stackyFACTSHaircuts have never been more politically charged. To visually enforce total submission over the Han Chinese population, the ruling Manchu dynasty demanded that every male shave the front of their head and grow the back into a long braid, with the penalty for non-compliance being immediate decapitation. Comply or die, but make it fashion.
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