If you have noticed, you will find that the style of hair in the Qing Dynasty is very different from other dynasties, women's hair has not changed much, but men like to comb a braid, from the top of the head to the forehead of the hair is basically shaved, if you do not look carefully think that it is shaved a bald head. Many people may not understand why the hair of the Qing Dynasty was so different, and it was necessary to shave such an ugly hairstyle.
In fact, most people are reluctant to shave this kind of hair, especially the Han people are very repulsive. The "Filial Piety Sutra , Opening Mingyi" has a cloud: "The skin of the body, the parents who receive it, do not dare to destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also the beginning." "In the eyes of the ancients, hair is also a part of the body, and it cannot be easily destroyed, otherwise it will be regarded as filial piety."
Therefore, before the Qing Dynasty, many people did not cut their hair even from adulthood for a lifetime, and their hair was coiled up when it was too long, and this custom has been passed down for thousands of years.
However, after the Qing Dynasty entered the Customs, because the rulers of the Qing Dynasty had the custom of shaving their hair earlier, in order to better rule, they decided to break some Han customs, such as shaving their hair. After the Qing army marched into Jiangnan in 1645, the regent Dorgon issued a "shaving order", either shaving his hair or shaving his head.
Although the people of the Central Plains had to shave their hair as a last resort, the hatred of Manchu rule became more and more intense, and throughout the 276 years of Qing rule, it can be said that the "anti-Qing and restoration" organization has not stopped.
You don't look at the Qing Dynasty comb a braid is very well taken care of, in fact, it is very troublesome. Because shaving your head is not shaving your skin, the hair that has been shaved off will soon grow again, which looks very funny. If you don't shave for a long time, you may also be questioned, so manchu men are basically: "five days a braid, ten days a shaved head", trouble is fatal.
Not only the commoners, but also the emperor himself had to wear a good head, often shaving his head. However, many people may guess that at this time, the barber's knife is the closest to the emperor, what if the barber stabs the emperor in the back?
First of all, if we look at history, none of the 12 emperors of the Qing Dynasty has ever heard of being stabbed by a barber. In fact, if you really want to assassinate the emperor, why should you be a barber? The imperial doctor can also poison and poison the emperor, and there are also many opportunities for palace women to assassinate, why hasn't it happened.
This was because anyone who was in close contact with the Emperor was heavily scrutinized, especially the barbers, who had to go through not only meticulous scrutiny, but also extremely intensive training to shave the Emperor's head.
First of all, the barber's hand strength must be grasped accurately, they will first peel the winter melon and start practicing, can just cut off the skin of the surface of the winter melon without hurting the meat inside, but they can only cut clockwise when shaving their heads with the emperor, can not cut clockwise, can not reverse the clockwise to cut, to minimize the possibility of mistakes.
If the barber who shaves the emperor's hair is mistaken and gives the emperor a bald skin on his head, the consequences will be great. He would be tortured directly by the Department of Caution of the Ministry of internal affairs, and even the master who taught him to shave his head would be removed from his post.
Therefore, shaving the emperor's head in the Qing Dynasty was a real "high-risk" profession, and if you were not careful, you might even lose your life, as for assassinating the emperor when shaving your head, this kind of thing can happen, but it can't happen.