Queue (hairstyle)
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A queue or cue is a hairstyle historically worn by the Jurchen and Manchu peoples of Manchuria. During the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, it was required to be worn by male Han Chinese subjects. The top of
Chinese men with queues c. 1880 (photographed by Lai Afong)
Khitan man in tomb painting in Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia
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Tifayifu
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Tifayifu was a forced assimilation policy of the early Qing dynasty enacted in 1645 as Qing conquered China from the preceding Ming dynasty. The edict forced Han Chinese, under the threat of massacres
Queue (hairstyle)
…Australia and the United States. The edict that Han Chinese men and others under Manchu rule give up their traditional hairstyles and wear the queue, the Tifayifu, was met with resistance, although opinions about the queue did change over time. Han women were never required to wear their hair in the traditional…
Qing dynasty barbers shaving hair, circa 1870s
A bronze statue in Pak Tsz Lane Park, Hong Kong commemorating queue-cutting after the overthrow of the Qing dynasty
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