Why do most characters in Hong Kong's film and television dramas about the Qing Dynasty braid their hair instead of shaving their heads?

Because the Qing dynasty is the closest dynasty to us, everyone knows a lot about the costumes of the Qing dynasty, and the most prominent thing is the hair of the Qing people. In the Qing Dynasty, men always chose to shave their heads in front and leave the image of big braid behind, but in some Hong Kong movies about the Qing Dynasty, they basically chose not to shave their heads in front, leaving only big braid. This is because at that time, the quantity and output of Hong Kong films were very large. If the film was shaved, it would affect the production of the next film, so for the overall effect, we would choose not to shave it.

When shooting some movies and TV plays of the Qing Dynasty in Chinese mainland, they will consciously choose their costume images according to the images of the Qing people. Men usually choose the image setting of oxtail braid in the late Qing Dynasty, which is also called yin-yang hairstyle by many people. However, this image setting was not followed when filming TV dramas of the Qing Dynasty in Hong Kong.

Most Hong Kong people only dress up as a big braid when filming movies and TV plays in the Qing Dynasty, instead of shaving their heads in front and leaving a hairstyle of yin and yang. This image can be said to be a serious violation of the authenticity of history. It is necessary to know that after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Han people were forced to keep their heads of yin and yang, and the slogan was "Keep your head, don't send it, don't send it", so as to judge whether they really surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

The 1980s and 1990s were the years when Hong Kong films broke out. With its huge market, movies sell well and make a lot of money. This also led to the shooting of each film will try to shorten the production process, and strive to complete the shooting in the shortest time. As far as Stephen Chow is concerned, 1992 * * *, seven films were released, of which three were from the Qing Dynasty and the rest were modern films. If he shaved his hair in front of the Qing dynasty, it would definitely affect the production of modern movies behind him, so Hong Kong chose not to shave his hair when filming Qing dynasty film and television dramas.