Traditional Hairstyles

传统发型

From the end of the reign¹ of Emperor Guangxu till the beginning of Republic of China(1908一1912)，the popular bun types of Chinese women included Luoji(spiral bun)，Baoji(pack bun)，Lianhuanji(interlinking bun)，Chaotianji(skyward bun)，Yuanbaoji(Yuanbao-shaped bun;Yuanbao is a shoe-shaped gold or silver ingot)，Baoyuji(abalone-shaped bun)，Xiangguaji(muskmelon-shaped bun)，Kongxinji(hollow bun)，Panbianji(bun formed by rounding the tail)，Mianbaoji(bread-shaped bun)，Yiziji(line-shaped bun)，Dongyangji(Japanese bun) Zhuimaji(bun like a person falling off a horse)，Wufengji(dancing-phoenix bun ) and Hudieji(butterfly bun )，etc.

从光绪末年到民国初年(1908一1912 )，中国妇女中所流行的发型种类包括螺髻、包髻、连环髻、朝天髻、元宝髻(元宝是一种外形像鞋子一样的金锭或银锭)、鲍鱼髻、香瓜髻、空心髻、盘鞭髻、面包髻、一字髻、东洋髻、坠马髻、舞凤髻、蝴蝶髻等。

As for a young woman，in addition to the bun，there was also o lock of hair covering the forehead，commonly called Qianliuhai(front bang).The fashion of the Qianliuhai varies² greatly，too the line-shaped，the hanging-silk-shaped andthe swallowtail-shaped，etc

对于年轻妇女来说，除了发髻之外还要将一络头发盖在额头上，这通常被称为前刘海。前刘海的式样也是千差万别的，有一字式、垂丝式、燕尾式等等。

Around the 12th year of Republic of China(1923)，Jianfa(a hairstyle formedby cutting the hair neatly) became popular. In the 1930s，perm was widely spread to China. After 1933，Chinese women in big cities usually followed the Western style，and some even dyed³ their hair into different colors such as red，yellow, brown，etc.，which were regarded as fashionable.

在民国十二年(1923)之前，剪发(通过将头发剪整齐来打造出发型)十分流行。到了上世纪30年代，烫发在中国广为盛行。1933年之后，大城市里的中国妇女通常追求西式发型，有些人甚至将头发染成不同的颜色，例如红色、黄色、褐色等，人们认为这十分时髦。