The monk hair style....whats it's purpose?

[Souljah]

Hi

Just wondering what the purpose of the half shaved head and long pony-tail was for....?

[MasterKiller]

Uh....monks shave their head.

The hair cut in question, I believe, was made popular by the first Manchu emperor, Shunzhi, in 1645, as a sign of submission to Manchu rule.

[Chang Style Novice]

Somebody told me once (I forget where - maybe here) that the ponytail was meant to resemble a horse's rear end and thus emphasize that the common people who were legally required to wear it were nothing more than beasts of burden.

[GeneChing]

The queue was a symbol of subservience to the Manchus, who were equestrians, thus the horse's tail analogy.

As for shaving the head, in Buddhism, it is an exercise in non-attachment. Nuns shave their heads too.

[red5angel]

so you could spin on your head easier. I'm quickly learning spinning on your head with a full head of hair suxx0rz. The ponytail, like the tassles on a stripper, are just for show.






sheeze, two comparisons too strippers in one month, I'm on a roll!