The Story of Minglan

In the period drama The Story of Minglan, there's a line about "loosening the hair buns and letting the hair fall, imitating the styles of courtesans". Is leaving two strands of bangs by the temples really a style of the demimonde? Is there really such a saying? Then, have most period dramas nowadays fallen into this trap? Let's start with the conclusion. Many of us now call a similar hairstyle the "catfish whiskers". In fact, it also has a prototype. For example, during the Han and Jin dynasties, especially after the Eastern Han, there were two strands of hanging hair called "chuí tiáo" (垂髫). You can see this in themes like paintings of immortals in the Wei and Jin dynasties and the hairstyles of ancient children. Strictly speaking, this kind of chuí tiáo is not bangs, but neatly arranged strands of hair falling from the hair bun, forming a decorative structure. However, the period when this hairstyle with hanging strands on both sides was popular was relatively short, mainly during the Wei and Jin dynasties, the so - called era of "Wei and Jin elegance". It's still different from the "catfish whiskers" we see in today's cdramas. Even though later…