Wear a crown in the yellow calendar

In the Qing Dynasty, everyone had to shave their heads and wear long braids. When watching a dream of red mansions, I noticed that Jia Baoyu didn't seem to have this hairstyle. Why didn't Jia Baoyu shave his head and braid his hair in A Dream of Red Mansions?

The first one is that the record in it is that he doesn't wear a crown at home and has no total horn. He only tied his short hair around. When Shi Xiangyun was here, he made a lot of pigtails for Jia Baoyu, which showed that Baoyu was not an adult at that time. Since he is not an adult, he can follow his heart a little. After all, there is Jia's protection, so there will be Jia Baoyu's braid. However, at present, there is no description of housekeeping braids.

Secondly, this is related to Cao Xueqin's writing intention. Jia Baoyu's image is a reflection of feudal backwardness, so it is not the clothing and hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty, so it is forbidden to circulate in the Qing Dynasty. Of course, someone should arrange it at this time, I think so. Of course, when the gentleman showed this to Qianlong, Qianlong put it aside after reading it and said it was Nalan's family business. It seems that this is true, or it may be true.

The third is that A Dream of Red Mansions begins with a story of "no dynasty to test". Since it is too late to explain, it is not necessarily the story of the Qing Dynasty, but it may be from the Ming Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, although we know which era it is. Of course, we know it was in the Qing dynasty, but the author said from the beginning that it was an untestable era, and we believed it.

What era do you think A Dream of Red Mansions is about?