The phenomenon of ethnic minority women wearing buns has always been common. Ancient books include "Three Miao Heads" and "Wuman... Men and Women's Buns...". There are records of the residents of Liangshan, Sichuan, who "knotted their hair in buns, barefooted, and adopted barbarian customs." Unearthed at Shizhai Mountain in Jinning, Yunnan during the Western Han Dynasty, the images of women on the lids of Dian people's bronze shell vessels include many with buns in buns. The bronze dancing figurines unearthed here also have their hair bunned on top. Cliff paintings in Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places all have images of people combing buns; there are many images of women combing buns in the illustrations of "Yunnan General Chronicles" of the Qing Dynasty. In the past, Manchu aristocratic women wore buns called "two-headed buns", "forked buns" and "ruyi buns" after marriage. The combing method is to divide the hair into two parts, one part hanging down the back of the head and combed into a swallow-tail bun, commonly known as "Yanren head", the other part is pulled over the top of the head, twisted into strands, and coiled into a long and flat shape covering the top of the head. A hairpin called a "big flat square" is inserted between the bun, which is both for decoration and for hair fixation.
The Manchu, Korean, Dai, Miao, Jinuo, Dong, Li, Gelao, and some ethnic groups in Xinjiang still still wear buns. And each has its own style. Dong women like to comb their hair in a bun to the left ear, covering almost the entire ear; local Li women generally tie their hair in a bun at the back of their heads, and let the ends of their hair hang naturally on their shoulders; Dai women wear their long hair loosely on their heads Or to one side, and then comb their hair into a bun. Many people also take out a section of hair for decoration; Miao women in the border area of ??northeastern Yunnan and northwest Guizhou have a type of bun, called a big bun, which is The wig is coiled into a huge bun on the top of the head, and a hairpin is placed across the head to fix the wig. The hairpin and the wig are tied with a cloth tape. The wig is loose and drooping on the top of the head, reaching shoulder length and covering the ears, which is very unique.
Chinese women’s hairstyles are of all kinds and variety, and no one can tell how many types there are. Ancient hair style; Han Dynasty women's "Japanese fallen bun"; Northern Dynasty women's "cross bun"; Tang Dynasty women's "Spiritual Snake Bun" and "Flying Bun"; Song Dynasty women's "Chaotian Bun", "Tongxin Bun", etc. etc., are all quite popular hairstyles in relevant dynasties. There are even more styles of hairstyles for ethnic minority women, such as the "peacock bun" for Dai women; the "chopping block bun" for Jing women; the "phoenix makeup" for She women; and the "one-horned bun" for Miao women; There are "two heads" of Manchu women. There are as many as seven or eight types of women's postures among Tu women, such as "three-pronged head", "grain head", "bee'er head", "beating head" and so on. But among them, the most popular ones are "loose hair", "braided hair" and "coiled hair". Until modern times, these three hairstyles are still quite popular. Women of many ethnic groups also have the custom of shaving their hair, which can be said to be the most unique among the various hairstyles.