Why do the Manchus keep pigtails?

Question 1: Why do the Manchu people keep braids? The hair style of adult Manchu men is "shaved hair braid", that is, in the frontal angle of the two ends of the introduction of a straight line, the straight line before the hair is shaved off, leaving only the hair after the line, and it will be plaited for the braid, hanging in the back of the head. This hair style is inherited from the ancient customs of the ancestors. Ancient H people "commonly braided hair", female real people "braided hair hanging shoulders", "hanging gold ring, stay behind the skull hair, tied with color silk. Women's braided hair in a bun". This hair style to facilitate the riding career, the front does not leave hair, so as not to harness the horse gallop, let the hair cover the eyes. Leave a thick braid behind the head, in the field when marching and hunting, you can also pillow braid and sleep, does have its certain practical value. The shamanism practiced by the Manchurian people and their ancestors believed that the braid was born at the top of the human body, closest to the vault of heaven, and was the place of the human soul, so the braid was treasured by our people. At that time, if the bodies of the Eight Banners soldiers who died on the battlefield could be brought back to their hometowns, the braids of their hair had to be brought back as well, reflecting this primitive view of the vault of heaven. Hair braid is not only the external mark of our nation, but also an important aesthetic object. In the female period, the braid is "tied to color silk", to the Qing Dynasty, the eight banners with gold, silver, jewelry and other treasures made of a variety of styles of chic small pendant angle, tied to the top of the braid, with the braid swinging, especially beautiful. In the "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Baoyu's a black bright as paint on the braid, from the top to the tip, ... string of four large balls, with gold and eight treasures fall angle, reflecting this custom. After the Qing Dynasty settled in Beijing, forced to shave, this hair style began to spread throughout the country!

Question 2: Why do the Manchus stay braided The Manchus are descended from the female real, their hair style is also inherited female real characteristics. Female real is a people living in the endless mountain forest, where the road is rugged, beasts, in order to get more mountain goods and wild game, often in the forest for ten days, encountered danger, the most important thing is not to be hooked by the branches and quickly get out. Therefore, the female real people's clothes and hair style are simple, simple to let the Han people look, think should be used "cut hair like a monk" to describe: hair shaved, just in the back of the head to leave a small finger thin lock of hair, twisted into a rope like hanging, beard is only a few left under the nose.

Question 3: Why did the former Manchu people have the custom of keeping a braided head? Why shave off the front part of the hair? This is mainly because of the custom arising from the hunting life of the Manchu.

The ancestors of the Manchus were hunter-gatherers living in the Changbai Mountains in the Northeast, and they used riding and archery as their profession.

In ancient times, because there is no safety razor today, haircutting is a very difficult thing, so the ancients are not often cut Dan. But hair left too long will appear some problems. For example, the forehead of the flow of the sea is too long to block the line of sight, and long hair in the horseback riding Mercedes Benz is also very easy to loose, these for the riding and shooting for the business of the nation is very unfavorable, seriously affect the work.

Therefore, Manchu men simply shave off the forehead hair, the back of the hair into a braid. This that will not block the line of sight, and will not be cloaked on the horse. And in the wild camping braid coiled up can also be used as a pillow.

Such a hair style in that era is very practical, so whether it is beautiful or not is not important. It became a custom over time.

Not only the Manchus, but also the Mongols, Khitans, Turkic peoples, including the Scandinavian Vikings, Chaiyaphum, and the Chaiyaphum. Including the Scandinavian Vaijing, Chapel Rush and other ethnic groups have a similar custom, only the hair shaving method and the braid of the section method is slightly different.

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Question 4: Why did the Qing people wear braids? What source? Speaking of shaving and braiding, only the mid-seventeenth century Manchurians into the Central Plains after the formation of the custom, and before that, the Chinese people do not shave and braid. From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Ming Dynasty, the ancestral motto that hair should not be destroyed was even more y rooted in the marrow of the bones and could not be changed.　　The Qing Dynasty started in the north of Serbia, the Manchus are the people on horseback. As a result of horseback riding, very early in the habit of braiding. The ancestors of the Manchu people Jin people, is to shave hair braids of the nation, its hair style is "half shaved half stay", in the forehead corner of the lead a straight line, the line in front of all the hair shaved, the line behind the hair braid hanging down in the back of the head. When did this habit begin and how long has it been maintained, it is difficult to ascertain, but at least it is certain that it has appeared in the Song Dynasty. Li Xinchuan "Jianyan since the Department of the year to record" contains: "Jianyan three years, the Jin Yuan Shuifu ban people Han clothing, and ordered scalping hair is not as good as the style of the person killed." The Song History recorded the Song general Liu Qi anti-Jin deeds, said: "is the evening, the sky wants to rain, electric light shooting, see the braided hair of the people can always wipe out. Jin soldiers retreated fifteen miles."　About the ancestors have this forced hair cut precedent, a few hundred years later, when the Manchurian eight banners soldiers like a crack across the Shanhai Pass, opened into the customs, the overthrow of the already corrupt Ming Dynasty, the establishment of the Qing Dynasty after the rule of the Qing Dynasty rulers began to force the implementation of shaved hair braid system.

In 1645, the Qing Shunzhi Emperor issued an order announcing that "since this announcement, inside and outside the capital, directly under the provinces, limited to ten days to shave. If the circumvention of the hair, covert argument, will not be lightly loaned", the bureaucrats shall not discuss the shaving, or "kill without amnesty". This is the history of the famous "shaving order". Since then, the hair of the stay, no longer a personal preference, is no longer an ethical issue, but rose into a serious political issue. Qing rulers in order to completely from the spirit of conquest ***, is to shave the hair as a sign of submission, for this reason, at the risk of death threat, the slogan is: "stay head not stay hair, stay hair not stay head." This *** to say, of course, can not accept, a strand of green silk, not only by the parents, but also became a symbol of loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, which can not be shaved off. For this reason, *** rise up to resist, the slogan is: "would rather be a bundle of hair ghosts, not as a shaved head!" The resistance was exceptionally fierce, and the suppression by the Manchu rulers was exceptionally cruel. Under the bloody wind and rain, how many tragic historical tragedies have been performed, Jiangyin ten days, Jiading three massacres, how many heads fell to the ground. The most tragic than the "Ten Days of Jiangyin", is the second day of June of the lunar calendar, Jiangyin people in Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu led by the death of the head of the hair, sworn allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, defending the city for eighty-one days, killing 75,000 Qing soldiers, 67,000 strong men died in battle on and off the walls of the city. The city broke, the Qing army troops massacred ten days, until the city killed before sealing the sword. More than 170,000 soldiers and civilians died under the Qing soldiers' knives, and only 53 old and young survived. Resistance, suppression, and then resistance, and then suppression. With the collapse of the small Southern Ming dynasty one by one, people's hope of recovery was also dashed one by one. People stopped resisting and finally accepted the reality of Manchu rule. And the braid, also one by one to stay up. With the passage of time, over time, people numb, used to, no longer feel bad, no longer think it is the custom of foreign barbarians. Even, the braid even became a Chinese custom of course.

Question 5: Why did the ancient Manchu people stay braids Shaved hair hanging braids "This hair style is inherited from the ancient customs of the pioneers. Ancient H people "commonly braided hair", the female real people "braided hair down to the shoulder", "hanging gold ring, stay behind the skull hair, tied to the color silk. Women braided hair in a bun". And the Manchus are the real people.

The Manchurians and the shamanism practiced by the ancestors that the hair braid was born on the top of the human body, and the vault of the sky is closest to the human soul, so the hair braid is cherished by my people. At that time, the eight banners who died on the battlefield, if the body can be brought back to their hometown, the hair braid must also be brought back, which is a reflection of this primitive view of the vault of heaven.

In practical terms, this hair style to facilitate the riding career, the front does not leave hair, so as not to harness the horse gallop, let the hair cover the eyes. Leave a thick braid at the back of the head, in the field when marching and hunting, you can also pillow braid and sleep, does have its certain practical value.

The braid is not only the external mark of the Manchu, but also an important aesthetic object. In the female period, the braid is "tied to the color silk", to the Qing Dynasty, the children of the eight banners with gold, silver, jewels and other treasures made of a variety of styles of chic small pendant angle, tied to the top of the braid above the braid with the braid swinging, especially beautiful. In the "Dream of the Red Chamber", Jia Baoyu's a black bright as paint on the braid, from the top to the tip, ... string of four large balls, with gold and eight treasures fall angle, reflecting this custom.

Question six: modern Manchu people still keep braids? Only a few Manchu villages in the mountains of the Northeast still retain this tradition, but only some of the older villagers, and there is a Manchu in Guangzhou, claiming to be the descendants of dorgon, in the past few years to keep up the braid.

Question 7: Why do Manchurians keep their pigtails The Manchus are a nation on horseback. Perhaps because of horseback riding, very early in the habit of braiding. The ancestors of the Manchu people, the Jin people, is to shave hair braids of the nation, the hair is "half shaved half stay", in the forehead corner to lead a straight line, the line in front of all the hair is shaved, the line behind the hair braids hanging down in the back of the head.

Question 8: Why were people in the Qing Dynasty asked to keep pigtails People in the Qing Dynasty were asked to keep pigtails because:

*** Before the Qing Dynasty, hair was traditionally tied in a bun. The Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchus, who lived in northeastern China. The Manchu rulers had already implemented a policy of "shaving the hair and changing the clothes" outside of China before entering the border. After the Manchurians entered the Qing Dynasty, the first strict order was to shave the hair and change the clothes, regardless of the gentlemen, soldiers, civilians, etc., "keep the head but not the hair, keep the hair but not the head". This move was *** universal resistance, threatening "head can be broken, hair can not be shaved". The Qing army did not give in, and ordered "one person does not shave the whole family chop, a family does not shave the whole village chop". As a result, all men in China had a long braid, which became a great spectacle in world history. The Qing court of the "braid problem" absolute politicization, as *** obedience and whether the sign

Why do the Manchus stay pigtails:

The ancestors of the Manchus originated in the White Mountains and Black Waters to hunt and fish for a living, the front head of the shaved hair braid behind the head, in order to wear the mountains and cross the mountains branch vine not scrape the hair, arrows aiming at the front! No messy hair cover when, only stay behind the head of a small finger thick locks, divided into two shares twisted into a braid rope hanging in the back, this braid is called the money rat-tail style. Plate on the head during the day to facilitate the production of labor, the night unwind can be used as a pillow.

The Manchus believe in shamanism, according to shamanism, the hair at the top of the head, the most leaning into the sky, is the soul of the habitat, very sacred. After entering the customs and accepted the *** concept of filial piety and fraternal duty, that hair is given by parents, can not be destroyed. If the Manchu people died in battle, the bones can be buried in the field, the braid must be cut down and sent home, tied to the name and place of origin of the soul of the burial.

Problem nine: the Qing Dynasty people like to stay braided braids that now Manchu people still stay braided braids, fools like to stay pig tails. *** The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do it. The Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs under the shaving order, countless massacres, leave hair not head. Not they like is no way, do not stay braids will die, and not in the TV series of braids, the earliest is the money mouse tail, only copper eye thickness, thick pig tail is very late when it appeared. Now the Manchus themselves do not stay.

Question 10: Why do the Manchus cut braids? It's not convenient to keep braids, now that it's all globalized, who would braid their hair every day. Besides, the Manchu kind of hair style is to adapt to the hunting and riding in the mountains and forests, to prevent the hair from being scraped by branches. How many horseback riding and hunting people can there be in the country now 。。。。 BTW after Xinhai, there are indeed many Manchus who still keep the traditional hair style, not all shaving their pigtails as you said. It's just that during the Republican period, the Northeast was the most urbanized and modernized area in the country, and the Manchus mainly lived in the Northeast, so the Manchus quickly moved into a modern lifestyle, retaining it only in the old aristocracy of the city of Beijing and in a few rural areas, though gradually it disappeared.