Why do Hong Kong judges wear wigs?

Hong Kong was once a British colony, and its legal system adopted the common law system. British judges were accustomed to wearing wigs, so they led Hong Kong judges to also wear wigs.

As for why British judges wear wigs, it is said that there are several reasons: the initial reason is a kind of protection for judges. When civilization starts to use the law to punish criminals, no one will be willing to do so. When this evil person, especially when he goes to sentence someone to death, wears a mask and a wig to package himself, the criminal does not know who made the final decision. This means that the judge himself has no grudge against the criminal, but is exercising the power granted by the law. authority. Later, they only wore wigs. At that time, nobles generally wore wigs in formal official occasions, while judges wore wigs to show their solemnity, indicating that judicial behavior was a formal behavior with a strong ritualistic nature, not a casual behavior on the street or on the kangtang. Behavior. Furthermore, wearing white or gray wigs makes people look older. The so-called worldly knowledge and understanding of people make people more convincing in their judgments.