Before the Qing Dynasty, Han men did not wear braids. Shaving one's head and leaving one's pigtails was originally the custom of Manchu people. 162 1 year, after Nurhachi captured Liaoshen, the Han people were forced to shave their hair and braid on a large scale. 1644, Qing soldiers entered the customs. After the capture of Beijing, especially after the capture of Nanjing, they strictly enforced the haircut order, "telling the officials and the people to shave their heads", and those who violated the order were "killed without forgiveness". At that time, there were not only orders to "keep hair but not hair", but also orders to "not shave the whole family and not shave the whole village"