Why did the ancients put oil on their heads?

In fact, ancient people also loved beauty, so they put oil on their hair to make it look smooth and bright, which is a symbol that they think nothing is right.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he began to ask for hair binding all over the country. At that time, there was a kind of punishment called "Kun Punishment". In the Han dynasty, due to the rejection of Confucianism, staying behind is bound to become a symbol of filial piety. In other words, in the Han Dynasty, there began to be craftsmen who cut people's hair. Hairdressing and shaving are completely different concepts at this time. They just trim the hair that is no longer long to make it smooth. They also include the meaning of cleaning and combing. In the early Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the gentry still attached great importance to storage and development. Cao Cao once cut his hair and beard, indicating that he had accepted the punishment. With the invasion of various nationalities, the gentry became more and more erosive, and some nobles began to cut their hair and shave.

It is precisely because of the frequent wars and the loss of a large number of literati that the tradition of storage and development has been broken. It was not until the Sui Dynasty unified the whole country and reorganized the costumes of the Han nationality that the tradition of storing hair began to re-form. Until the Song Dynasty, because most of the upper ruling class and literati hoarded hair, hoarding hair became the main feature that distinguished the Han nationality from other nationalities. The Yuan Dynasty said nothing. You can have any hairstyle you want. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang restored the costumes of the Han nationality, "inheriting the Zhou and Han Dynasties and taking the Tang and Song Dynasties".

Storage and development have once again become an important embodiment of Chinese culture and an important symbol of the Chinese nation. As for the long shawl hair that sometimes appears in TV plays in the Ming Dynasty, it is a Taoist hairstyle, which is only used by the Emperor Xiuxian. However, in ancient times, there were no clear regulations on beards, only the beards on the lips and chin of the ancients. Generally speaking, men begin to grow beards after tying their hair. Only after their father died can they start to grow beards.

But I like goatee. Only a general can have a full-face beard. So the barber's job also includes shaving.