Hey, thanks for sharing this article. I shared this exact article in a post I submitted last week, but it got auto removed for some reason. Since we now have a similar post, can you delete mine please - thanks!

That's beautiful 😍

Thanks so much for sharing 🥹

Thanks for sharing this beautiful article! I went to read more about the history and this article about the han dynasty gives more historical context (not 4B)

This is an incredible piece of women's history!

I've been watching historical Chinese short dramas for a while and it's opened my eyes to slowly understand the social norms and mindsets Chinese women had to navigate. Of course, nothing beats true history!

This is amazing!

This is greatly inspiring, I love it. Now off to show my nieces.

The 陈家祠 museum has a small display about “Self-combed Woman.” I took a photo of the inscribed cabinet mentioned in the display description. https://imgur.com/a/iXkp7sh

“Self-combed Woman’s” Chamber

In the Qing Dynasty some independent-minded women in the Pearl River Delta area resisted marriage arranged by their parents. They resolved to remain single all their lives. To show their determination they combed their hair into a bun instead of adopting the hair-style common among their marriageable sisters and relatives. Eventually they were called “self-combed women”. They lived alone. The furniture they used is usually delicate and small in scale. The poetic couplet carved on the small cupboard on display here speaks their state of mind: “the pure lady was born from the mystic rock, and the sweet spring comes from the Buddhist well”.

This was a pleasure to read

This was a lovely read and comic. Gonna share it with my other Asian besties since we are all varying levels of aromantic and asexuals rejecting the Asian pressure of marriage/kids. ❤️