| Since the ancient time,hair has been considered to be the combination of parents’ spirit and blood and a very important part of the body.Hence,hair could not be harmed easily and no matter the young or the old or the female or the male,all have the tradition to keep long hair without cutting.Therefore,the decoration on the hair to keep the hair still would be needed due to the functional and aesthetic double requirement.Hair accessory is a part of dressing culture and it would have moral meaning inside,hence the hair accessory would reflect the economic development,social custom and moral principle.This article would study on hair accessory as a major subject:on one hand,it discusses the hair accessory itself;on the other hand,it discovers the cultural custom behind the ceremony for wedding,funeral and others.The first part would be the introduction part,which includes the research overall.It begins with large literature review to discuss the traditional habit of Chinese ancient people to wear long hair and introduce the importance of hair accessary in Chinese traditional culture.Secondly,this article discovers the weakness of previous research and indicates the meaning of this essay.The second part demonstrates the hair style and hair accessary in Pre-Qin Period in details.From literature review to archaeological discovery,it shows that the major hair styles were disheveled hair,braid and bun.And major hair accessary includes Jishi and Guanshi.Disheveled hair was the original hair style of people.Braid and bun came from disheveled hair.FaJi was the most common in Pre-Qin Period and there are many materials include Bone,Stone,Jade,Wood and cooper.Pre-Qin Guanshi could be divided in three categories:Kui,Jaden Crane Accessory and Peacock Crane Accessory.The third part summaries the archaeological discovery of hair accessory in Zhanguo,Qin and Han period.In this period,women’s hair accessory included Zhuiji,Chuiyunji,Zhuimaji,Jiuhuanxianji,Fenxiaoji and Gaoji,etc.Hence,there was diversity of hair accessory,includes Zan,Chai,Buyao and Huasheng.Among them,Zhan and Chai were most common and discovered more by archaeologically.This part was organized according to Middle Area,Northern Area,Northwest area,Southeast coastal area,Southwest area to introduce archaeological discovery of hair accessory in details.Also,the archaeological discovery of Buyao,Sheng and Huazan is summarized as well.Based on the discussion above,the fourth part has described the development after Han Dynasty.Weijinliuchao period,the hair accessory inherited from Han Dynasty with various patterns and the major ones are still Zan,Chai,Buyao and Huasheng.After Sui and Tang Dynasty had united the country,the culture was developed and there became more modification in hair accessory.It not only inherited various Zan,Chai,Buyao,Bubozhae,Yuconglong and created so many more.It is good at adding the gods,animals and shining diamond on the hair.In Song Dynasty,people focused on moral standards and principles.At that time,the hair accessory is not as magnificent as Tang Dynasty,but it was profusion in colors.In the following Liao,Jin,Yuan,Ming,Qing Dynasty,hair accessory had its own development features and showed sign of mature.The fifth part discusses the relationship between the hair accessory and folk culture,including coming-of-age-ceremony,wedding and funeral.The male coming-of-age ceremony(Guanli)and female coming-of-age-ceremony(Qili)are both related to certain hair accessory features.In wedding,the hair accessory played huge role and in funeral,the hair accessory has identify the ranking.The last part is the conclusion,to sum up the whole essay briefly. |
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