Having a hairstyle that suits the social and political environment of the times is an important part of styling oneself for having a better and individual appearance. It also is a good means to carry on one′s social life. It is very natural for a person to attach the greatest importance to the head,...
Having a hairstyle that suits the social and political environment of the times is an important part of styling oneself for having a better and individual appearance. It also is a good means to carry on one′s social life. It is very natural for a person to attach the greatest importance to the head, which plays the central role of controlling the senses and mind. Makeup and hair style show the race, natural features of a region, aesthetic views of the times, and ethnicity, The head is the part of the body that is usually seen first when encountering a person, which makes the style and decoration of it a very important clue to consider in social relationships. In all ages and countries, the shape and ornamentation of the hair provide clues to understand all the values that the various societies at the times pursued because they were important ways of life to satisfy the aesthetic demands and values of the times which were products of the process of adapting to the societies. Korea is no exception in this aspect, and we can see various changes in hair styles according to changes of dynasties, changes in the values that the societies pursued, and the social, cultural characteristics that were formed in domestic and foreign relations. Hair styling in the Koryo and Chosun period also showed such traits. In the late Koryo period, the royal family practiced pro-Yuan policies in order to eliminate the existing power of the military, by marrying the Crown Prince with the Yuan Princess. The new power group formed through various interchange consisted of the Mongolian Gupryoungku (Relative with powerful Mongolian family) group or the group of women who had been sent originally to Yuan as tribute women, who came back to take political and economical power. It was these pro-Yuan groups that spread the Yuan culture in Koryo, and Yuan intervention was the background of changes in head ornamentation in Koryo. The Chosun period that followed the Koryo period secured its international position as the new dynasty in 1392, which lasted for 514 years, during which the royal authority was strengthened and strong emphasis was put on Confucianism. It was a society with modern characteristics as well. In this period the influence of Confucianism permeated through every aspect of daily lives so that the distance between men and women was kept and the head ornamentation of women was a standard of manners and told almost everything about the person. The history of changes in the head ornamentation in Koryo and Chosun period in accordance with cultural and political changes in the society. As the present is the product of history, the head ornamentation as a way of expressing a period can represent values, and political and environmental factors of the period. It helped providing a sense of national identity and unity to the Korean people during the Koryo and Chosun periods.
Having a hairstyle that suits the social and political environment of the times is an important part of styling oneself for having a better and individual appearance. It also is a good means to carry on one′s social life. It is very natural for a person to attach the greatest importance to the head, which plays the central role of controlling the senses and mind. Makeup and hair style show the race, natural features of a region, aesthetic views of the times, and ethnicity, The head is the part of the body that is usually seen first when encountering a person, which makes the style and decoration of it a very important clue to consider in social relationships. In all ages and countries, the shape and ornamentation of the hair provide clues to understand all the values that the various societies at the times pursued because they were important ways of life to satisfy the aesthetic demands and values of the times which were products of the process of adapting to the societies. Korea is no exception in this aspect, and we can see various changes in hair styles according to changes of dynasties, changes in the values that the societies pursued, and the social, cultural characteristics that were formed in domestic and foreign relations. Hair styling in the Koryo and Chosun period also showed such traits. In the late Koryo period, the royal family practiced pro-Yuan policies in order to eliminate the existing power of the military, by marrying the Crown Prince with the Yuan Princess. The new power group formed through various interchange consisted of the Mongolian Gupryoungku (Relative with powerful Mongolian family) group or the group of women who had been sent originally to Yuan as tribute women, who came back to take political and economical power. It was these pro-Yuan groups that spread the Yuan culture in Koryo, and Yuan intervention was the background of changes in head ornamentation in Koryo. The Chosun period that followed the Koryo period secured its international position as the new dynasty in 1392, which lasted for 514 years, during which the royal authority was strengthened and strong emphasis was put on Confucianism. It was a society with modern characteristics as well. In this period the influence of Confucianism permeated through every aspect of daily lives so that the distance between men and women was kept and the head ornamentation of women was a standard of manners and told almost everything about the person. The history of changes in the head ornamentation in Koryo and Chosun period in accordance with cultural and political changes in the society. As the present is the product of history, the head ornamentation as a way of expressing a period can represent values, and political and environmental factors of the period. It helped providing a sense of national identity and unity to the Korean people during the Koryo and Chosun periods.
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