Han Chinese also made barbarians undo their queues when conquering them. To show submission to the Han Chinese of the Sui dynasty, the people of Turfan (Gaochang) undid their queues and so did Göktürks who surrendered to the Tang dynasty, which was the reverse of what happened in northern China when some Han and Inner Asians like the Xianbei wore braids ("bianfa") and the northerners were called suotou (pigtail heads) by southerners during the Northern and Southern dynasties. Hairstyles showed affiliation to a tribal confederation or dynasty. Xianbei people among foreigners are depicted on paintings with their rear heads showing a small queue in the Western Wei cave 285 at the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang The queue was far older than the Manchus. The Chinese word for queue, "bian", meant plaited hair or a cord. "Bian" used to describe the braid in the Manchu queue hairstyle was originally applied by the Han dynasty to the Xiongnu. Jurchen people wore a queue like the Manchu, the Khitan people wore the Tartar style and during the Tang dynasty, tribes in the west wore braids.