I just traveled to Yunnan and wanted to braid a colorful braid, but the tour guide said that only widows braid it. Is this true? If you know, it's best to be local.

It doesn’t make any sense, it just looks good!

On the Internet, it is said that it is a widow’s braid... After an on-site inspection, the locals themselves do not know what a widow’s braid is! Colorful braids are just good-looking. Colorful braids are also a sign of good luck in Yunnan, and local young people also know how to braid them! (For those who say that it is unlucky to have colorful braids, or why the local people who braid your hair don’t braid your hair, let me ask you. Usually the person who braids your hair is either your grandma or your aunt... At this age, you have to wear colorful braids. Are you sure it won't scare you?)

Usually it's either the innkeeper or the tour guide who says this. The tour guide said this because it took too long to do the braiding. He had to lead a group. So many people were braiding, so he had to wait for a long time, which would affect his work progress. So say something bad and stop the members from thinking about it!

Coupled with the imperfect tourism management in recent years, some local people take advantage of the time they are braiding to sell you travel routes and tourism products, which has indeed tricked many tourists.

Some local inn owners do not want hotel guests to be deceived, so they use the term "widow's braid" to discourage hotel guests from having colorful braids, so as to reduce hotel tourists' contact with undesirable vendors