A hair stick is a device, long and thin, usually between five and nine inches long, used to hold a person's hair bun or similar hairstyle in place. It may be straight or tapered; it is often pointed t
Hair sticks holding up hair in a bun
Portrait of a religious donor wearing hair sticks decorated with gold and jade, 983 AD
Chai (top) and ji (bottom), two types of Chinese hairpin
Buyao, a type of Chinese hairpin.
Ji and chāi are generic terms for hairpin in China. Ji is also the term used for hairpins of the Qin dynasty. The earliest form of Chinese hair stick was found in the Neolithic Hemudu culture relics;
Silver hairpins, Tang dynasty
Shang dynasty bone hairpin