With the popularity of the Qing Palace drama, we all know that the hairstyles and costumes of the Qing Dynasty are very different from the previous dynasties, especially men have to shave their hair and braids, because the hairstyle is strange and even called "yin and yang head", but in fact, strictly speaking, the hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty is not so, do not be fooled by the TV series, the real Qing Dynasty hairstyle is actually uglier, in fact, the hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty men is called the money rattail when the shaving order is the most stringent.
Because the Manchu Qing belonged to the nomadic people, they often had to go out hunting, the lack of materials, so there was no time to cut the hairstyle, so the Manchu Qing men almost shaved their hair, leaving only a thin braid behind, about the size of a coin, it looks like a mouse's tail, in fact, if this hairstyle is filmed on TV, I am afraid that everyone will not have the desire to chase the drama, because there is no beauty to speak of.
After the Manchu Qing dynasty entered the Central Plains, in order to stabilize the rule of the country, they forced the Han people to shave their hair, and even issued a shaving order to leave no one, in the Shunzhi period, because a young man neglected to shave his head behind the hair more than the size of a copper coin, so he was beheaded on the street, until the middle of the Qing Dynasty Hairstyle standard gradually relaxed, so the hair storage area can be expanded, from a copper coin to the size of the palm, until the late Qing Dynasty can already grow hair on the back of the head.
If you look at the costumes and hairstyles of the Manchu Qing Dynasty from the current perspective, it is far inferior to that of other dynasties in China, and the culture of the Qing Dynasty is not as good as the prosperity of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the closed country in the middle of the Qing Dynasty led to the century-long catastrophe of China's modern history, so seeing the prevalence of Qing palace drama today, in fact, we should reflect on it. The hairstyles of the Qing Dynasty, from the money rattail to the yin and yang head, are actually the continuous progress of society.