From the end of the Guangxu reign till the beginning of Republic of China (1908-1912), the popular bun types of Chinese women included Luoji (spiral bun), Baoji (pack bun), Lianhuanji (interlinking bun), Chaotianji (skyward bun), Yuanbaoji (Yuanbao-shaped bun; Yuanbao is a shoe-shaped gold or silver ingot), Baoyuji (abalone-shaped bun), Xiangguaji (muskmelon-shaped bun), Kongxinji (hollow bun), Panbianji (bun formed by rounding the tail), Mianbaoji (bread-shaped bun), Yiziji (line-shaped bun), Dongyangji (Japanese bun), Zhuimaji (bun like a person falling off a horse), Wufengji (dancing-phoenix bun) and Hudieji (butterfly bun), etc. 

As for a young woman, in addition to the bun, there was also a lock of hair covering the forehead, commonly called Qianliuhai (front bang). The fashion of the Qianliuhai varies slightly, too: the line-shaped, the hanging-silk-shaped and the swallowtail-shaped, etc. 

Around the 12th year of Republic of China (1924), Jianfa (a hairstyle formed by cutting the hair neatly) became popular. In the 1930s, perm was spread to China. After 1933, Chinese women in big cities usually followed the Western style, and some even dyed their hair into different colors such as red, yellow, brown, etc., which were regarded as fashionable.

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