The most dangerous job in ancient times, the shaver?

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-01-29

The most dangerous occupation in ancient times, shaving the emperor's head, because he shaved his head can not touch his head, nor can he breathe on the emperor's head, otherwise it is a capital crime, the emperor's hair is declared to be one of the most difficult to shave hair in the world, in the Qing Dynasty, because most people including the emperor's head, a large area in front is bright, if this shiny part is not shaved often, it will be very ugly, so the emperor of the Qing Dynasty shaved his head once every ten days.

Also specifically found a special group of eunuchs responsible for shaving their heads, subject to strict management, is to prevent someone from assassinating in this link, so there are many rules for shaving the emperor's head, first of all, it can't be a person who has been shaving the emperor's head, every time the eunuch shaves his head is randomly selected, otherwise it is easy to have an accident, the most important problem is that you can't use an ordinary knife to shave the emperor's head, the razor is the kind with a very shallow blade, which can only be used to shave the head, and it can't be used to kill people at all, at most it can only draw a hole out, and when the emperor shaves his head, there are a lot of personal guards with knives standing around him in three layers and three layers outside, and the eunuch who shaves his head has any move, and he will take it down directly, so the security issue does not exist.

That can't touch the emperor's head, and the body can't touch it, how can you shave his head?You can only shave along the stubble, and you can never shave it backwards, and you can hold a razor in the air with your right hand to carefully shave the emperor's hair. According to historical records, shaving the emperor's head in the Qing Dynasty was basically the hardest job!The head shaving master is basically frightened every time, for fear that a wrong action will hurt the emperor's head, and every time he shaves his head, he is basically trembling and trembling, and he slumps on the ground for a long time and can't come back to his senses!In short, the barber in the Qing Dynasty can be described as both beautiful and poignant.

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