How did the Qing emperor shave his head? Isn't he afraid that the barber will take the opportunity to assassinate him?

Tell a story about unofficial history who shaved his head.

For the record, this is fake!

Gan Long went to visit the south of the Yangtze River and passed by Tianjinwei, just in time to catch the dragon's head on February 2nd, and wanted to shave his head for good luck. The eunuch general manager hurriedly called the best barber in the area and taught him the rules of the dry dragon shaving: only one hand can shave his head; Don't breathe to the emperor, be careful to smoke to the emperor; You can only scrape along, not against the hair roots; Wait a minute.

The barber was afraid and didn't want to go. But the eunuch chief said, if you don't go, you will die. No way, the barber can only bite the bullet. When I get nervous, I scratch my head. As soon as Qianlong got angry, he pulled out the barber and cut it.

The eunuch manager can only find another master. As a result, the master was even more nervous when he heard that someone had been hacked to death, and he cut a knife on the dragon's head. So, the master was cut again.

At this point, a little barber took the initiative? Fight? . He quickly shaved Gan Long's head. Gan Long was very happy and praised his skill. The little barber said that the two men were better than him before, but they were afraid of Tianwei and made a mistake when they were nervous.

Hearing this, Qianlong asked the little barber, aren't you afraid? ! The little barber said, your majesty, you are not afraid if you dare to scrape the faucet for me. What am I afraid of? !

Gan Long thinks what the little barber said is very reasonable. So, I ordered people to pay the families of the first two barbers. At the same time, leave the little barber around to shave his head and give him 5 grades!

Again, this is the story of unofficial history, which is not true.

Qing emperors can't shave their heads!

Look at the portrait of the Qing dynasty 12 emperor. Before Qianlong, all the temples of the emperor had hair. As shown in the figure below:

Let's enlarge it: The picture below is a portrait of Kangxi.

We are looking at Manchu hairstyles in the Qing Dynasty.

According to this hairstyle standard, the person who shaved his head must have shaved his sideburns. But several emperors in the early Qing dynasty didn't shave them off. From the portrait of Qianlong, the emperors began to lose their sideburns. So, did the emperors shave their hair from Qianlong?

Not necessarily! Ancient painters in China painted emperors, all of them? Freehand brushwork? No? Realism? ! Will certainly beautify the emperor! Let's take a look at the portrait of Qianlong by Lang Shining, a royal painter in Qianlong period.

Lang Shining, a foreigner, lived in Kang Yong for three dynasties. His paintings are oil paintings, which are more realistic! In Lang Shining's paintings, Qianlong also has sideburns!

So I think the Qing emperor didn't shave his head, just combed his hair and left a braid. After all, the emperor is afraid of death. Surely no one dares to point a knife at the emperor.

Some friends may take Jin Yi and Shen Yiling's description of the old maid-in-waiting giving the emperor a haircut in "Talking about Maids", saying that the emperor also shaved his hair. And there is a rule in it: only one hand can shave the emperor's head, and the other hand should always hang down. I have also read this book, but this old maid-in-waiting is only a maid around Cixi and has never served the emperor. What she said about the emperor's hairstyle, maybe? Hearsay? .