Why are there so few people with long beards now? Why were there so many people with beards in ancient times?

Someone once joked that if one day you travel back to the past, how do you know if you really went back to the past? The answer is to see if passers-by in this era have beards. Although this is just a joke, it also shows the difference between ancient times and now: whether there is a beard or not. So why were there so many people with beards in ancient times? Why are there so few people with beards now?

Modern times are different from ancient times. The most important reason for not growing a beard is the different cognition of the ancients. In ancient times, people thought that the skin of the body was influenced by parents, so the hair and beard could not be shaved off. Shaving off will be regarded as unfilial, but if the beard is really long and seriously affects life, it is still allowed to shave off part of it when it was considered a good day in ancient times. However, this number cannot be more. Secondly, ancient people thought that beard and hair were symbols of life. If they shave off these things, they won't live long. If they want to be vivid, they will regard hair as their life, so ancient people will choose to grow beards, and ancient people will regard bearded people as real men. If they have no beards, they can't be called men. Moreover, the ancient emperors had status and power.

In fact, we all know that if a person's beard is particularly long, it will definitely affect his life. Modern people also pay attention to this point, what's more, if you grow your beard long, it will easily cause visual disorder, and people with beards are not convenient to take care of it. Therefore, under the requirements and cognition of modern environment, people now rarely grow beards.

However, this is only for China people. Because the races in western countries are different, their hair is more vigorous, and their facial features and skin are three-dimensional than those in eastern countries. So the long beard in western countries is also a manifestation of letting nature take its course.