In the Western Zhou Dynasty, most people had hair "branded hair". With the improvement of etiquette, hair tied hair became a very important part of the Zhou ritual. The man's crown at twenty years old started from the Zhou ritual. In addition, when a couple got married, there was a saying that "branding hair is a husband and wife, and loving both are not doubted", which means that newly married couples become a family after they have a hair tied, and it is an inseparable whole.

As history developed to the era of respecting filial piety, Confucius once again gave hair tie a more sacred meaning, and cutting hair was even more amazing. The "Book of Filial Piety" contains a text: "The body, hair, skin, and parents, dare not damage it. It is the beginning of filial piety." In addition to shave the fetal hair at birth, Chinese children almost never cut their hair for a long period of history. Of course, haircut and haircut at this time are completely different concepts, just trimming the hair that is no longer long and making the long hair smooth, which also includes the meaning of cleaning and combing.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he began to truly require hair removal nationwide. At that time, there was a punishment called "hair punishment", which means shaving all the hair on the prisoner's head, including hair, beard, etc. This shows the importance of the ancients at this time on hair and beard. In the Han Dynasty, because of the supremacy of Confucianism, retaining hair and beard became a symbol of observing filial piety.

In the early days of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gentry still attached great importance to hair accumulation. Cao Cao once cut his hair and cut his beard and said that he had received punishment. With the invasion of foreign races, the gentry became increasingly corrupt, and some nobles began to cut their hair and shave their faces. It was also because of frequent wars that caused the gentry to suffer heavy losses and the tradition of hair accumulation was broken. It was not until the Sui Dynasty unified the country and reorganized the Han people's clothing and hats that the tradition of hair accumulation began to form again.

From the above, it is not difficult to find that the ancients attached great importance to every inch of their hair, and they were respectful and did not dare to hurt them. They cherished them externally as etiquette, oath of love, filial piety, righteousness, integrity and shame, while internally as they were sincere and upright self-respect. But as Zhao Bing gradually grew up, he found that the ancients cherished their hair so much had far-reaching political significance.

We all know that the birth of Chinese civilization was recognized as being during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, but at this time they were not strong and could even be said to be very fragile. You should know that the Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang dynasty to some extent was considered an invasion of foreign races, because the Zhou people were farming civilizations, while the Shang people were nomadic civilizations. They were not a civilization at all. Fortunately, after the Zhou Dynasty replaced the Shang dynasty, they inherited the culture of the Shang dynasty.

During the Zhou Dynasty, they also faced serious threats from ethnic minorities, including the Dongyi in the east, the Xirong in the west, the Nanman in the south, and the Rongdi in the north. They were all very great threats to the Zhou Dynasty. If they wanted to fight against these ethnic minorities, they had to gather the people they ruled, so that they would think they were a whole, which was completely different from these ethnic minorities.

If you want everyone to unite and treat the outside world, the ancient sages thought of using culture to unite people's hearts. In fact, if you want to use culture to unite people's hearts, it is not just about ideological education. Instead, let these people know that they are different from each other. The easiest thing is to let them know their food, clothing, housing and transportation. These common lifestyles are different from themselves.

Hair became one of the tools. The hair of the ancient Central Plains people had to be tied up, and different ages had special hairstyles. Ethnic minorities mostly had disheveled hair, which is often called moustache. There are also clothes. The ancient people's clothes were all tied to the right, while ethnic minorities had tied to the left. In this way, these people knew that ethnic minorities were not the same person as themselves, and the other party's clothes were completely different from themselves, so they would have a feeling of resistance.

Relying on these things, the ancients gathered the people they ruled and eventually went to the outside world. The reason why Duke Huan of Qi, the leader of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, was so famous was because the Zhou royal family had declined at that time. He joined forces with other princes to fight against the nomadic peoples, raised troops many times to drive away the nomadic peoples in the north, and finally allowed the Chinese culture to continue.

The reason why Duke Huan of Qi did this was because they believed that these ethnic minorities were barbarians and were not the same as themselves. It has to be said that Chinese civilization could only continue with this culture at that time, but hair growth also became a major feature that distinguished the Han people from other foreign races.

Therefore, it can be said that hair tying has become a carrier of the inheritance of Chinese civilization, but Zhao Bing thought that in culture, hair tying has been formed, and hair tying is no longer a necessary means, but a tool to distinguish ethnic groups. He also knew that later, the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains and issued a "hair shaving order", forcing the Han people to shave their hair and change their clothes, and also led to various bloody crimes.

Although this behavior of the Qing Dynasty forced the Han people to shave their heads and braids, it failed to destroy Chinese civilization because it had been deeply rooted in people's hearts. It could not be destroyed by the change of submission, but was eventually assimilated and became part of Chinese civilization. As for modern times, hair has gradually evolved from a symbol of revolution to an aesthetic change, losing its political symbolic meaning.

In a modern society where all ethnic groups are integrated, it can be said that most people have forgotten that hair was once part of the Han culture carrier and a symbol of distinguishing between Han and Yi. However, Chinese civilization has been inherited and integrated with the cultures of other ethnic groups, and has developed greatly, and even influenced the entire world.

Zhao Bing naturally knew that he was still in ancient times, but most of the people who tied their hair and woolen beards were the upper ruling class and scholars. Moreover, due to the continuous invasion of nomadic peoples such as the Khitan, Jurchen and Mongolia, they even lost their rule over the Central Plains. This also caused the Han people to split the north and the south, and the Han people in the north absorbed the customs of foreign races, and their hairstyles and clothing changed, and they were regarded as foreign races by the Han people in the south.

Therefore, when the Central Plains is completely recovered, how to bridge the rifts between the Han and the North and South, and even subdue the nomadic peoples and assimilate them has become an urgent problem. As early as Qiongzhou, there was a dispute between the left or right Jin in the military uniform, and he ended the dispute with the name of being convenient for marching and fighting.

Over the years, in addition to the officers and soldiers in the army, many people nowadays have changed their clothes in two-breasted clothes in semi-publicly, and there are few criticisms. Now that men are the main labor force, long hair does have many inconveniences in life and work, and it takes a lot of time to wash, otherwise it will easily produce a odor. There are also many inconveniences in work. Not only will it be hindered, it may also cause danger, especially in the army that the head is injured, which is inconvenient for treatment.
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