Folk shaving and barbering people respect Guan Yu as the ancestor, why?

Ancient people believe that: the body hair and skin by the parents, do not dare to destroy. So the ancients are never shaved, only to the Qing Dynasty, under the threat of the butcher's knife, the Chinese people have developed the habit of shaving their heads. As for Guan Yu , Guan Laozi, that is living in the Han Dynasty people, not only to stay in the full hair, and even the beard is not shaved ( bearded man well). Why would such a historical figure, whose life may not have been intertwined with the barber industry, somehow become the grandmaster of the barber industry?

I remember that Yi Zhongtian told a very interesting story about the Three Kingdoms. The story goes that during the Qing Dynasty there was a shaver who wrote this couplet on the door: "Sharpening to the beard, ask the world how many heads; and Duo and try to see how the old man means."

This couplet is indeed a breathtaking and bold one. The meaning is also well understood, translated as: sharpen the fast knife and wait, and try to see how many heads can there be in the world? ; put it on the weapon (razor) to try, but also to see the old me my hand's kung fu.

This time finally someone suddenly realized! Shaving hair and taking the head, in this moment linked. The first thing that comes to mind is the "God of War", Guan Yu, or Master Guan. Wine and wine beheading Hua Xiong, five passes and six generals, these are all familiar, no need to repeat the classic plot. Therefore, Guan Yu naturally became the grandfather of barbers.

Both have a knife in their hands, although for different purposesGuan Yu's beard is long and flowing, which is precisely why he is good at taking care of the enemy's headGuan Yu is particularly good at taking the enemy's head quickly, and quickly and accurately. And this is precisely a good shaver (barber) industry standards,

Ancient people pay attention to the "body hair and skin by the parents", in the traditional culture of hair cutting and beheading is no different.

Of course, the fundamental reason why barbers recognize Guan Yu as their grandmaster is because he is so famous. There is a good backer, so that the shaving of the head of this industry, to develop and grow.