The history and origin of the eight-pointed beard?

Human evolution to date, the original primate body thick body hair has faded away in large areas. But the mustache still hasn't disappeared from men's faces, so it has its own reason for being there.

An expert at the University of Chicago did an experiment. He took a photo to the students, on the photo is a full-face bearded elders and a white-faced young man stood together. Some of the students said the two men were father and son, others said they were a manager and his subordinate. When the expert showed another photo to the students, they immediately rushed to say: the elder with a full beard and the man with a short beard are both professors, and they are discussing academic issues. In fact, the man with a short beard in the second photo was the young man in the first photo. This shows that people often use the beard as an important basis for recognizing a person.

The majesty and trouble of beards

In ancient Sumer, men were almost all beautifully bearded; Babylonian men, from the root of the ear downwards, kept sharp knife-like beards; whereas the Assyrians preferred to keep long beards. In ancient Egypt, the beard was seen as a symbol of power and majesty, and thus only the king could keep a square beard, and the general subjects could only shave their beards, otherwise they would be guilty of deceiving the king. The Persian king's beard was sprinkled with gold dust and even braided with gold thread, as sacred as a crown.

In the time of Tsar Peter the Great, nobles were forbidden to grow beards and it was stipulated that men with beards passing through the city gates had to pay taxes. Many noble men preferred to pay taxes for their beards rather than shave them off and go out.

In some places in ancient times, people valued their beards more than their lives. For example, in ancient Greece, forcing a man to shave his beard is the greatest insult to him; in the ancient Arab region, if a country's messenger shaved his beard to insult, it will lead to the two countries and even cause war.

Beard is a kind of men's body hair, subject to the role of male testosterone and growth, is one of the important symbols in the human gender markers. Men from the beginning of development to about 20 years old, the soft fluffy hairs around the lips gradually grow into a real beard, the beard grows about 0.4 millimeters per day, the length of the abdomen.

Beard is a mustache, beard, beard. Usually the lips above the beard for the mustache, below the beard, cheeks for the beard. Beard, also known as beard, it is a male symbol, but also often used to refer to men, such as "women do not let men" in the "beard" is to use the beard and eyebrows on behalf of men, however, there are also a few women because of endocrine disorders and a little hairy, but don't worry! The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and it was a long time before I could see it.

Human evolution has seen the thick body hair of primates fade away. But the beard has not disappeared from men's faces, so it has its own reason for existence. Some people feel that the beard symbolizes male majesty and sexiness, but keeping a beard can also have a lot of trouble. A thick beard will inevitably pick up some food residue and dust, and will also provide a place for bacteria to live. People in the respiratory discharge of many harmful substances and air in a variety of metal particles, benzene, pyrene and other substances are easily adsorbed by the beard, but also by the inhalation of air back to the body, is not conducive to people's health.

The human beard accompanies the person's aging and turns white, recording the growth and experience of a person's life. From the youth of the first strand of beard pride, to the first love of the love of the face will be shaved clean, and then after all the vicissitudes of maturity, and soon after, "beard as snow," the helpless and relieved, I think these are every man must go through the process.

"Beard is like a man"

There are many beards that have left a deep impression on the world. Marx, Engels curly thick beard is awe-inspiring, Lenin's chin on the curved goatee is so personalized and friendly, Lu Xun's "a word beard" will be its scholarly style and warrior temperament into one, tough and awe-inspiring. During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yunchang jumped across the sword, green beard fluttering to add to the heroic and heroic, no wonder a generation of lords Cao Cao also praised as "bearded man", but also to send him a brocade beard set. Zhang Fei, a fierce general, has a tiger's beard, highlighting his fierce and upright character.

The 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, received a small gift during his campaign. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, received a letter from a young girl during his campaign, which said, "If you can grow your beard, you can add a few minutes of wit and maturity to your manly charms, and I'll be able to get my four brothers to choose you."

Of course, the antagonist is also "bearded", showing the character's nature. For example, in the Kunqu opera "Fifteen Guan", Lou A rat on the lips of a handful of yellow hair rat whiskers, the city of his scoundrels, thieves, the image of more vividly portrayed. The snobbish and tricky Venetian merchant Shylock's colorful, waxed and deliberately curled mustache represents his stingy, selfish, narrow-minded and money-minded character. The Japanese soldiers who invaded China in World War II and committed heinous crimes liked to wear the so-called world's most elegant Rendan mustache, which is ironic to the extreme. The German fascist leader Hitler's black tape-like moustache, which is as wide as his nose, is so cruel and funny that it's no wonder it was favored by comedian Chaplin, who humored it to the extreme.

Cleverly growing a mustache can also compensate for the flaws in a person's face. The Roman emperor Hadrian used a beard to cover the bulk of his face. Spain's Euan. Carlos I of Spain because of facial skin disease, for this reason also to beard to hide ugly. Jaw partial flat people can save pointed beard to make up for; cheeks thin people stay cheek beard can make the face look full; larger eight beard on the nose is particularly suitable for those who are too big, it can make the five senses appear to be coordinated. Beard shaving stay properly, can make a person become more beautiful; on the contrary, it is possible to make a mistake.

From a medical point of view, the beard is also very important, doctors can analyze a person's health from a beard. American scientists can determine whether a person is malnourished, suffering from congenital mental illness, diabetes or metabolic disorders from a laboratory analysis of a beard.

Mustache and style do not exist in isolation

Man's mustache, whether it is a mortal's mustache or a great man's mustache, a man's mustache and style do not exist in isolation. The form of a man's beard often depends on his country's flavor, folklore, the fashion of the times, the historical and cultural background of the region, the natural geographic environment, the social life environment and personal values and lifestyle, and even the international situation at the time. For example, after 9.11, it is certainly not a wise choice to go to the United States to sneak around with a big beard.

The beard is now not only a matter of personal hygiene, but also a reflection of a person's character, mentality, aesthetic interests and even the pursuit of life. The Chinese used to believe that "the body hair and skin, by the parents, can not be damaged", in addition to cutting hair and shaving as a monk, not easy to shave the beard.

After the Xinhai Revolution, Chinese men's hair, clothing, social etiquette and customs have changed a lot, and men's haircuts and shaving have become part of daily life. But many of the etiquettes about growing a beard are still worth knowing. For example, the younger generation does not grow beards in front of their elders, which is a reflection of traditional Chinese cultural awareness and ethical concepts, and is very educational for modern people, especially those fashionable young people.

The ancient Roman army in Alexander's time stipulated that soldiers should not keep beards, not only for the legion less disease, enemy identification, but also to avoid the beard in close combat caught by the enemy. European and American cultural consciousness that do not keep a beard is the upper class men's status symbol, because they believe that only the status of the men have time indoors to carefully grooming grooming. Moreover, not having a beard also showed the subtle changes in facial expression more accurately and was considered a sign of candor.

Some nomadic peoples in North Africa, West Asia and the Middle East still retain a wild custom --- a man must have a luxuriant beard if he wants to join the tribe, or else he must tie a kettle to his genitals and run naked three times around the tribe leader's tent. This fully reflects the close relationship between the male worship of primitive peoples and the beard.

The distribution of beard growth is related to genetic predisposition and individual androgen secretion, so it varies from person to person. Usually after puberty the male beard grows faster than the hair. By adulthood, the beard is usually the same color as the hair and hardens gradually.

The beard first appears on the sides of the upper lip, then spreads to the middle of the upper lip, the cheeks, the middle of the lower lip, and finally to the lower cheeks. The distribution of blood vessels in the beard area is more than the root of the hair, and nutrients are easy to get, so it is always "beard scraping, spring breeze blowing again". Just as women need to take care of their skin and make-up every day, shaving and facial cleansing have also become a daily necessity for men.

Ancient Greece has a famous saying: "If you have a long beard, you can't grow a brain", which means that the more vigorous the beard is, the easier it is for people to get rid of it. From the point of view of modern biology, the beard really does not have much use, and even on the health there are certain hazards. There is a saying: shaving, so that men are farther away from the apes. In fact, many men know that saying no to a beard is not a matter of not wanting to, but just not being able to. □ Excerpted from "Look at the world" in 2007, Issue 1, Daming Wen