According to 『Jeungbomoonheonbigo』, Dangun taught the people of the country how to braid their hair and cover their hair. As hair was tidied up like this, hairpins for fixing hair would have developed. By the time of the Three Kingdoms, when men reached adulthood, men usually wore topknots, and women wore various hairstyles, including bunted hair and braided hair. Therefore, in order to keep the tidy hair from unraveling, the use of hairpins must have increased. The silver hairpin of Baekje found in Buyeo has one end bent in a ring shape, showing the aspect of a hairpin of the time.

Most of the ornaments of the hairpins of hairpins represent women's fidelity or auspicious meanings, and they wish for wealth, longevity, and many sons. In the Joseon Dynasty, according to the virtues of Confucianism, hairpins with plum and bamboo patterns symbolizing women's chastity were enjoyed.

When a parent passed away, the hairpin was pulled out and the hair was left hanging down, which was a sign of a sinner who lost a parent and an act of revealing guilt. When a person becomes a sangju (喪主), a black ox horn hairpin is put on after three days of their parents' death, and a wooden hairpin is put on after 100 days. This wooden hairpin was worn until the end of the three-year mourning ceremony as a sign of frugality and frugality. Also, when a woman was imprisoned in a government office for a crime, regardless of class or wealth, she took out a hairpin and left her hair loose.

Area
Jeonju
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Material
Japanese snowbell
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Size
35 x 45 / 60 x 60
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Producer / Design
Auroi
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Making
No. 45 Jeollabuk-do Intangible Cultural Property Jiusan (Hanji Umbrella)