Initially it was primarily soldiers and officials who were ordered to shave, but later it was extended to the population at large. So,after the Zhou tribe established Zhou dynasty,they started to create 《Rites of the Zhou》,have long hair as the sign that distinguishes Chinese from a barbarian,is inherited by the later dynasty builder.Īfter the rise of Confucianism,《Rites of the Zhou》have been more flourish,have long hair not only for distinguished from barbarism and civilization,but also has the meaning of filial piety.Īs a Chinese,I'm glad to see so many foreign friends will be interested in Chinese culture because of the network novels,but what I don't want to see is that network novels become the only source of your to understand Chinese culture.Whoever you are,thank you for reading this text with poor English and Chinglish,see you again. The hairstyle, known in English as a queue, was originally a Manchu hairstyle and was something mandated by law shortly after the Manchus took control and began the Qing in the 17th century. Like this,the long hair of ancient Chinese men is basically in compliance with this standard,but not just confined or unkempt.īefore the Zhou dynasty,the men of Zhou tribe have long hair,there are two reasons for this:ġ.Under the backward living and production conditions, the long hair is better than the short hair.You don't have to give the barber your food for a haircut,and worry about the wound and infection caused by a haircut(Believe me, this is definitely going to happen).Ģ.A uniform and beautiful hairstyle makes them different from the barbarians.Unkempt is a symbol of the barbarians,the Zhou tribe is a civilized tribe,it is untolerable for them to be regarded as barbarians. Gallery ApMichele Walfred Leave a comment. Before the Zhou dynasty,even the Shang dynasty,men all over the world have a lot of hairstyles,this is determined by the productivity and culture of their respective tribes.But in the Zhou dynasty,《Rites of the Zhou》began to appear,one of these rites is:Have long hair and tie up them by Guan to become a bun.
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