A comb is a tool for combing hair. There are various types of combs, such as sandalwood combs, jujube combs, peach wood combs, ox horn combs, etc.
There are over 300 varieties of combs in five major series, including practical combs, craft combs, travel combs, high-end boutique combs, and health combs.
The Origin of Combs
The Book of Han records that Fang Lei, the consort of the Yellow Emperor, was born in Xuanxiao and was known as Qingyang. Celebrity Ji Lianhai from "The Lecture of the Hundred Schools" said in Cultural China that Fang Lei, an extraordinary woman in Chinese history, made an important contribution to our nation by inventing the comb. There is an ancient and beautiful legend about the founding of the comb and the origin of the comb civilization:
In ancient China, a queen of the Yellow Emperor was named Fang Lei. She was the mother of Xuan Xiao, the eldest son of the Yellow Emperor who created the Phoenix Totem of the Chinese people. She was a noble, elegant, kind, and wise queen. At that time, as humans had just passed the primitive barbaric era and entered the ancient civilization era, the more than twenty women in the palace under the control of Princess Fanglei often had disheveled hair. Whenever they encountered major tribal alliance festivals such as the lunar calendar, worship, treaty making, alliance, expedition, triumph, and celebration, in order to participate in these grand ceremonies, she gathered these women and used her fingers to smooth their hair one by one, I often scratch my fingers.
One year, there was a great ancient flood in the Yellow River Basin. Di Huo, who invented boats for the Yellow Emperor, brought nineteen big fish home from the flood. Fang Lei and others cooked the big fish with firewood and hot stone slabs, which was very delicious. Di Huo ate three of them in one go, and the big fish bones piled up all over the ground. Fang Lei picked up one and couldn't help but look at it carefully. It was very beautiful. She unconsciously used the fish bones to comb the long hair draped over her shoulders, Accidentally, her hair was combed neatly, and she didn't know why her disheveled long hair was quickly smoothed out with fishbones. Fang Lei thought about it and secretly collected these large fishbones.
The next day, she broke these fish bones into short pieces and called for the women in the palace to give each one a piece of hair, teaching them how to comb their hair. A group of women became lively and lively, and they all started using fish bones to comb their long hair. At first, some women didn't know how to use them and were pierced by fish bones, while others used too much force and the fish bones were broken. But soon, their long hair was combed a lot smoother, Although there are many inconveniences in using fishbones to comb hair, they are all happy to use this new idea because it is more convenient to comb hair with fishbones, avoiding tearing fingers, and combing it neatly.