Chinese girls with plaits

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    Joanne
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    Indian women display their marital status through the ‘tika’ over their forehead. But I was told by someone that Chinese women display theirs through the style of their hairdo. Single women always have plaits, while married women do their hair in ‘buns.’ I find it quite hard to believe, as her sources came from Chinese movies she saw. Is it true?

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    Name : Joanne, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Age : 21, City : Kuala Lumpur, State : NA, Country : Malaysia, Occupation : Multimedia Designer, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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    Cynthia31764
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    I think that’s only the case with peasant girls and women.

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    Name : Cynthia31764, Gender : F, Race : Asian, Age : 21, City : Somewhere, State : NA, Country : Canada, Social class : Upper middle class, 
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    Y.K.
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    It’s true. In my grandmother’s time, unmarried girls wore their hair in plaits, while married women wore them up. But you have to keep in mind that this has not been practiced for some time, and I don’t know of any Chinese community out there still following this tradition (but maybe I’m wrong – we don’t in Malaysia, anyway). I’d like to hear from anyone who can tell me the origin or reason for this custom, though.

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    Name : Y.K., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Religion : Buddhist, Age : 27, City : Kuala Lumpur, State : NA, Country : Malaysia, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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    Kris26228
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    They did do that in some places. Keep in mind that Chinese movies aren’t necessarily accurate, and that China has very diverse peoples. I think that was my grandmother’s generation and earlier. She’s like 80 now. I’ve seen it in old photographs; it hasn’t been practiced for 50 years.

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    Name : Kris26228, Gender : F, Race : Asian American, City : Ann Arbor, State : MI, Country : United States, 
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