Mongolian women's headdresses are formed between tribes in certain historical conditions and natural environments, and their shapes are natural and simple, and they are naturally charming. According to relevant historical records, in the Bronze Age, the Mongolian plateau had a process of making headdresses.
Bronze ornaments such as earrings, earrings, and head wear found in the remaining cultural relics can illustrate this point, which shows that people's imagination and aesthetics in this period have reached a certain height. As can be seen from the physical objects unearthed by the Xiongnu and Xianbei nomads, most of the headdresses are made of gold and silver, mussels, jade, crystal, agate, metal and ochre. Its structure and shape are similar to the headdresses of modern Ordos and Chahar women, and the entire decorative pattern shows the living emotions and hobbies of the nomadic people.
In the Mongolian Yuan period, the development of folk handicrafts became more progressive. Women's headdresses are beautiful with many, large and heavy, and wear large hoop earrings and large gemstone necklaces. Gemstone types, craftsmanship, and patterns are most fully reflected in women's headdresses, and the degree of luxury can be said to be rare in history. Nowadays, most of the women's headdresses handed down by the people are remnants of the Qing Dynasty. Due to the Qing government's implementation of the alliance flag system in the Mongolian areas, the inter-tribal economic conditions, cultural concepts and living customs became more and more obvious, and at the same time promoted the rapid formation of tribal costume culture.
The shape of the headdress in this period tended to be more slender, complex and refined than before. Or graceful and luxurious, or simple and dignified, or exquisite and beautiful, or simple and generous, showing a distinctive type of headdress. A dressed Mongolian woman with a light headdress of three or four pounds and a dozen pounds of heavy ones. These headdresses circulating in the folk are no longer just simple ornaments, but cultural carriers rooted in mongolian social life, which not only interprets the profound connotation of Mongolian folk culture, but also bears witness to the beauty of national handicraft skills.
Abaga headdress
Turbert headdress
Kshketten headdress
Four sub-headdresses
Chahar headdress
Tumut headdress
Ao Hanbu headdress
Mao Ming'an headdress
Ordos headdress
Uju Muqin headdress
Dahlham headdress
Sunit headdress
Urat headdress
There is nothing more wonderful in the world than this, at an age when you are not familiar with the world, the whole expectation of life is the brilliant ideal itself. by Herne Mani
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Source: Mongolian