A Study on Hairstyle in Northern Nation of Ancient China

중국고대 북방민족의 발식(髮飾)에 관한 연구- 요(遼).금(金).원(元)을 중심으로 -

Hair styles for human being develope according to the natural environment. Chinese hair styles have been changed from tousled hair to pigtailed hair, later additional style of shaved hair, became pigtailed. Each hair style for people, however, is based on each people's culture and history. Thus, the same changed had not been applied to each culture simultaneously. Hairstyle for Yao(遼) Jin(金) Yuan(元) that is a representation of ancient northern tribe, is summarized as follow; Tung Hu'(東胡)s inferior, Khitai(契丹)'s hair style is tousled hair and Sushen(肅愼),'s inferior, Jurchen(女眞) has partial shave and left 2 strand of pigtail. Hun'(匈奴)s inferior, Mongol(蒙古) has hair in top and shaved head except both sides and rear. One style is circular shape of braided hair at both sides. The other is one strand pigtail at the rear head, which is the original shape for Man'(滿) pigtail later.