In the Song Dynasty, men liked to put flowers in their hair or hats, which was called Zanhua. As we all know, the water margin is also dotted with hairpin flowers, such as the prodigal son Yan Qing, a handsome and romantic minority image. Of course, you don't have to be a minority to wear it. For example, Cai Qing, the executioner, will wear a big red flower on his head. Ruan Xiaowu, who is a fisherman, is not elegant, but she also puts a flower in her hair. In addition to the water margin we are familiar with, many literati in the Song Dynasty also had the habit of hairpin flowers. So in the Song Dynasty, it was very natural for people to wear flowers on their heads.
And this habit of hairpin flowers is closely related to the Double Ninth Festival. In our country, the Double Ninth Festival is also very important, even less than the Spring Festival and Tomb-Sweeping Day. There will be many important activities on this day, and a poem we all know is about the Double Ninth Festival? If you know where your brothers are crawling, you are missing one person. . People think that Cornus officinalis can exorcise evil spirits by sticking it on the head, but on the Double Ninth Festival, Cornus officinalis has passed its flowering period, so people use chrysanthemums in full bloom at that time instead of Cornus officinalis to celebrate the festival.
In addition to these, the habit of wearing hairpin flowers on people's heads in the Song Dynasty was also inseparable from the royal family. The Double Ninth Festival in the Song Dynasty is a festival, and there will be rest among the people and celebrations in the palace. On this day, the palace will be filled with chrysanthemums, and the emperor will hold a banquet for hundreds of officials. At the banquet, the emperor will also present flowers to the ministers. So with the practice of the royal family, people will be effective. In the Song Dynasty, there were many literati whose thoughts played a leading role in the society, and they felt a sense of melancholy to the society, which could be expressed by these blooming flowers. Therefore, in many ways, Song people became popular with this habit.