HairpinMeg

Hello:

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I live in Taiwan, and I am very interested in ancient things -
especially about women from 100 years ago in China.

I like hairpins very much. I don't know why.
Some witch said I used to play with hairpins from my past life.
I collect a lot of old antique hairpins (more than 1000 pc).

They are so very beautiful and made using very a good technique (metal working). Most of them are antiques, so some of them are not in good condition. That's why I went back to university to learn cultural heritage conservation. I want to repair and conserve them for the future. The antiques will live longer than I will and I want them to remain in the best condition, with no more deterioration.

My dream is to build a hairpin museum. It sounds very easy but it is a big dream for me. It's a difficult dream because I am not a rich person and I can not afford so much money to build a museum unless I win the lottery. But I still keep this dream in my mind and hope it will come true one day.

But in the easy, I build a "virtual museum" on the internet.
Please visit it
The hairpin museum
http://www.hairpinmuseum.org/
Hairpin museum facebook
http://www.facebook.com/hairpinmuseum

If possible, please put my link on your facebook. I hope there are more visitor from all over the world!

As well as antique hairpins I also collect old postcards about Chinese women from 100 years ago. They all wear traditional dress and some of them have bound feet. You can see the old postcards in my museum gallery.

I like to find any secrets that hide in the old postcards - such as the same person in different pictures or interesting messages sent all over the world.

I would like to be a woman in China 100 years ago because their costumes and jewellery are so beautiful. I did something crazy before: I went to the photo studio and wore antique Chinese woman's clothes to take some pictures to imitate the old postcards. I then printed these pictures as postcards. So if you get postcards from me, it is very possible to get one that I made myself. The person on the postcard is me, a modern person who wants to be a Ching dynasty girl. I hope you like this idea.

And I really hope if one day I build my Real hairpin museum which people can walk in, you can be the VIP visitors. Today that's only a dream. But I know it will be come true one day.

I accept all kind of postcards from you.
I would prefer the postcard about
1.women traditional dress or hairstyle.
2.Ballet postcard
3.Flag postcard
4.Map postcard
5.Hand made postcard.
6.Shaped postcard (not regular card)
7.Any kinds of postcard you think it is special

I live in Taiwan. Here is a good place with a lot of nice food and friendly people, including me- the most crazy one!
Hope you can come to Taiwan one day to visit my real Hairpin museum!