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夫(adult males,men)
- Fu (夫) refers to adult males, or men. The image of Fu in oracle bone...
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As a kind of crown in ancient China, hair crest generally features several symmetrically distributed holes on two sides for insertion of hair clasp, which will traverse the bun to fix the crest.
Hair Crest
- “Everyone has a share of responsibility” in Chinese is “Tian Xia Xing Wang, Pi Fu You Ze”. Cited by Liang Qichao in late Qing Dynasty, the wisdom described the desperate situation China (or “Tian Xia”, the world) was going through when moral integrity was endangered and it was time for everyone to take his share of responsibility. It then became an idiom to describe an individual’s sense of responsibility to the country or the society.
Everyone Has a Share of Responsibility
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The Capping and Hair-Pinning Ceremonies
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- Before the Qing Dynasty, both Chinese men and women would wear their hair in a coiled bun and use a hairpin to keep it in place.
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- Hair embroidery, a traditional Chinese art, is a special needle-work of making patterns on silk with human hair as the thread.
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