Chinese women's hairstyle changes with increasingly diversified definition of beauty

Along with CHINA's reform and opening-up starting from 1978, CHINESE women have refreshed their images year after year, which can be simply seen from their hairstyles. Women's hairstyles, just like a mirror, reflect fashion changes and most importantly, CHINESE women's increasingly diversified definition of beauty.

A woman looks into a mirror at a barber shop in Xidan of Beijing, capital of CHINA, Nov. 10, 1959. (Xinhua/An Kang)

Women with braids try on sweaters at a knitting factory in Urumqi, northwest CHINA's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 20, 1961. (Xinhua)

A woman is seen at a barber shop in Beijing, capital of CHINA, Sept. 22, 1987. （Xinhua/Tang Shizeng）

A woman arranges her wig in the mirror in Chengdu, capital of southwest CHINA's Sichuan Province, March 3, 1990. (Xinhua/Chen Xie)

Girls with bob hair style chat at a school in Nanjing, capital of east CHINA's Jiangsu Province, May 27, 1994. (Xinhua/Xu Peng)

A girl flings her hair during a hip hop competition at a square in Changchun, capital of northeast CHINA's Jilin Province, June 6, 2004. (Xinhua/Xu Jiajun)

A model presents hair styling during an event in Hangzhou, capital of east CHINA's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 17, 2004. (Xinhua/Bu Ensa)

A hairdresser applies dye to a model's hair in Luoyang, central CHINA's Henan Province, April 30, 2005. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoli)

A model presents a creation at an inauguration ceremony of a hat art museum in Nantong, east CHINA’s Jiangsu Province, Sept. 20, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

A model presents hair styling during a fashion show in Hangzhou, capital of east CHINA's Zhejiang Province, July 4, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Zhong)

A woman has her hair done at a barber shop in Tianshui, northwest CHINA's Gansu Province, March 5, 2019. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)

Photo Editors: Xue Dongmei, Zhao Yusi, Wang Siwei and Zhu Weixi