China has a long history, and many excellent cultures have been passed down, not only Chinese like it, but now it is gradually accepted and sought after by foreigners. But I have to admit that while The traditional Chinese culture is excellent, there is no lack of dark habits!
For example, the phenomenon of "wrapping one's feet," "female virtue," and "female virtue without talent is virtue" that "imprisons" Chinese women's thinking are all things that we modern people should abandon. The foot-binding vice that was popular in the Qing Dynasty changed not only women's bodies, but also destroyed women's hearts to the extreme.
"Body hair, by the parents" has been passed down for thousands of years, so the bad habits I want to share with you today are related to "hair". Everyone knows that men in the Qing Dynasty need to have long braids, braids are so long, is it good to take care of them? Is it hygienic? How often is it washed?
By looking at the records left by British missionaries, it is not difficult to find that the truth is disgusting! After the Ming Dynasty's great defeat and change of ownership, the Qing army entered the customs, and the descendants of these Xianbei Jin people called themselves Manchus, and since ancient times, they had the custom of leaving "rat braids", so after the Eight Banners Army of the Qing Dynasty entered Shanhaiguan, they forced the Ming remnants in the Central Plains to shave their hair.
The shaving order required that, according to manchu standards, Han men shave off their excess hair and leave only a handful on the top of their heads, shaped like the tail of a mouse.
If anyone dared to disobey the shaving order, he would leave his hair without leaving his head, and the Qing army would cut off his head. Therefore, this bad habit was forcibly spread and popularized throughout China, and the habit of sleeping with flat heads in newborn babies in the northern countryside of our country began.
In fact, in the performance of many film and television works, there is often such a picture, some young men will wrap their braids around their necks to facilitate activities. So how do they keep such funny big braids clean and combed?
It turned out that in the relatively wealthy families of the Qing Dynasty, there were generally people who took care of their braids, and under normal circumstances, the men of officials and eunuchs and landlords and rich merchants would wash their braids once every two or three days, so even if their braids were long, they would not feel peculiar or hide dirt.
But after all, the rich and powerful are a minority, most of the people are poor, the poor can not spend money to ask people to wash their braids, due to the difficulty of livelihood, most of the poor do not have enough time to tidy up their braids, which causes them to wash their braids several times a year, the top of their heads is always oily, and often accompanied by a pungent smell
Some British missionaries, after coming to China, could not stand the smell of Chinese heads, they said: Chinese's head is like a rat's nest, the smell is bad, disgusting.
Seeing this, I am also turning the river upside down, but history is the past after all, and these bad habits are special products of a specific period, part of our Chinese culture, although not perfect, but still very fascinating.