#Mid-Late Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127)

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【Historical Reference Artifacts】:

Northern Song Dynasty Murals in Kaihua Temple(开化寺)

【Hairstyle Historical Reference Artifacts】:

This kind of crown is called " 等肩冠/equal shoulder crown" or " 垂肩冠/drop shoulder crown".It was a popular crown for Han women in the Song and Jin Dynasties.

※Names vary slightly depending on where the crown drop off 

According to records in<Dream Pool Essays/夢溪筆談> By Chinese polymath and statesman Shen Kuo (1031–1095) in Northern Song Dynasty that about the tomb of officer Da sima (almost equal to defence secretary)Zhu Tuan (朱鲔)'s Tomb of Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD) store carvings and said:

”Women also wear what is known today as the " 垂肩冠/drop shoulder crown", which is similar to the horned crown worn in recent years.There is almost no difference”.

It proves that this kind of crown may have appeared as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD）

Stone Carvings of Zhu Tuan (朱鲔)'s Tomb in the Eastern Han Dynasty（25-220 AD）

・Northern Song Dynasty murals and stone carvings, & Jin Dynasty Zibo kiln Sancai figurines

[Hanfu · 漢服]China Mid-Late Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127 AD) Chinese Traditional Clothing Hanfu & Crown Based on Relics & Murals

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【History Note】

After entering the mid-Northern Song period, women's attire gradually broke away from the extravagant style of "high bun and big hairpin" and "wide-sleeved long skirt", and replaced it with "wearing a crown and comb on hair" and "wearing drapedlong outer shirt and long skirts".

At this time, the volume of dresses is slightly smaller, and it is popular to wear multiple layers of clothing, and the neckline is widened to reveal the inner layer of clothing. It has a visual effect in layered and color-changing visual effects , In dignified and slightly revealing charming and graceful feelings.

At the same time, various styles of crowns have also been developed, some of which are almost as wide as the shoulders. People at the time called them "equal-shouldered crowns" or "drop-shouldered crowns" according to their shapes. 

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