Chapter 262 "Twenty and crowned" and "fifteen and thin"

When we read ancient books, we can always see young men described as "young and weak", and young women described as "old and young". What's going on? In ancient times, young men of the gentry had to be crowned when they reached the age of 20, and a crowning ceremony was held. This is the "crown ceremony", also called "hair bunting", which indicates that the man has grown up. It is because of the 20th crown that it is called "weak crown". Women in ancient times generally did not wear crowns and hats, but there were many kinds of head ornaments.The etiquette system stipulates "Fifteen Erji", which means that when a girl reaches the age of 15, she should put her hair on the top of her head, wrap her hair with a black scarf, and then insert a hairpin and hairpin to fix it.This ceremony means that the woman has since grown up and can marry and start a family.

"The age has reached the end of the year" means that the girl is fifteen years old and ready to marry. The married women of Shang and Zhou aristocrats wore more headgear. In addition to all kinds of hairpins and hairpins, there were also hairstyle decorations such as "vice", "bian" and "ci" made of wigs. The strict patriarchal etiquette system restrictions at that time are also shown on this small female headdress.At that time, the princes and wives put on wigs, and then inserted hairpins with beads, jade and other pendants on the top.Six jade ornaments can be adorned on their hairpins.The wives of scholar-bureaucrats could only use Ji with one or two ornaments.Not to mention the common people.

When it comes to headgear, let's mention clothing again.Women's clothing in the Shang and Zhou dynasties had only one type of long garment, which was a long robe that was connected from top to bottom.It covers everything from the neck down to the ankles.