ben the old school barber

In the past, barbershops were often called barbershops. Their scale and facilities were far inferior to modern hairdressing salons, hair salons, and styling shops. They had only developed from open-air barbershops to indoor operations. During the Qing Dynasty, people shaved their heads and kept their hair in braids. At that time, the hairdressing industry believed in the Taoist Luo Zu. After the Revolution of 1911, the long braid was abolished, and the new hairdresser began to be used. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, under the influence of Western culture, barbershops introduced armchairs that could be lifted, reclined, and rotated. In addition to the basic hairdressing services, they also added shaving (including cleaning the nostrils, cilia in the ears, etc.), clearing the eyes (removing the acne under the eyelids), picking the ears (picking the ears), beating the back, shoulder and neck massage, etc. The tools used at that time were first old-fashioned razors, and later imported flexible razors were introduced. In the early days, women didn't cut their hair. Men shaved their heads, following the custom of the Qing Dynasty and using razors to shave their heads. Later on, they began to use hand pushers to style their hair. In the past, in addition to hair-cutting skills, the hairdresser also mastered some special skills, such as the reduction of elbow or shoulder blade dislocations. They had undergone strict and almost cruel training and hard work as apprentices, and their skills were extraordinary. With the advancement of society, the barbershop industry rose from the lower nine streams of the old society to an industry that was equal to other professions. The business of the modern barbershop included hair, washing, perming, cutting, baking, shaving, hairdressing, styling, etc. However, the unique skills of the old days such as shaving, cleaning eyes, and treating dislocations were now difficult to find.

In the old days, the tools of a hairdresser included a shaving knife, a sharpening cloth, and so on. The shaving knife was used to shave the customer's neck, and the sharpening cloth was a necessary tool for sharpening the razor.

The old cartoon barber often has a classic style, maybe with a traditional barber chair and old-fashioned tools.

Since there was no specific reading comprehension topic, the following analysis of several aspects of the hairdresser in the reference materials was to help with possible reading comprehension: ** 1. The image and working status of the hairdresser ** 1. ** Traditional image and equipment ** - The traditional image of a hairdresser was often a craftsman who walked the streets. They carried a shaving tool. On one end was a wooden cabinet with a wooden stool on it. On the other end was a special washbasin with a copper washbasin and towel. Under the washbasin was an earthen stove with charcoal. For example, the hairdresser on the streets of Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty had such typical equipment. Some modern village barbers, such as Lame Zhao, also had similar traditional elements. He had a tricycle with crutches, coal stoves, aluminum kettles, washbasins, washbasins, chairs, large wooden boxes, honeycomb briquettes, and other tools. These tools reflected that their work needed to be carried out at different locations at any time to provide customers with services such as haircuts and shaves. 2. ** Norms and taboos at work ** - The hairdresser had his own rules, such as the three no-brainer rules of "changing hair": no no-brainer when passing the temple (to avoid ghosts and gods), no no-brainer when crossing the bridge (to avoid scaring the Dragon King), and no no-brainer when passing the shaving shed (to avoid peer business). Also, he couldn't drink alcohol before work, and he couldn't eat onions, garlic, and other foods that had a pungent smell. This reflected the seriousness of their industry tradition and their compliance with professional ethics. 3. ** Work Flow ** - Take Cripple Zhao's work process as an example. He would first wrap a white cloth around the customer, put a towel on the armpit of the neck, and then adjust the water temperature for the customer to wash his hair. When washing his hair, he would polish his face with soap, rub his hair with washing powder, and then rinse it with an aluminum pot. When cutting hair, he would take out a clipper from the wooden box and cut the hair carefully. When shaving, he would first draw a razor on his belt and then shave the customer's face. These processes demonstrated the meticulous and professional nature of the job. ** 2. The Barber in the Social and Cultural Contexts ** 1. ** The Barber in the Historical Setting ** - In history, the hairdressing industry first appeared in the Han Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there were workshops that specialized in making hairdressing tools, and the term "hairdressing" was also born. The Manchu government's "hair-cutting order" made the hairdressing industry develop unprecedentedly. At the same time, there were also folk customs such as "Don't shave your head in the first month, shave your head to death uncle", which was rumored from "missing the old times", reflecting the close relationship between shaving and society and culture in the historical development process. 2. ** The Barber in Society ** - In some stories, the relationship between the hairdresser and the people around him was complicated and varied. Like in Arlin's story, the hairdresser and Arlin formed a relationship of service and customer. Arlin was a left-behind child, so she had a helpless attitude towards the hairdresser. In the village, Lame Zhao had a normal relationship of service and being served. At the same time, in social interactions such as matchmaking, he had a unique situation in his marriage relationship because of his own profession and physical condition. This reflected the status of the profession of a hairdresser in society and the views of others. If there are specific reading comprehension questions, such as questions about character shaping, theme, plot development, etc., you can further answer them according to the above analysis.

In some stories, there were plots related to the hairdresser and ghosts. For example, there was a story where a hairdresser met a beautiful woman in the middle of the night. He took out the bell that hairdresser used to attract customers and the beautiful woman revealed her true form. It turned out to be the ghost of Ruyan Liu, the deceased mistress of the house. This meant that in such stories, the hairdresser might have some special items or abilities to deal with the appearance of ghosts. There was also a story about a grandfather who was a hairdresser. After he shaved the heads of the dead, he saw the ghosts of the dead before he died. These ghosts might have been the people he had served. These stories reflected that in the context of folklore or creative stories, there was a special connection between the hairdresser and the ghost. This connection was often revealed through some strange plots.

In the northeast, the role of a hairdresser had a unique meaning and story. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, the northeast was a special environment. There was a vacuum of power, order was not effectively established, and banditry was rampant. Under such a background, a hairdresser who rewrote the territory of the northeastern Hu bandits appeared. He was not handsome, but his courage was extraordinary. The gang he was in had fallen into internal strife after Tianhe was captured and killed, while another gang leader, Li Erwai, had risen under the protection of the army. This hairdresser volunteered to formulate and implement the plan to " kill Erwai Li." He used his identity as a hairdresser to disguise himself and sneak into Erwai Li's territory. After successfully assassinating Erwai Li, he was still humming a tune when he escaped. This reflected the complicated social power relationships in the northeast at that time and the huge influence that small figures could have. At the same time, in the concept of daily life, whether it was the so-called high-end stylist, hairdresser, etc., in the northeastern dialect, they were essentially all shavers. This reflected the simple and direct view of the Northeasterners towards this profession.

In the 1980s, the hairdresser went from village to village to provide hairdressing services to the villagers. At that time, there were few specialized barbershops in the countryside, and the men in the village were mostly cut by barbers who went from village to village. The barbers usually carried a load. On one end of the load were wooden boxes and stools (there were two drawers for shaving tools), and on the other end were stoves and firewood. On the wooden frame were iron basins, towels, and long sharpening emery cloth. They came to the intersection in the middle of the village (the terrain was high and there were yellow lotus trees to shade them, and there was a wheat straw field next to it) to carry out their hairdressing work. There was no need for modern communication equipment such as speakers. Once they arrived in the village, everyone would know. They would heat up the water in the iron basin and cut the hair of the middle-aged laborers first. The children would be the last. Nowadays, most people in the countryside went to the barbershops in towns or markets to get their hair cut.

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