Silk Flowers, Beijing Style

• 作者: JIAO FENG
• 来源期刊: 今日中国:英文版
• 学科: 其他
• 关键词: SILK FLOWERS BEIJING STYLE
• 年，卷（期）: 2019,（6）
• 页码范围: 70-71
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: Z

摘要

THE Beijing silk flower evolved from a timehonored craft to make floral hair pins with fine textiles. In ancient times when the Spring Festival approached, families bought firecrackers for their sons and silk flowers for their daughters. It’s a millennium-old tradition that women and girls wore artificial flowers in their hair, as can be seen in ancient paintings. Since fresh flowers were hard to come by during winter months ancient Chinese made silk flowers as suitable alternatives. Today artificial flowers are no longer used as hair ornaments, but still loved as home decorations.