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Barber, commonly known as "to be recruited". In the old society of Beijing, barbers who walked around the streets carried heavy burdens, including stoves, iron pots, bamboo chairs, barber knives, mirrors and other tools. Nowadays, in some alleys in Beijing, you can occasionally see hairdressers. The tools are the same as before, except that there is no stove and iron pot. The earliest hairdressers in old Beijing should be soldiers, and they appeared in the early Qing Dynasty. In ancient China, there was no such thing as shaving your head. It was said that "the skin of your body is influenced by your parents", so you can't damage it, you can only tie your hair. After the Qing army entered Beijing, it ordered the hair to be shaved and braided. In the second year of Shunzhi (1645), it was issued that all the hair should be shaved within ten days, and those who violated the order would be killed without forgiveness. For a time, the grievances of the people in the north and south of the Yangtze River were boiling.

In Beijing, these soldiers shaved their heads at the intersection of Qianmen, Dongsi Pailou, Xisi Pailou and Di 'anmen under the order of Regent Dourgen, and all the rebels were beheaded. Later, due to lack of manpower, he forced migrant workers in Baodi County, JD.COM to be hairdressers. Because the earliest hairdressers were soldiers, the early shaving tools were all objects in the army, such as gourds for washing hair and marching water hyacinths for soldiers; The boiler is a military powder can. There were probably two kinds of hairdressers at that time. One is to carry a load at the bridge, that is, shave your head. The other is a pole with a shaved head, which is hung on a long pole. A flagpole is tied to the pole and the imperial edict is hung high on it. People have to come out and shave their heads when they hear their shouts. If anyone violates it, the barber will tie people up with a rope and kill them. He will also take off his head and go back to the camp to receive the reward.

When people all over the country braid their hair, there will be another industry of shaving their heads in society. Military hairdressers no longer shave their heads, and those civilian workers who are forced to be hairdressers have become the first people in Beijing's haircut industry. There is a saying that there are specialties in the art. Barbers are not only proficient in shaving and combing hair, but also picking ears, cutting nose hair, clearing eyes for customers, and some even massage and setting bones. At the end of Guangxu, the social atmosphere gradually opened up, and there were more trade associations in Beijing. 1909, "Wang Dianchen, Dean of the Forbidden City and others" planned to establish "Shi Jing Plastic Surgery Public Welfare Association". It is stipulated that "those who shave their heads and bear the burden in the capital will receive six coppers per month, which is called the plastic surgery charity, and what they do is no different from offering sacrifices to the gods", and they are buried in the righteous place when they are sick ... During the Republic of China, the "braiding style" rose in Beijing.

Cut the feudal big braid hanging at the back. Some old-fashioned people don't want to cut their braids. To this end, some people with lofty ideals set up a "haircut comrades' association" to publicize haircuts in the streets. Now you can handle your hair at will according to your personal hobbies, whether it's baldness or long hair, men can. If you don't like black, you can dye it in various colors, yellow, red or a mixture of several colors. The barber who used to be a barber has now become a barber.