silk, tapir and other fabrics; "Shoulder-hung bun", as the name implies, refers to the bun with shoulders hanging, which belongs to a kind of low bun. As for "Ji Ya", "Shuanghuan" and "Luo Ji", they are all hairstyles combed by unmarried girls.

Chaotianji

Chaotian bun: it is a kind of high bun full of the flavor of the times. "History of the Song Dynasty Five Elements Wood": "At the beginning and end, Meng Chang and Shu, women fought for a high bun, which was called Chaotian bun." This typical bun style can be seen in the colored sculptures of Notre Dame de Jinci, Taiyuan, Shanxi. Its practice: first comb the hair to the top, and then weave two symmetrical cylindrical bun, extending to the forehead. In addition, you need to put hairpins and other things under the bun to make the front of the bun rise high, and then set all kinds of flowers and gems on the bun, so that the whole hairstyle will be seamless and unique.

Baoji

& ltimg p= " "

Baoji: In the colored sculptures of Jinci in Taiyuan, Shanxi, we can also see a unique hairstyle of the times-Baoji. "Dream of Tokyo" contains the matchmaker Dai Guanzi and Huang Momo. It is wrapped in a towel such as silk after the hairstyle is set. This hairstyle is characterized by the wrapping skills of silk towels, which are wrapped into various flower shapes, or made into floating clouds, embellished on the bun shape, and then decorated with flowers, jewelry, etc., and finally form an ancient and elegant novel hairstyle.

Double flat bun: Also called Long Rui bun, some of them look like flat bun with colorful buttons on it. Su Shi has a "double bun". This kind of bun is found in autumn scenery, a semi-leisure city in the Song Dynasty, with flowers and pearls on it. This kind of bun, like twins, has its own luxury.

Baked buns: Baked buns were very popular in the Song Dynasty. Huang Tingjian said in his poem, "A new comb in the mirror will comb twelve plates." There is a single altar high bun in the tomb of Baisha Song Dynasty, which seems to have evolved from the round vertebral bun in Tang Dynasty. Girls often tie a double bun and a triple bun. In Moonlight in the Woods, there is a woman who ties a triple bun.

Double Ya, Three: Girls in Song Dynasty used to comb double Ya or three, and tied them with hairband (headband) with pearls hanging down. For example, a young girl in Su Hanchen's "Winter Play Baby Picture" in the Southern Song Dynasty wore a three-bun, three short golden hairpin, a red hair and beads.