Why do French men love wigs?

The wig is in ancient Egypt, but it is the imperial power to bring it to the stage of history. In ancient Greece and ancient Rome, hair was a symbol of identity, and those in power would be full of hair. The Romans even intended to let the parliament pass the "bald decree" to ban bald men from running for parliament, and bald slaves can only sell at half price.

In the Middle Ages, the king had long hair and turned his head into a way to deal with the enemy or the criminal. Obviously, the French did not discard this tradition. The Enlightenment thinker Diderot wrote in his edited Encyclopedia: "Long hair in ancient Gaolu is a symbol of glory and freedom. During the dynasty it was royal blood. Symbol, others are cut short in order of rank."

Louis XIII may have heard of this, so he deliberately kept his hair long when he was young. However, when he was old, he began to bald, and he had to cover up with a wig. But another more life-like saying is that in France at the time, hair thickness was regarded as a symbol of maleity. The imperious Bourbon king did not want to be laughed at by himself, so wearing a wig and growing his hips seemed to show that the length of my hair would tell me how man I am. Since then, the courtiers have followed suit and subsequently spread to the official merchants.

If the prince wears a wig for vanity, the French judges of Louis XIII and Louis XIV wear wigs mostly because of the follow-up of the court ethos, symbolizing the death and the power of the judges, the solemnity and power smell of the law. They were all passed to the wig. Thus, in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, wigs became a symbol of aristocratic and privileged classes.

In 1655, when he was employed by the Sun King (Louis XIV), he hired 48 wigs to make wigs for him. The king who loves dance made the wigs more artistic than the nobles. In the second year, France established a wig manufacturing guild. The wig has since become a fashion in France, and the judges in European countries have also wore wigs.

The Marquis of Mirapo is not optimistic about the popularity of wigs. "Paris is now full of princes in the streets. On Sunday, a man wearing a black silk dress and wearing a sophisticated wig came to see me, making me praise him low. As a result, he said that he is the son of my family blacksmith or saddlemaker! Is the wig used to dance on the street casually?" The popularity of wigs in low-level people makes the aristocratic identity difficult to distinguish between true and false, Marquis Do you feel that you are also devalued? Just need a small wig to make your class status seem to be promoted, vanity satisfied, why not?

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