Menstruation Crown was unearthed in a small town in Inner Mongolia called Orchid Town. Archaeologists at that time discovered an ancient tomb, and an experienced expert saw that the owner of the tomb must be a noble. Because at that time, experts could judge from the cultural relics and epitaphs in the cemetery that the owner of the tomb was a woman named Wang Liang who lived in the Yuan Dynasty.
However, the unearthed treasures naturally include gold and silver utensils and precious jewelry and jade articles, which did not attract the attention of experts, but a "strange thing" hidden in the corner of the tomb attracted experts. That magical thing is a Y-shaped object with a height of only about 50 cm. This thing can make experts puzzled. What is this? This Y-shaped monster is not only light, but also rough in texture, surrounded by several beech brackets.
At this time, a knowledgeable professor called out the name-Aunt Guan in Yuan Dynasty. What is the menstruation Crown? In fact, the great aunt's crown was an ornament worn by women in the Yuan Dynasty. The biggest function of this ornament is to distinguish the marital status of women. Generally speaking, married women will wear menstruation crowns, while unmarried women will not wear menstruation crowns.
Moreover, there are records of menstruation Crown in some historical materials.
For example, Qiu Chuji's "Changchun Reality Journey to the West" wrote:
This woman wears birch bark on her head. She is two feet tall ... Call her aunt.
Li Zhichang also wrote in Changchun's Journey to the West:
The woman is crowned with birch skin and is two feet tall. They are often locked in a cage of soap brown, while the rich are red and end up like geese and ducks, so they are called reasons.
Song Zhao Xun also wrote in "Mengda North Foothill Woman":
The wives of chiefs all have ancient crowns, which are made of iron wire and shaped like Mrs. Bamboo. They are three feet long, decorated with red and blue brocade or pearl gold, and have a stick on them, decorated with red and blue velvet.
With the change of dynasties, later people no longer wore their aunts' crowns, but the craft of making things with birch bark was preserved and passed down to this day. Moreover, many handicrafts made of birch bark are deeply loved by consumers because of their beauty and practicality. At present, some areas in China are also using birch bark to make daily necessities, so birch bark has become a symbol of regional culture.