Winter in the northeast is very cold. Why does jurchen shave her head? Isn't it cold?

Because in the eyes of jurchen, a person's head can communicate with the gods in the sky, and hair just prevents this communication and communication, so in order to communicate with the gods, they will shave their heads. In addition, in the ancient social environment, there was no such thing as a good shampoo, so it was easy to grow bugs on your head. For their own health and hygiene, they usually shave their heads. In fact, this has a lot to do with an ancient social environment, because most of the places where these women live are densely covered with jungles. In addition, they had their own religious beliefs in ancient times, and their understanding of nature was mostly feudal and superstitious, lacking scientific basis.

The custom of shaving one's head has existed in China since ancient times, and it is not only for ethnic minorities, but also for some Han people in China. Shaving one's head can significantly change one's mental outlook. Besides, it also has the function of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Especially on February 2nd, commonly known as February 2nd, when the dragon heads up, if people get a haircut on this day, they will usher in all the good luck in the New Year and will bless you with peace and good luck in the New Year. Therefore, having a haircut or a haircut has become a folk custom in the Central Plains culture, even affecting the lifestyle of many ethnic minorities around.

The reason why these jurchen choose to shave their heads in the cold winter is related to the shamanism they believe in. Shamanism is not Buddhism or Taoism in the traditional sense, but shamanism. In jurchen's view, people can communicate with shaman gods through their heads, but the existence of this kind of hair affects this effective communication, so hair removal is an essential process.

In addition, that is to say, although they shaved their hair, they didn't make nuzhen unable to live in the cold winter, because they had a large number of hats made of animal skins, which kept them warm very well, and even if they were bald, they wouldn't feel cold.