Let s talk about why ancient men liked to grow beards?

Convenient. This may be the most insidious reason, but it is very persuasive. After all, most adult men grow beards, and shaving is undoubtedly more time-consuming and laborious than bearding, and the living conditions in ancient times were harsh, and many civilians may have the only knife in their family is a kitchen knife, which is not suitable or easy to use.

Male symbol. The beard is both an important symbol of masculinity and a symbol of adulthood. In some tribes in Africa, only men with lush beards are accepted as tribal members. In ancient China, beards had various symbolic meanings, and long hair was wisdom; Bearded is brave.

Social perceptions. In many ancient times, shaving was considered a severe punishment in many areas. In China, there is a punishment (albeit a shaving of the hair); Similar punishments are found in Greece and the Arab region. In general, people avoid having too many similarities with criminals.

Habits left over from prehistory. In prehistoric times, a thick beard undoubtedly had many benefits: warmth; Protection (buffering).

Lack of haircutting tools, plus the above one, no haircut awareness, both men and women have long hair, how to show masculinity? The round inch is weak, and he still has a beard.

Parents who receive hair and skin on the body should be cherished (Cao Cao can be accepted by others by cutting off his hair instead of cutting off his head).

It may be that there are no convenient daily shaving supplies. Personally, I think it's hard to scratch it.

If you have the opportunity to wear Hanfu**, you will understand how important the beard is, and it is very temperamental.

From the aesthetic perspective of our modern people, young men with beards will give people a feeling of unkempt and sloppy, so generally only old people will grow beards. But men in ancient times were different, and in ancient times, men were regarded as a kind of beauty when they grew beards. At what age did ancient men start growing beards?

Didn't men in ancient times need to trim their beards?

The ancients believed that the body was the parent of the skin; , can not be destroyed at will. So in ancient times, both men and women had long hair. They don't pull their hair around every three days like we moderns.

Beards were as important to ancient men as hair, and when ancient men reached a certain age, they began to grow beards. So the real ancient men were not as young and handsome as we see on TV, and they all looked white and clean.

Generally speaking, men in ancient times began to grow beards as soon as they reached adulthood. However, different dynasties had different rules on male adulthood. In some dynasties, men began to grow beards at the age of sixteen, such as the Han Dynasty.

Some dynasties may not grow beards until they are eighteen or even twenty years old, such as the Tang Dynasty.

When you are in your twenties, you begin to grow a beard on your face, which may seem old-fashioned to us today, but the aesthetics of ancient people are different from our modern ones. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, there were many men in the Ming Dynasty who grew beards in their twenties.

Of course, ancient men did not say that they did not trim their beards, and that beards were as important to them as hair was to many women. In ancient times, men would also trim their beards from time to time. Whether the beard looks good or not will also affect a person's appearance to a certain extent.

We often talk about beautiful haired men; That's what it means.

Men were no longer obsessed with beards before and after the Xinhai Revolution. At that time, people were influenced by Western educational ideas, and many young men would no longer grow beards in front of their elders. Today, few men are willing to grow beards at a young age.

In ancient times, men did not need to grow beards all the time, but it was a custom at that time.

Ancient Chinese men, when they reached a certain age, had to grow beards. Those who don't have a beard are either "eunuchs" with physical problems, or they are simply eunuchs, unable to "walk the way", and can't accommodate a beard under their chins.

Therefore, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao sent troops into the palace to kill all the people who did not need to be eunuchs, but there were also quite manslaughters, many men did not have beards, and in a hurry, they were killed as eunuchs.

After the death of the Qing Dynasty, after the baptism of the times, and then through the ** of the New Cultural Movement, people's concepts changed, and there were fewer men with beards. The most fundamental reason is that the traditional culture has changed into a new culture, except for some old people, old warlords, and old bureaucrats, there are few men with beards.

When everyone usually watches some costume dramas, they will see those old people or people who are a little older and start to grow beards, maybe people in their thirties will have a relatively short black beard, and people in their seventies and eighties will have a long white beard. On the contrary, on the street now, those elderly grandfathers will shave their beards every day to prevent themselves from looking sloppy, and they look younger after shaving. In ancient times, male beards seemed to be a sign and custom, and even a fashion.

In fact, whether it is a costume drama, an ancient book, or a character illustration, it is basically a beard. Some people say that the beard of men in ancient times began at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the people of the Han Dynasty saw that those people around them could not have beards in order to eliminate the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, and they killed them directly, because the ancient eunuchs did not grow beards and cover them. At that time, many people hurriedly grew beards in order to save their lives, and even some without beards may take off their clothes to prove themselves.

During the Three Kingdoms period, it seemed to be fashionable for men to grow beards, which not only proved that they were not eunuchs, but also made a name for themselves. For example, Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms period was a very famous bearded man, and his three-foot beard became his own symbol, and he was also very protective of himself. Sui Shupei and Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms also had a purple beard, this kind of beard was simply superior at that time, because only this kind of beard had the breath of a king, and it was able to suppress the ** under it with this power.

Therefore, men in ancient times preferred to grow beards, especially the emperor, if you can have a long beard, then the people below will respect you very much when they look at your face. At that time, when women in ancient times looked at how a man looked, they did not look at the person's ** and face shape, but to see if the person had a beard. A man with a good beard indicates that the person is very masculine and also appears to be very mature and stable.

Because the ancient people paid more attention to filial piety, and the body hair and skin of the parents, so they will not do to stop the hair on the body, this is a manifestation of filial piety, but also a symbol of the state Hu with rights, is a fashion.

In ancient times, people paid more attention to filial piety, and their parents did not touch their bodies, which was the embodiment of filial piety, and also a symbol of power, and it was an aesthetic preference of the society at that time; Keeping the beard is the most basic filial piety, and for a man with strong beard, his appearance will be more masculine.

At that time, there was a legend that the gods and dragons had beards, and then he felt that such words would make him appear to be particularly cultured, and he was also very powerful, so he had such a habit of concealing wisdom.

1. To show filial piety, normal physiological performance, first grow a beard, this Wang and Jane is a healthy adult male body physiological instinct, caused by the secretion of male hormones after men enter puberty, and is also the physiological manifestation of male adulthood.

According to the "Book of Filial Piety: The Beginning of the Righteousness": "The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also." "First of all, the most important point is that in the distant primitive society, a long beard can play a certain role in keeping warm, in addition, the beard can also show a person's face is larger, which has a certain deterrent effect on the surrounding animals, and besides, due to the influence of material tools, there is no way to trim the beard even if you want to.

Later, as the level of civilization became higher and higher, under the influence of Confucianism, the protection of everything on one's body was regarded as filial piety to one's parents, so that the ancients would not cut off their beards.

2. Masculine beauty, strong body, with the different secretion of male hormones in the human body and the difference in aesthetics, the style of the beard is also diverse in ancient times, and even stipulates the name of each part of the beard, such as the upper lip is called the mustache, the two sides are called the mustache and so on. But no matter what, it was an enviable thing to have a beautiful beard in ancient times. For example, in "Mo Shang Sang", Luo Fu once used "maneless and bearded" to add points to his husband's appearance.

For example, Cui Yan recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" "must be four feet long, very dignified, the courtiers look at it, and Taizu is also respectful." It is said that Cui Yan's beard is four feet long, showing a majestic face, and he has a very difficult pants prestige in the court, and even Cao Cao is a little in awe of him. And this beard is also a manifestation of the masculine beauty of ancient men.

In addition, the long beard also symbolizes the strength of ancient men, "Lingshu" said that "the blood and qi war is beautiful and long, the blood is less and the hair is short, and the blood is less and there is no beard", the degree of blood and qi is one of the standards for measuring the strength of the body in ancient times, if it is placed in the generals, the title of Guan Yu is also a symbol of Guan Yu's powerful force, and it is also one of the characteristics of the strong body of ancient men.

3. Highlight dignity, highlight power, highlight status, in addition to the beard also symbolizes power and dignity, in the Qin Dynasty, invented a kind of "torture" punishment, specifically to punish those who are less guilty of crimes, this punishment is to forcibly shave off the prisoner's beard, so that the prisoner loses his dignity, in order to warn to ensure that the next time not to commit, at this time the body hair has become a kind of filial piety to the parents, and this punishment can also show the dignity symbolized by the beard.

The famous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kou Zhun young man, after the entrance examination, the career all the way to the Huang Tengda, in the life of the "and stand" year has achieved the position of participating in the governor's political affairs, equivalent to the deputy prime minister, and then further is the prime minister of the dynasty, but has not been promoted, there is a very interesting saying about the failure to be promoted, in the "Wen Jian Jinlu" recorded that "Kou Zhongshu is the ruler, still young, the taster said: 'Kou Zhun is a good prime minister, but too few ears. ”

Because the ancients believed that men could only show their male identity by wearing a beard and a smiling beard, in addition to this, it also originated from the superstition and worship of dragons in ancient dialects, because the dragons in the painting have beards.

Because this is a kind of ancient traditional culture, the ancient Luqing man accompanied the shirt and beard to show his masculine charm. In addition to the love of beauty, there are also reasons for the development of history and the times.

It is a symbol of the amount of strength to show that it is cultured, showing its own age, love of beauty, and local customs. Yes, due to local customs, many people are very fond of shouting beards.

1. Disturb the prehistoric habits of the mask mold. In prehistoric times, a thick and dense beard had many benefits, warmth, courtship.

2. Religious factors. Chinese Confucianism believes that the hair and skin of the body can only be repaired, not cut off.

3. Social concept. In many ancient times, shaving was considered a severe punishment in many areas.

4. It is a male symbol. The beard is both an important symbol of masculinity and a symbol of adulthood.

5 For convenience. In ancient times, adult men slowly grew beards, and compared to shaving, shaving was more time-consuming and laborious, and the living conditions in ancient times were harsh, and many civilians only had kitchen knives, which were not suitable or convenient for shaving.