5 thoughts on “What was the use of fingers worn on the fingers of the Empress Dowager Cixi?”

  1. In fact, the main reason is to play a role in decoration, and another reason is to show identity. And not everyone can bring it. For example, when we usually watch costume dramas on TV, pay attention to some, we can find that some concubines basically say that there is a finger set when raising their hands. Please let me analyze it in detail below.
    First of all, the identity of the Empress Dowager Cixi must be very distinguished, and the fingers with the set of fingers must be the most expensive. People. It is also a person who asked more than 80 girls to get up to get up, which is too expensive. Besides, this finger set is also a beauty on the fingers, although it is inconvenient to say that this aesthetics cannot be appreciated in modern times.
    Secondly, the person with fingers must not have to work hard. This also shows their identity. They are noble people, and those slaves are not a grade. Because it is inconvenient to work with the finger set itself, it is said that the slaves with fingers are the most violated, and the Cixi finger set is the same. , Seeing how you look at your eyes, you can bring any of them. After all, the aesthetics of each period are different, such as the beauty in the Tang Dynasty, and so on.
    Finally, in summary, from these contents, we can know that the reason why Cixi wears fingers is to show their identity, one is to look good, show their own distinctiveness and ourselves. The feeling of nobleness.

  2. "Forests", also known as "armor sleeve". Everyone knows that most of the guards are in the Qing Dynasty harem TV series. In fact, the armor cover had appeared as early as the Ming Dynasty. This is ignored by many people. It's just the Qing Dynasty. The harem girls use very common. The style is also much dense. The Manchu woman likes to stay long nails. The slender and soft and soft of women's fingers. In addition to the innate talent conditions, they can also use the means of decoration. The wind of the armor is long. According to the book "Han Feizi": During the Warring States Period, the servants around the Korean monarch Han Zhaohou all had long armor.
    The Qing Dynasty guards are more and more exquisite in production. Most of them are made of gold and silver. With the growth of the nails, the length of the finger protection has also increased significantly. In the portrait portrait of an American painter collected by the Palace Museum for the Empress Dowager Cixi, Cixi's hand is wearing gold. The long nursing fingers made of jade.
    The queen and concubine of the Qing Palace likes to store nails. Generally speaking, it usually takes more than half a year to store a one -inch nails, and if you don't pay attention, you will split and break. In order to protect this slender nail, add a sleeve on your fingers to get up in order To the role of protection. This is the utensil commonly known as the finger protection. Except for the thumbs that need to be flexible and unlimited, the rest of the fingers can be worn, which can be worn symmetrically, or wearing one -handed or single finger. The nails of the Queen of the Qing Dynasty and the concubines include gold, silver, jade, jade, copper, enamel and other materials. The decorative methods such as hollowing out, flowers, and inlay are used. Filling, the back is mostly carved, and rarely seal the plug.
    The ancient Chinese women's fingers and wearing fingers have a long history. The earliest nursing cover that can be seen now is the Han Dynasty golden finger unearthed from the old river in the old river in Jilin Province. It is made of thin gold slices, extending upwards in a spiral shape, and it can be adjusted arbitrarily, concise and practical. In addition to different forms of hairstyle during the Tang Dynasty, the noble women also attached great importance to the decoration of their hands while carefully modifying their faces. At that time, the criteria for women's beauty at that time were not only a plump figure and a delicate face, but also cared for women's hands. Tang Dynasty poet Han Yan's masterpiece of "Yong Hand" to praise women's hands: "Wiring white skin red jade bamboo shoot buds, tuning piano pumping tip and obliqueness. The pastoral embroidered curtain, faintly saw the golden car. The back garden laughed at the same way, and the picked flowers were folded. "Jade bamboo shoots are the fingertips that praise and describe women's slim and long -term fingertips. The bamboo shoots are the same.
    The nail sets handed down in the Qing Dynasty, which may be connected with the dress of Manchu women. The Manchu lady combed two heads, and the hair buns extended upward; high -bottomed shoes with a thick four or five inches held up their feet; the cuffs of the coat were horsed from the horseshoe -shaped back of the hand; Harmony and unified decoration. Imagine if you are combed with towering buns and put on half a thick shoes, the wide -fat horseshoe sleeves are short and bald fingers. It is not matched from the perspective of aestheticism. The dressing of the Manchu lady is very suitable for the wearing of fingers. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty was very popular, and at the same time, on the basis of practical, it gradually developed to the trend of fine, beautiful, and expensive, so that women's finger covers form a culture.

  3. It is useless, it is a symbol of wealthy status.
    This is that their nails are relatively long, and it is easy to break. Unlike the Han people, the Manchu women like to keep their nails grow. They feel that the long nails can highlight the charm of women and look more slender and long. Long nails often means easy to break and not easy. As a result, in order to protect your nails, the nail set will have a finger cover. While pursuing nails, at the same time, for the sake of beauty, sometimes they can be used as a symbol of status, and they use a variety of or precious gems. The pearl to decorate the nail sleeve, making the nail sleeve more beautiful. In addition to protecting its nails, nail sleeves have other functions.
    The nail sleeve is also a symbol of status. It is specifically manifested in the length of the nail sleeve in the harem of the Qing Dynasty. It does not mean that you can be long. Generally speaking, the higher the concubine, the longer the length they can use, the better the materials used in the nail sleeve, and the better the workmanship. In the harem, only the Lord of the Harem can use the longest nail set. In another perspective of the harem, the more the pets who are favored, the longer and more valuable, the more precious. This is also a kind of alternative to the harem. Because of this, nails have become one of the more popular and important jewelry at the time.

  4. The finger set worn by the Empress Dowager Cixi is said to be used to protect the nails. It may be a fashion for women in the Manchu. In order to be able to keep the nails from being bumped, the armor sleeve is specially customized in her hand.

  5. The reason for wearing a nail cover on the Cixi Nail is actually very simple. It is obviously used to decorate nails or for beauty. It is naturally very particular about women in the palace, and this kind of emphasis is not only appearance and clothes. Nail sleeves are very particular about various materials such as gold, silver, copper, enamel and other materials, and they are also very delicate in craftsmanship, showing nobleness.

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