Chinese Hairstyles Through The Dynasties
Here's are the different hairstyles Chinese people had throughout history.
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Hey guys welcome to off to Great Wall, it's my headstand again yeah yeah. What'S the last thing, we got a haircut, oh not for a while. Why is it? Is it all puffy yeah? It looks great man because you usually get a haircut every other week. I'Ve rather mugged my nerves, kind of asking, because I want to make sure you're okay, but let me ask you: did you know the ancient Chinese actually didn't cut their hair yeah? I mean you see in those comfo movies. They got like a ponytail down to their waist, but they're all tsuki, smooth yeah. It has to have painting back then, anyway, guys. Let'S take a look at Chinese hairstyles throughout history. First teaching throughout most of Chinese history, hair was highly valued even as much as the body was. It was seen as a symbol of self-respect. The ancient Chinese didn't cut their hair as it was considered. Disrespectful and a form of mutilation according to Confucius is classic of filial piety our body, hair and skin are given to us by our parents, so we aren't allowed to destroy them. That kind of reminds me of the whole step on a crack break or mom's back thing that kids do, but you know less superstitious. Instead, it's more like cut your hair, dishonor your family, but seriously. Imagine if we couldn't cut our hair today. Do you think I could Rock the long haired look and I don't know anyway. I have no idea how the ancient Chinese did it, but they did and they were serious about their hair. For example, in the spring and autumn period, sinners were punished by being required to shave their hair and beard, which was considered worse than any other physical punishment, because it was an insult to the soul and in a story from the Three Kingdoms. When general tall tall disobeyed military orders on the way to a battle, instead of receiving the death sentence, he cut his own hair, so basically cutting his own hair was equivalent to death or, worse anyway, aside from being super valued hair also functioned as a symbol of Lots of things like marriage status, ethnicity, class and a political alignment, so you could really tell a lot about a person from his or her hairstyle. It'S like having a secret cold. You know made of hair marriage status in ancient China, unmarried women wore their hair down or in a braid and long black hair was considered highly desirable in the so-called marriage market. Young girls weren't allowed to coil up their hair with hair pins once they got married. They would start wearing their hair up. Boys always had a hair code of sorts. After reaching adulthood, they wore a TF. I wore a top not covered with a square cloth were hat. People at GFI age were expected to get married. Hence the term CFR fuchi, which means a husband and wife who married when they were young. Furthermore, four guys a full head of hair was considered a sign of strength and virility. Social status. Hair also came to be a symbol of class and ranking, especially during the Tong dynasty, when tons of different shapes and styles emerged, each signifying a different class status. Yakka tell that's already my favorite dynasty cuz. You know different styles yeah. You, like your Styles, vaguely anyways, hair, ornaments and accessories could also reflect a person's social standing. G or hair pins and hair clasps were won by both Chinese men and women to keep a coiled bun in place. These hairpins could be made out of shade gold silver, ivory, bronze work, hard the wood and were often decorated with lucky animals such as Dragons, Phoenix's and zodiac animals. More plants such as Moto's flowers, war, plum trees, the patterns, craftsmanship materials and number of hair ornaments worn reveal social status. For example, you've got the fancy schmancy boo-yah hairpin, which was generally made of gold in the shape of a dragon or Phoenix and adorned with pearls, jewels and exquisite carved designs and also had hanging pendants that framed the face and danced as the wearer moved. Hence the name which literally means shake as you go I'll. Surprisingly, the bull pen denoted noble status. However, these fancier and more elaborate hair ornaments were more popular in the later mean and Qing dynasties and less so in the dynasties before ethnicity. As far as ethnic trends go, the Han people, which are China's majority ethnic group, usually wore their hair bound, while other ethnic groups have long disheveled hair. Thus long and unkempt hair was seen as a symbol of the minority group or outside barbarian in the Qin Dynasty. When the Jurchen tribes, conquered China, emperor tide, so ordered all Chinese to adopt tartar, dress and hair styles, but during the Ming Dynasty the Chinese reverted back to Han dress and hairstyles to rid the country of foreign influence. But after the Ming dynasty's things changed a lot right when the Manchu people conquer China and establish the Ching dynasty, the last Dynasty, Chinese hair started following Manchu rules. Basically that was a complete 180 from before, or at least for men. Okay, first, let's start with the women since hair didn't change as much for them. Young girls wore a single ponytail behind them and round the end with a red cord, sometimes also fastening, a gold wore silver bead to the tip. Their front hair, however, was cut into bangs yep. I love bangs. I love bangs yeah now married women arrange their hair into a bun, much like before and fasten it with a silver ornamental. Stick like we mentioned before. Hair accessories were especially popular during the Ching dynasty. In fact, the mention noble women took hair ornaments to a whole new level. They were known for tuned whole, wore hair of the capital, elaborate headdresses adorned with various jewels and bore Therese and hanging tassels. But now, let's move on to the men's hairstyles. Remember how the ancient Chinese had the whole never cut your hair, because it's disrespectful to your parents and insulting the sole thing. Well, the Manchurians paid no mind to that. All-Male civilians were required to shave the front of the head above the temples and then weird the rest of their hair braided in a long ponytail, which was called a queue. The only exception war for Buddhist monks in Taoist priests, yeah I mean Buddhist monks had no hair and that was priests head like a lot of hair yeah that was fries, didn't shave. Anything yeah just kept everything. It'S like polar opposites. Also in history, that's the wackiest! Hairstyle ever that's right, if you like meeting that, I don't know, that's insane, I want to know. I want to know step by step guide like with people with her pointed that's what you see in kung-fu movies, and the Manchu rulers also took their hair equally seriously. If you are a Chinese male, not a monk or priest and didn't get the cue within 10 days, you were executed for treason, yeah the Qi rulers adopted the slogan yofa. Well, the old hole, yote hole, oh yo, [, __ ], which means yeah. I do okay, it means keep your hair. Lose your head. Keep your head, lose your hair talk about extremes. The Q was basically a public demonstration of submission to the Ching Emperor and symbolized social order and obedience. Unfortunately, there was widespread bloody resistance to the Ching Emperor and Qing officials fought back with deadly force, massacring thousands upon thousands of rebels all shaven heads were Q, cutting came to be signs of dissent and rebellion. For example, the rebel typing armies were cursed by the qing rulers as hairy thieves. Finally, after the qin dynasty was overthrown in the revolution of 1911, which brought an end to china's Imperial era and established the Republic of China. Chinese hairstyles changed nearly overnight. The queue which had become a symbol of the Qin Dynasty was regarded as a sign of a fallen governments and was quickly discarded so that, basically just assured in the modern era of hairstyles, not really meaning much right. I'Ve also seen movies, where left some of these people, they were, like, maybe Qing officials and they were getting their praise cut by force. Oh we're just like screaming and crying like hey. Can I get my braids it's kind of sad, but you know that was kind of a sad part of Chinese history yeah. Definitely, but now like we can go to Chinatown and get those uh hairs. Hats has had a little praise on ah, but you have to shave the front of your head. No, no! You wear a bald cat eyes anyway, guys, let us know which dynasty's hairstyle you like the most. Thank you so much for watching see you later later. Hair, ornaments and accessories could also reflect a person's social standing ji ji, ji ji, the patterns, craftsmanship materials and number of hair ornaments, worn reveals social status. For example, you've got the fancy schmancy booyah come on man, booyah booyah booyah married women arrange their hair into a bun, much like before. Fasten it with a silver bian Fung. What'S it, what is a is a being fun, being fun, being fun, being fun being fun.
Comments
Dragonhammer Soulbreath: Its interesting how almost every culture really valued hair at one point and had really fancy hair styles.
Am5ters: I love the men's hair style where you wear your hair down and put a top knot on. It is really cool.
procrasTINAtion: I want hair ornaments to be in. Like a more modern take on it :)
Diva Sicard: What do you think of the hair cutting scene in Disney's Mulan ? Would that be considered dishonorable? Or even unrealistic seeing as nobody would cut their hair?
Beauty Within: LOL!!! Dan your Chinese still hasn't improved XD
z: When they said; Cut your hair Dishonour your family Mushu came to mind...
Veda Earth Alive: I love long hair on men, I wish more men grew their hair long...
ashfromnyc: Dan: *forgets tone, goes through all of them* Mike: *silently judging* Dan: (telepathically) mike help pls Mike: (telepathically) No, Dan. You dishonor me.
Seiyuōkami Himura: I agree with the long hair thing, as a Cherokee I take my hair very serious and it would indeed be preferable to die thanks to cut my hair.
Nurhidayah Sham: That's really cool and interesting! I love how you guys always refer to Chinese proverbs, names, and sayings; it keeps it authentic. You guys do such a great job keeping it light hearted, funny, interesting and relevant. I can always look forward to your videos!
Chi Mel: The Tang Dynasty have really pretty hair styles that I would love to try
Samantha Madden: We just learned about the Qing Dynasty and the Manchurian hairstyle mandate in my history class-- really cool to learn more about such a fascinating culture!
YokozoBitches: Thanks for the video! I remember how I was so obsessed with the Hair of the Capital because of certain Chinese drama. And I read it from some folklore book about the origin of the Manchu hair style. I thought it was because an Emperor had an abscess and had to shave the front half of his head so he forced everyone else to wear it the same way so he wouldn't look too foolish haha.
ZeSandvich: love the Han man's hair style, the Qing man's hair is by far the worst. and it seems a women's hair are always pretty.
grassina3: I knew a bit of this from watching historical dramas, like Palace, The Virtuous Empress of Han, and Prince of Lan Ling. It's cool to know a little more detail!
Jakerina: In one of my cultures(I'm Slavic with European ancestry), men's hair was usually short, but cutting hair if you're a girl(before the Slavs culturally assimilated with the Europeans) was a real big no-no. There's even a saying where a woman's long hair is seen as something beautiful.
Cherry Dream Blast Arts And React: Native americans also have this rule we can not cut our hair
Jennifer: Nice video! Could you guys show how the Chinese took care of their hair? Ex. shampoo, conditioner, etc.
Justin Zhang: I like the han dynasty, and the han Fu. It's sad that China lost most of their culture after revolution.
Matthew Tran-Adams: Love the bloopers! Great to see someone else struggling though Chinese tones like I do!!! :) Great video!
amtwils: I love your videos! I learn so much, AND you guys are hilarious.
kuroo the maniac: I loved the hairstyles I wish I lived back then I absolutely LOVE long hair, my dad always ask me to cut my hair at least once a week and I always say NO
Logan Wetterling: Amazing how styles change with time and influence! Clothes to hair to building to even diets! I am just awe struck when I think of these things! Thanks for the video!
Laura F: Your videos are so informative, yet creative and funny. I really appreciate you guys!
Microwave Child: cut your hair dishonor your family... Zuko:HONORRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
Hin M: Wow thanks for taking the time to research the history !! I learnt quite a bit and getting in touch with my culture. Means a lot.
tsukasa1608: Also, it's "束发", not "结发". "结发"is part of the traditional Chinese ceremony based on Zhou Dynasty's system, the groom and the bride will cut down a small part of their hair and tie it together, "结发夫妻"meaning they're together as one.
Name2site: Interesting concept connecting hair to ancestors. Also, loved the bloopers at the end. :)
sharmz duh: you should post more vids showcasing traditonal hanfu dresses highlighting tang/han dynasty, they are soo beautiful
LadybugonWheels: love your videos! I've always loved Chinese history. can you guys do a video ranking the best and worst Chinese emperors?
Ira Thapa: I never knew that Dan struggled so much while speaking chinese words. The behind the scenes section is hilarious! ^_^
Lilac💜: I really love this channel. It's interesting and informative.
Tru Scorpio: I really appreciate the history you guys bring to your channel. #HeyDan
cyberknight135: You guys are too funny. I loved this video. Really cool.
Stéphanie Klein: They all look pretty. Except the Qing dynasty style for men... That pretty horrible...
Melody Gardenia: it would have been nice to include time frames for these. not everyone will know what years in time these dynasties existed.
1ofakind V_V: Off the Great Wall has long videos and I'm always like, "Woah! They are so long! Can't watch this!" But when I get to watching them, they are very interesting and funny, so I end up not noticing the time at all. Good job Off the Great Wall!
Kirk Johnson: Very interesting history of hair styles of the past but it becomes obvious that future generations will marvel at the splendor of the hair style of the Mike and Dan dynasty. Thanks guys.
Seraphina: loving these historical videos!
ゾーイ: I actually like those Qing dynasty hair for females.. but not the males.. though, it is the easiest to know that a drama is set during the Qing dynasty because of those hair!
Espoir: Will you guys do a "Chinese Clothing through the Dynasties"? I would watch =]
PrussianGreen: Qing Dynasty was ruled by the Manchurians when they conquered China. One of the reasons why the Chinese of Han descent were eager to abolish their rule.
CarrowMind: I actually really like the topknot, it's elegant and badass at the same time, shame I don't have the head for it, I had long hair as a teenager and whenever I wore a ponytail I would look very weird. :(
meli: I love this channel already i have learned alot
Meggie Kay: I love the hair ornaments. I think it would be interesting if something like that would come back into fashion.
Cerise2886: Honestly, you guys would look pretty good with long traditional Chinese hair. Lol, I was imagining it and you looked like one of those actors playing in the dramas about long time ago China.
L: The Tang Dynasty was the most beautiful.
Pepsi D: This is so interesting! thank you for making it!
Kumi12341: I think he could rock the long hair.
Amy Ro: My hair is to "big" for hairbands and clips so I use chopsticks for buns. I know, that's something "stupid westerners" do (stereotype-ish) but it's all that works
Holly: Tang Dynasty, definitely! :) @Lana Shirazi Yes! Mushu! Cut your hair, dishonor on you, dishonor your family, dishonor your cow...! LOL Great little interesting bits of history guys! It was very helpful for me because I'm making a doll inspired by the Tang Dynasty hanfu and hairstyles. Pretty cool stuff, and in my research I found out how gorgeous everything was. Reminds me of the Tudor era in England; more is more! :P *peace*
Eliza Petty: "Death, or worse!" Sounds like Hermione.
paragpokhrel: Glad you guys have some reasonable knowledge about Chinese history! Good work! But hey Dan, you totally should improve your Chinese lol
Jie: old hair style is sometimes interesting or strange to modern people, but we should never forget to respect the choice of the ancient people and view and comment them from both their standpoints and our own, they are people who'd passed away and can't talk on behalf of themselves so we should be generous and not picky on them esp. if you think compared with them we are living now in a more advanced historical time. if we look down on them it's equal to being looked down on by our future generation.
Hollows Kido: That was awesome. Love history! New fav channel!!! ^^
RiverDancer99: This was super informative!! Thank you!!
otakupunzal: I luv watching historical dramas so this video helps a lot to understand more about fashion and tradition⎛◕̮◕⎞
elda: i just curious: If hair was really that important, then how was uncontrollable hairlessness such as patterned baldness viewed as?
Delilah LeFey: Two mentions of hair I've seen in movies....I remember in Shanghai Noon with Jackie Chan he freaked out when they cut his braid off, he said he would never be able to return home after that happened. And second the hair pins and such that you all talked about during the T‘ang Dynasty I noticed in The Curse of the Golden Flower, the Empress had tons upon tons of hair decorations. It's nice to finally know why as opposed to just thinking she thought they were pretty.
Young C: This is awesome!!! You guys are awesome!!!
denkendannhandeln: Guys I love your videos. But from an European perspective please, add the year numbers to the Chinese dynasty names when talking about them. We are helpless in correlating the dynasties to specific years. Why not adding in text the AD year? For example when talking about the Quin Dynastie, add 220 BC on the screen, so that we non Chinese can systematically order your content in our historic time line. Otherwise you just start jumping around in the dynasties and we loose completely track on which time period on earth you are talking about. This is confusing, frustrating and irritating. With a simple added year number the problem would be solved. Given the fact that you speak English in your videos, I assume you do not target a Chinese audience, so please help us. Add the BC and AD numbers, pleeeeeeaaaaase.
Artistisch: I would love to see Mike growing his hair!
MaiYoake: I think it would be fun to address the wacky 'contemporary' portrayals and approaches to traditional Chinese hairstyles. Like, in modern dramas where the hairstyles are nothing like they should be...! (Those always bother me)
Isabella Luoma: 結髮夫妻doesn't mean they married when they were young. It's more likely meaning the first marriage.
Jie: in chinese culture there's a viewpoint: our body is fully inherited from our biological parents and we should cherish it as a sign of gratitude to our parents. secondly, hair is important because when there's no modern medicine the Chinese traditional medicine had found the human hair is related with/can reflect, to some extent, the surplus or weak of our blood quality and circulation, for example, the polished, glittering quality hair is definitely a sign of good health, esp. good blood circulation, and vice versa. thus, together with other physiological signs such as the brightness of your eyes, the blood vibration which can be most easily touched at your wrists, your neck artery, etc, the nails natural color, the color of the face, the voice strength, the skin texture... etc, the traditional chinese doctor would prescribe you the medicine you needed. after all, our natural appearance is the reflection of our inner health--- this is the foundation of chinese medicine theoretical system and methodology of diagnosis in the era when there's no x-rays. in brief, hair is a main demonstration of blood quality, ear(hearing) demonstrates your kidney health (esp. true to the elderly), teeth health manifest your bone general health, tongue veins reflect your heart function and if someone bites his own tongue hardly it's death, because compared with other parts of the blood vessels it directly connected to the heart blood pumping balance. our skin color, texture reflect the health of stomach. bad nutrition person usually won't have good skin color and texture but ill-nourished skin... being a doctor need to know more about such superficial knowledge as i described, i just want to say behind every thing quite often there's deep-rooted cultural or historical reasons, when you do a video you'd better either give a neutral comment or no comment if you didn't do profound research before making the video. think about why people did like that and dig out the root reason in case you misled the subscribers!
sandie Owens: I believe both of you could look amazing with long hair
Brian Fuller: Interesting. Long hair was symbolic of power and authority in men, thus Noble. For women, long hair was both feminine and beautiful. This would be true for most of the Medieval period.
chase foster: Ming dynasty styles are the best! Also their weapons! The han jian is my second favorite sword behind the katana with the European long sword in at 3rd!
tanesha sumrell: Helped me with my paper on Chinese hair culture. Thank you!
Pietro Barbato: Man's Hairstyle in ming dinasty is very beautiful
Archivist Mae: Long traditional hair would fit both of you rather well actually!
Delicious DeBlair: In one of my novels, the heroine has 12 foot long hair which magically moves with her when she fights or dances. At one point she was captured for 2 whole years in a dungeon, but, while incarcerated by her enemy, she was several times shaved of all of her hair in public. In the end, she uses hair she secretly saved up [while in her cell, (only the hairs which came off of its own) and of course, only when nobody was watching her] to weave a thin, long, powerful coil of hair to escape.
Sooo random: I never knew the meaning behind the long hair, that's why my mum refused to cut my hair, when i was a kid. :D
rosy___yuan: I'm both Asian and Cherokee so I'm not allowed to cut except trim so my hair is loooonnggg and like those historical dramas you see.
brandi nesbitt: Awww i wanted this to be more detailed with photos to go with each dynasty..ive seen SO MANY haiestyles in dramas lol- probrably not the best source of factual evidence BUT..i just wondered how closely they are to truth and the chronological progression.. This is good. I just hoped for more styles and their dynasties. Still learned alot though. Thanks guys!
Rhythm F.: You guys are lucky to have access to your history. Enjoy it for the both of us.
Baobai Vue: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAs I Love it when yall do historical Youtube Videos like this
CY Chow: My great grandfather (born during the 19th century, durin the Qing dynasty) went to school in Switzerland and cut his hair before the ROC started in 1911. He had to wear a hat out, as well as a fake que (bianzi), and discard his european suits to wear robes. No wonder he wanted to stay in Europe.
Albert Louison: Should've explained that the Jurchen and Manchus were basically the same people. Otherwise, good video!
JB Shackle: Hey guys, your videos are very informative, I adore watching them. But please tell me, if cutting your hair was a serious sign of dishonor, what about the beards? They are made of hair as well, so how come the pictures there show the men without a full beard down to their waist as well? What is the difference between head hair and beard hair? And are there different codes to shave the beard as well? Like these two strands of konfuzius-style beard or the chin puffs that can be seen in movies. Can you explain that as well?
razake001: You both would look good in ancient Chinese long hair styles.
My Shiny Obsession: Mike looks a bit like a young Jackie Chan.
Silent: Came here because of Sokka and Katara's father and Zuko (prince) haircut, looks so good omg. I should let my hair grow to do it too.
Vea Perl: I personally have always loved long hair for men and women as long as it is well kept. Dead ends and having stringy hair is unbecoming . I love long hair on a man but don't necessarily feel it should be longer than a woman's. I also think if your going to go to all the trouble to grow it long..you should wear it down ...so I like the pre-Quing dynasty the best...the small top knot with it mostly down and the half up/half down is very beautiful. That is very viral and manly to me... oooolaalaa! I love the longer youthful hairstyles with hair ornaments for women too...Soo beautiful.
Jason Huang: Manchu Qing pigtail was a symbol of shame and Manchu identity.
Kitty Sweetensen: love your channel guys! :-D
way2girly: I actually like the shaved head with the braid. It looks nice :)
Dot Euphoria: I used to watch this channel all the time when I was a teen and later in life I watched Mikey Chen's cooking channel and now I literally only JUST realized this is the same Mikey. Lol.
Triple Stabber: The best hairstyle in Chinese history : Lu Bu
Porche Gardener: watching you guys struggle with which tone to use is funny :)
矛盾龙话题王: When it comes to hairstyle - and pretty much everything else - all I can say is: Qin dynasty, best dynasty.
Melinda F: Such an interesting video- thanks guys!!
Layla Death: I WANNA SEE THE LADIES OF OTGW TRY THE HAIRSTYLES!!
Trish: "Imagine if we couldn't cut our hair today, do you think I could rock the long hair look?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? YASS YOU'D LOOK HOT!!!
Hush Dear: Think about how Mulan had to wear her hair up faking as a boy. And think about serving tea to that tea house lady.
Tia ティア: Thank you for the video, it was really interesting! :)
aListers Ch.: While I can't get away with not cutting my beard in modern day, I may go to that ancient Chinese hair style of long hair. I like it and it would work seeing as I have long hair.
Naughty adventures of mcBrouhaha in a vacuum: I'm maintaing a healthy beard. My hair is long and shiny all the way over my shoulders. I get compliments from both men and women. Trust me, asians can rock the long hair look.
Lill Doll: Now , we are punished for having long hair as a guy by our Chinese teachers xD
Anzuli: I don't know if anyone brought this up already, but for Cao Cao, if I remember correctly, him cutting off his hair wasn't supposed to be less bad than the death sentence; he made a rule that the soldiers were to keep off the farms (or else be executed) but his horse got scared by birds or something and trampled part of a grain field and, to be fair, he wasn't particularly quick to inflict the punishment on himself and in the extra time, his followers all told him he was too important to die, and that's why he "cut the hair off as touching the head" (quote from "Romance of Three Kingdoms") but not actually the head. So he was supposed to be cutting himself a bit of slack according to that version of events XD