When the Qing dynasty entered the customs, people were forced to keep their hair and braids. Why did some people refuse to cut their braids after the demise of the Qing Dynasty?

When the Qing dynasty entered the customs, people were forced to keep their hair and braids. But after the demise of the Qing Dynasty, why can't many people cut their braids anyway? After the Qing army entered the customs, people were forced to shave their heads and leave braids, which led to many bloody cases. Whether there were braids in the Qing Dynasty is an important symbol to measure whether the Han people surrendered or accepted the rule of the Qing Dynasty. According to the general imagination, this humiliating symbol was published by the government of the Republic of China after the Qing Dynasty, and the braid was soon abandoned by the people and became history, but this is not the case.

As many people know, Mei Lanfang cut his braid in June of 19 12. At this time, it has been three months since President Sun Yat-sen issued a haircut order. Obviously, what Mei Lanfang has done is not positive, but compared with the people around him, he has stepped onto the forefront of the times. No matter how to persuade Mei Lanfang, he refused to cut off his braid, but Mei Lanfang was helpless.

After the abdication of the Qing emperor, many ordinary people were not allowed to cut their braids. This situation is very common. In big cities like Nanjing and Shanghai, many people take off their braids, but they don't want to. The revolutionary army launched a compulsory haircut movement, which also aroused public anger. 19 12 In Nanjing, the British ambassador to China noticed that troops in Chengdu, Changsha and Kunming had to have their hair cut.

19 12 or so, people in history of qing dynasty know that they don't want to cut their braids, and they may be worried about the possible restoration of the Qing Dynasty. So from 19 14 to 1923, there are still many braids in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. The same stubbornness may also be entirely due to their living habits.