Monks are bald, why Buddha's head is a "grape"?

When we watched the Journey to the West TV series when we were young, we would find some black bumps on Buddha's head. Because it is black, so at that time it is taken as hair, but in fact it is not hair, customary saying called this black for the meat bun.

We all know. Buddhism is from India, the Buddha of Buddhism is Siddhartha Gautama, he actually has Aryan blood, so this kind of human race, their hair is curly. Carved out on the sculpture is what looks like a black raised block. However, in the Buddhist scripture, Mahaparinirvana Sutra, it is said that this chignon is only found in Buddhas, even Bodhisattvas do not have it. Like we often see in the Journey to the West inside the Goddess of Mercy and so on, they present the image of the long hair, but not the same as the Buddha's bun.

? The scriptures tell us that he actually had hair before he became a monk, but when he became a monk, he shaved off all his hair, just like monks do nowadays, but in fact, before him, the monks in Buddhism in India did not shave their hair, and like in China, they also thought that shaving their hair was a very shameful thing, and just like us in ancient times, the Indians also thought that only those who had committed a crime and slaves would have bare heads. Shakyamuni's reason for shaving his hair was to show that he was dedicated to the Buddha and would never return to secularism again. The second is also to reflect the difference between him and the traditional monks, but also for the practice of a convenient, you want to think about if it is to stay hair, every day still have to wash your hair and so on, indeed will waste a lot of time to practice, and no hair, more conducive to controlling their own desires. One more thing, it is to cater to the legend, because in the ancient legend, all the Buddhas shaved their hair.

So, since they just shaved their hair, that means they were bald, but Siddhartha Gautama, after he became a Buddha, he had a bun of flesh growing out of his head, which did look pretty much like hair from a distance, but in fact, it was muscle. This is exactly what the sutra says, the Buddha has 32 phases, and this bun is one of his phases. But if you look closely, you will see that these buns of flesh are like self-curling hair, but in fact, this is because in ancient India, they believe that this spiral pattern is very auspicious so that what is on the Buddha's head is neither grapes nor hair, but rather a muscle that grows out of his bald head, a symbol of his status.