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Chinese Way
Behind the Changing hairstyles
Updated: 2011-03-09 16:05
(cultural-china.com)
Whether plaited,cut short, waved or dyed, women's changing hairstyles are influenced by the trend of the times, emotional needs and individual personalities.
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Plaits and Buns
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Teenage girls wore their hair in two buns beside their ears, while unmarried young women wore their hair in a plait fastened with a piece of red woolen thread. Married women wore their hair in a single bun, but young married women's buns were usually shaped like a butterfly.
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