This was handed down from the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty and the custom handed down from the Jin Dynasty. The reason why the Han people refused to braid their hair when the Qing Dynasty was established and refused to cut their hair when the Qing Dynasty perished was because they wanted to observe the festivals of the Han people, and later they wanted to braid their hair because they wanted to save their lives.

1. The Qing Dynasty was ruled by Manchu people.

The Qing Dynasty was ruled by Manchu people, but their own Manchu people kept big braid. How can so many Han people in the country be an exception? In order to make Han people submit to Manchu, the Qing emperor promulgated a series of policies of democratic discrimination, and psychologically established the authoritative letter of Manchu.

2. Early braids

The braids left by early men had a name called suncus murinus Tail, leaving only a strand of hair the size of copper coins. With the development of the Qing dynasty, this strand of hair gradually became several strands of hair, and the rat tail became a snake tail. Finally, it gradually developed into an "oxtail".

3. The reason why Han people braid their hair and cut it.

There is such an order in shaving, that is, the so-called "leaving hair without flowing, leaving hair without leaving hair". After the Qing dynasty was overthrown, this statement gradually disappeared. In fact, when the Qing Dynasty first issued a haircut order, many Han people were reluctant to get a haircut because they thought it was disrespectful to their parents. So the Han people kept the Han Festival and refused to clear the field. They would rather lose their lives than succumb to the Qing Dynasty and shave their hair. But those Han Chinese who shaved their hair later shaved their hair because they didn't want to lose their lives. Even at that time, many people didn't know that the emperor was Manchu, but he was Han Chinese.

Generally speaking, forgetting and beautifying are the two main reasons why people don't want to cut their braids. People are unwilling to cut their braids, which has a lot to do with people forgetting the history of "giving orders".