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Two-part allegorical saying in old Beijing: What does it mean to shave one's head and carry a load-one's head is hot?
The so-called "the shoulder pole of shaving head is hot" (or weighing head) is because the shoulder pole of shaving head is carried by the shoulder pole. One end is a rectangular stool painted with red paint, and the other end is cold. There are three drawers between the legs of the stool: the top one is for putting money, and the money is stuffed in through the rectangular hole opened on the stool surface. The second and third drawers are used for placing tools such as cloth, knives and scissors respectively. At the other end is a long round cage with a small stove inside, which is the hot end. A brass basin with a large rim is placed on it, and the water always keeps a certain heat. There are three legs at the bottom, one of which extends upward into a flagpole, and a steel (ring) knife cloth and towel are hung on the pole. Shaving one's head and carrying a load is no different not only in Shenyang, but also from Heilongjiang to Sichuan. Nowadays, you can see similar individual barbershops in the streets of Shenyang, but it is hard to see such hairstyles.

Once upon a time, when the barber walked up and down the street, he used a kind of "calling his head". It is two iron bars, one end of which is sintered into a handle, and the other end is slightly opened, with a total length of one foot and two inches. Holding it in the left hand, the right hand picked it up from the gap between two iron bars with a five-inch nail and made a loud noise. This is the cry of shaving your head (that is, the city sound). It was not the industry that shaved their heads in the early Qing dynasty, but the officials who carried out the shaving order. The steel knife cloth on the flagpole turned out to be an imperial edict, which read: "Leave your head hairless, leave your hair headless!" " With the changes of the times, this imperial edict was replaced by steel knife cloth. The shaving industry also has a set of jargon. For example, people who shave their heads are called "take three" and take the whole tone. This jargon is not only in Shenyang, but also in the north and south of the Yangtze River. In addition, the male position is called "looking at the back", the female position is called "mustache" and the haircut is called "hat tassel".