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How to Do a Chinese
Braid
with color
illustrations
and a photo
A Chinese braid is very much like a French
braid, but with two strands. It is a low tension but secure style
that is made for long hair, and therefore very useful to people with mature
dreadlocks.
Though this style is called a Chinese braid,
there are actually a great many Chinese braids and knots. This is
why searching for this style on the internet can be confusing. However,
rest assured that you have indeed found your way to the Chinese style two-strand
overhand trackbraid, that is actually predated by a two strand track braid
popular among desert tribal people in Africa who have long but very tightly
curled hair.
Starting at about the center of your forehead,
at
the hairline, take a small amount of hair or a few locs from your right
side, and cross it over to the left.
Then take a bit from the left side, and
cross it over to the right. Make sure the ends are far apart from
one another.
Again, take some hair from the right side,
and cross it over to the left. Then take some from the left, and
cross it over to the right. Remember that you are mainly working
with hair from the hairline. The outer hair is basically going
to contain the rest of the hair inside. This is why there is very
little tension.
Keep taking a bit of hair from the hairline
area, and crossing it over. When you run out of hairline, just keep
going by taking hair from the underside and wrapping it around and crossing
over.
You can either keep it split, and put it into
two braids or ponytails, or join it using a strong large barette or if
you have locs, a decorated pin.
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