By the end of the Qing, female teachers and students didn't have the time to brush their hair into a large bun and the style slowly went out of fashion. What replaced it were a few types of simpler bun which eventually gave way to braids.
到了清末，女教師、女學生沒有時間去梳高髻，高髻漸漸沒落，取而代之的是一些簡便、俐落的髮髻，後來乾脆以辮子代替。