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Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

People now

Although the hair is not as much as the salary

But the money tossed in the hair may far exceed the salary

Iron dyeing wash blow cut

Anti-shedding three-piece set

Wigs change every day

Hair transplantation requires deep thinking

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In ancient times, when there was no such thing

Do people toss their hair?

Say good body hair skin by the parents

Is hair loss not filial piety?

What did the ancients use to wash their hair?

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Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In the fast-paced life of the modern day

Hair loss is no longer exclusive to middle-aged people

It is not surprising that young people have hair loss

And in ancient societies

Hair loss is not uncommon either

Those literati rioters in chinese textbooks

They are also often troubled by elevated hairlines

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

To disguise the troubles of baldness

The big guys of ancient times also showed their own supernatural powers

Wang Mang, who divided the Han Dynasty in two

He is also a Mediterranean victim

In order not to let others see his baldness

Wrap your head in a bandana

The Han Yuan Emperor had strong hair on his forehead and began to lead him to obey. Wang Mang bald,

And add its house also. - "Jin Shu And YuFu Zhi"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

By the end of the Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period

Cao Pi's hair loss was also severe

So the imperial doctors developed horse mane cream

(The raw material contains horse bristles)

This freed Cao Pi from the troubles of the bald man

And the hairband is black, and the yellow and white are black,

Emperor Wen of Wei's Effect, The Secret Recipe - "Outer Platform Secrets"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Su Shi, the great scholar of the Song Dynasty

I was also annoyed by hair loss

"Heavy feet cold know the frost heavy, new Mu head light feeling thin"

For this reason, he had a famous doctor who asked for help

The advice that was given was -

"Comb your hair more than a hundred times, lie down, and sleep until dawn"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

And in the theory of Chinese medicine

Brushing your hair regularly is a lot of magic for hair growth

Three grates a day, dense hair and whiskers - "The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic"

Comb more desire, more to the wind, the blood is not stagnant,

Fa Gen Chang Jian - The General Record of Saint Francis

Lu You also used this method to cure hair loss

Probably the hair is combed too much

He was even a bit out of the blue

Even the works are inseparable from combing their hair

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Some people actively treat anti-hair loss

And some people abandon the treatment and directly put it in order

For example, Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty

It is not evil to be sincere, and it is not evil to be true. Neither labor bathing,

And don't bother with combing. - "Oh Drop"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

* Bai Juyi, the word Lotte, the number Of Xiangshan resident

The same is the treatment for hair loss

Westerners take the route of heavy taste

Legend has it that the famous Julius Caesar

Also a man tormented by the hairline

Beauty guru Cleopatra

Recommended a unique secret recipe to him ——

Ground rats, horse teeth, bear oil mixed with other medicines

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Besides

The secret recipe for hair growth in ancient Europe was also strange

Hippocrates of ancient Greece believed

Pigeon mixes horseradish, cumin and nettle

It allows people to grow a hair again

And the Vikings of Northern Europe

Instead, he directly chose to wipe his head with goose

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

However, compared to these

Solve the troubles of balding and despot

The simplest, crudest, but effective method

I'm afraid I don't have to wear a wig

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

wig

It looks like a modern thing

In fact, it has a long history

Thousands of years ago

Ancient Egyptians made and wore wigs

Later this thing was introduced to Europe

It was all the rage in ancient Greece and Rome

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?
Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Later the rise of Christianity was thought

Wearing a wig separates man from God

So, the wig met the cold

This cold has been cold for more than a thousand years

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

After the Renaissance and the Reformation

The Christian church's rhetoric is not very popular in Europe

The wig that was once thrown away is back

Elizabeth I of England

It is said that there was a lot of hair loss due to smallpox infection

Wigs don't leave your head almost every day

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

And across the channel in France

Man to middle age Louis XIII

I also had to use a wig to cover my rounded head

The ministers followed suit

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Louis XIV was even more powerful

Because of the infection with syphilis, the amount of hair is getting thinner

He hired 48 wigs to serve him

Wigs are not duplicated one a day

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

With the push of the king's big men

and god assists in certain diseases

European bald men have put on wigs

Over time, it became a tradition

Later, it even evolved

Standard for people in some industries

For example, lawyers and judges in the UK

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

And in the east of China

Wigs appeared during the Zhou Dynasty

It is a must-have decoration for royal ladies

The chaser took charge of the queen's first service and was the deputy editor of the posthumous posthumous posthumously

- "Zhou Li"

Han Dynasty women popular combing high buns

Huge fluffy hairstyle

It is difficult to support the amount of hair of ordinary people

And the solution is in it

There is the option to wear a wig

"A good bun in the city, a foot high in all directions" - "The Biography of Ma Liao of the Later Han Dynasty"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

The most honorable woman of the Tang Dynasty

Yang Guifei also loves to comb her high bun

So much so that after the death of Ma Songpo

The world left her

The taunt of "the righteous bun is thrown into the river, and the yellow skirt is flowing by the water"

It's not just women who are the audience for wigs

Ancient men also loved wigs

Yongzheng is one of them

He not only likes to wear wigs

I also like to wear a Western model for a cosplay

Specially for people to paint as a souvenir

Left behind "Yin Chan Xing Letu Thorn Tiger"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Since ancient wigs were so hot

Then someone asked

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In ancient China,

The most formal channel is the punishment

Shave the criminal's hair

It is not only possible to achieve psychological punishment

It can also be recycled and reused

The hair of the ancient or the untouchable, the torturer,

Adorned with the silk of a woman,

Because of the name of hair, this "Zhou Li" is called the second also.

- "Rituals and Gifts for The Feeding Ceremony of the Young Prison"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In addition to obtaining from prisoners

Buying and selling transactions are also an important source of wigs

Legend has it that the eastern Jin Dynasty Tao Kan's mother

I was unable to entertain guests because my family was poor

Cut off your long hair in exchange for wine

Kan was lonely and poor, and was a county official. Poyang Xiaolian Fan Kui tasted Kan,

Shi Cang was unable to wait for the guest, and his mother had her hair cut off and her hair was double-haired,

With easy wine dishes,

Drink with pleasure, even though the servants are too far away.

- "The Biography of Tao Kan of Jin"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

It is also forced to make a living

Le Yang's wife and Du Fu's great-grandfather

They have also had the experience of selling hair

Le Yang studied the book, and his wife was virtuous, and cut off his hair for his expenses

- "The Legend of the Daughters of The Column"

My great-grandmother, my grandmother... Since Chen Qi,

Fill the city with a glass of wine.

——Du Fu, "Sending a Heavy Cousin to The Nephew Wang Ping's Commentary on the South China Sea"

And in the far West

There are French people who specialize in growing hair for sale

"In the south of France, rural girls grow their hair and cut it

Selling is a normal practice.

Some traders go to the market to carry out this kind of transaction. ”

- The Encyclopædia Britannica

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

After all, the number of criminals is always limited

Those who are willing to take the initiative to sell are even less pitiful

No matter how to cut it, it is in short supply

As a result, some unconventional channels have emerged

For example, robbery

Duke Weizhuang of the Spring and Autumn Period

He forcibly cut off the hair of the minister's wife

From the city, he saw that his wife was beautiful, and made his hair,

Thought Lu JiangQi. - "Seventeen Years of The Left Transmission and the Lamentation of the Duke"

Zhuya County, Hainan during the Han Dynasty

Local officials forced people to turn in their hair

And use it for profit

Zhu Ya people have long hair, and hanshi county guards are greedy,

Tie women to cut off their heads and take their hair, by rebellion, not to return to the throne.

- "The Chronicle of Lin Yiguo"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In the Jin Dynasty, it was even more absurd

Someone sniffed the business opportunity in the wig

There have been thefts of dead people's hair in society

Many people have even become headless corpses after death

Filial piety and the world is in turmoil, and countless tortures are committed,

Many Lost Ones - "Book of Jin, Five Elements"

Legend has it that it was during the outbreak of the Black Death

In Europe, hair was cut off from dead people

To sell someone else to make wigs

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In addition to robbery and theft

Imports from the domain were also an important source

Silla women on the Korean Peninsula

He is famous for having hair

In the eighteenth year of the tang dynasty

The king of Silla paid tribute to his hair as a specialty

Eighteen taels were sent at one time

Later, it was increased to three hundred and two

(Silla) country in Baekje East, its people many haircuts,

Hair Long Zhangyu - "Book of Qin"

(Silla) Woman's hair is wrapped around her head, decorated with color and beads,

Hair and Beauty - The Old Book of Tang and the Biography of Silla

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In that era when body hair was valued

Human hair is not enough in any case

So the ancients thought of using animal hair to make up the number

This method is common in Both China and abroad

Legend has it in ancient China

People would make wigs out of baboon hair

"(Baboon) blood can be dyed, hair can be hair"

- "Youyang Miscellaneous Tricks"

And Westerners use it

Basically, it is the hair of common animals such as cattle, horses, and sheep

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?
Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In the age of no shampoo

The ancients washed their hair and paid attention to the original ecology

Almost use whatever you see

For example, acacia pods, apocynum seeds, and hibiscus leaves

Tanabata women comb the chestnuts with hibiscus leaf juice soup,

Courtyard Chen melon fruit begging. —— "Chronicle of Zhenhai County"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

Legend has it that when the cowherd weaver girl Tanabata met

The two little families who have been separated for a long time will inevitably cry bitterly

Tears fell on hibiscus leaves

This leaf has since had its own magic

People think that washing their hair with it can bring peach blossom luck

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In addition to using all-natural products

The ancients also chose waste reuse for environmental protection

For example, tea withered, grass and wood ash

Or even seemingly useless rice water

Pan, rice juice, can mu head - "Left Transmission"

Legend has it that Emperor Wen of Han's empress Dowager Dou was born

He used tao rice water to wash his brother's hair and say goodbye

The siblings reunited years later

Or through the washing of hair, I successfully confessed my relatives

He asked him again why he thought it was a test, and said, "When my sister went to my west,

Decide with me in the house, mu mu me, please eat me,

So Dou Hou held on and wept, and wept and wept.

- "History of the Foreign Relatives and Empress Dou"

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

If the wet method of washing hair is too troublesome

The ancients also introduced dry cleaning

篦(dermis)

A comb with very dense teeth

Combing your hair with it scrapes off flakes and grease

It also removes lice and eggs

It can be called an ancient dry cleaning artifact

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

In terms of washing hair, the ancients were full of tricks

In terms of hair care, it is also not too much to let go

Just some of the operations

It's really flavorful

For example, the noblewoman Keshi during the Ming Dynasty

There was a heavy taste operation

According to legend, whenever the hairstyle is scattered, it does not take shape

Keshi let people use it

A comb dipped in saliva brushed her hair

Hair is supple and supple under the moisture of saliva

"But the Ke clan ordered the beautiful women to be several generations, each holding a comb, and always serving left and right,

Encounter the sideburns, use the comb to enter, and spit on it,

The same is true of twilight. ——" Words of the Apocalypse Palace

Why are humans so obsessed with hair?

All in all

The ancients' tricks on the hair

It's not as simple as modern thinking

Sometimes go deeper

Even found that the ancients may have played more than you

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