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How did the custom of braiding hair in Manchu Dynasty come into being?
In the early Ming Dynasty, the Nuzhen nationality in Northeast China was divided into three parts: Jianzhou Nuzhen, Haixi Nuzhen and Savage Nuzhen. At that time, the Jurchen ethnic groups rose up in succession, claiming the title of king, fighting for the length and killing each other. This situation became more and more serious until Nurhachi unified Jurchen in the late Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1574), Nurhachi's grandfather and father were killed by the Ming army. 1583, nuerhachi formally took revenge in all directions, and took the step of unifying the ministries of Jurchen. In the legend of Jurchen, there is an outstanding hero of the previous generation, called beam function. Because his forehead and temples were born bald, he was called bald beam function by later generations. The clever Nurhachi then edited and distributed it. First, it was to commemorate the heroes of the predecessors, which was conducive to the will of the people and was popular. Secondly, starting from this, it avoids the interference of nuzhen nobles before.

In line with the development of the times, Nurhachi finally unified the ministries of Jurchen in 16 16, and on this basis, established the post-Jin Kingdom, which governed thousands of miles and had hundreds of thousands of subjects. At that time, the Eight Banners system was formally established, and Manchu was used up and down the political power. The hairstyle of clothes should also be unified, women should not bind their feet, and men should shave their heads and leave braids. In this way, hundreds of thousands of Jurchen, Mongolian and Han originally from different regions, systems and customs have basically reached the same level in terms of productivity, production relations, tribute burden, national laws and regulations, language and customs. The old differences quickly disappeared, and the consistency increased, gradually forming a new nation-Manchu, which is basically the same in economic conditions, language and psychological state.

Nurhachi created the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, known as the Qing Taizu in history. Three hundred years later, with the collapse of the Qing Dynasty, the social prohibition of men from shaving and braiding disappeared into the vast history.