How did the ancients shave?

Shaving tools have existed since ancient times. People use sharp natural substances such as clam shells, shark teeth and flint as tools. After the appearance of metal, people made razors out of copper and iron. Although sharper than clam shells, it is not safe. So most people don't shave. In ancient times, whether in China or abroad, it was very fashionable for a man to have a beautiful beard. Women will envy him, men will envy him. In ancient China, a man was praised as handsome, and he often said that he had a beard. During the Three Kingdoms period, Guan Yusheng had three beards and was called "bearded". Today, some people in the west still have beards, and there is even a worldwide moustache competition. The most creative and fashionable beard style will win the grand prize.

After the western industrial revolution, science and technology developed rapidly. People realize that growing a long beard is not good for health, so they cut it into a short beard with scissors. In the western films reflecting the social life before the 1920s, we can see that westerners had short beards at that time. After the Opium War in China, western learning spread to the east, and western social fashion influenced China, so most people in China stopped growing beards. The short beards of Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai are an example. 1895, American Guillermo invented the safety razor, 1904 was sold on a large scale, especially after the first world war, which destroyed the original western social tradition and revolutionized social fashion. Since then, everyone has stopped growing beards.