Ancient feudal society is quite important to the hair, and the hairstyle is also a criterion for measuring some standards, of course, sometimes the hairstyle seems to be related to the safety of human life, such as the "shaving order" in the Qing Dynasty, the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the areas occupied by the Manchu Qing, are required to "shave the head", and those who do not shave for a limited time are "beheaded"! In fact, this is also a means of rule in the Manchu Qing, there is a famous sentence at that time: "leave the head without hair, leave the hair without leaving the head", it seems that the hairstyle will indeed affect people's lives, and now there is also a sentence: "The head can be broken Hairstyle can not be chaotic, the blood can flow leather shoes can not be without oil", this sentence seems to have a great relationship with the previous sentence.
Manchu Qing "shaving order" in fact, in order to restrict the cruel means of Han, Mongolian and some ethnic minorities in the south, we see the Manchu Qing unique hairstyle in film and television dramas or old photos, the Qing Dynasty will shave all the short hair in front of the head, and the back of the head is tied with long braids, this hairstyle is actually ugly and indescribable, ugly we will not say, the most important thing is that it is difficult to take care of, so the long braid is very troublesome, if it is a palace noble or official eunuch family, they have special people to serve, At the specified time, the braids will be untied and washed, but this time is also relatively long, after all, it is very inconvenient to wash the head once.
And the famous Empress Dowager Cixi, every time when washing her hair, she will order people to use the best bird's nest to nourish their hair, it is really luxurious, for these dignitaries, washing their hair once is better, and for those poor people who usually can't even eat enough, washing their hair for several months is a common thing, they wash their hair, don't say what maintenance is used, it is a fortunate thing to have something to wash their hair, because washing their hair is inconvenient, and the harsh conditions are not allowed, so their braids are unimaginably dirty.
A female journalist from The United Kingdom once wrote in her diary: "When I saw the braids of those commoners in the Qing Dynasty, I almost threw up, because they were so dirty, they could smell the disgusting stench from a long distance, and if you looked closely, you also found that there were lice crawling on them", the first time she saw those disgusting braids, she had a huge shadow on it, occasionally remembering that scene, eating instantly lost appetite, you can imagine, how difficult and difficult our Chinese people were at that time.
Braiding is mainly a means of rule of the Qing court, this kind of mandatory regulations, no one will like, to the end of the Qing Dynasty, influenced by Western culture, the youth took the lead in cutting off the long braids, to the Republic of China period, there are clear provisions not allowed to leave a long discernment, because the long discernment symbolizes pedantic, symbolizes the old, and the Republic of China government to do is to reform and innovate, get rid of the feudal ideas in people's hearts, but there are still some old people used to long discernment, they brought it into the loess.