![]() Here are some photos of kids with the rattail down the back side. After getting my haircut looking in the mirror I couldn’t I believe how long my rattail was hanging over my shoulder in front. Long and short, braided or twisted, there is a style to match any taste and hair type. ![]() Although it has been out for some time, this year it is in again. My hair grew like 8 inches during the summer and was all long again bangs in the face, sides touching the shoulders, I needed a haircut if I wanted my tail to show nice so to the barbers I went, cut my hair sir, but don’t touch the rattail. A rat tail hair is one of those timeless hairstyles that you either love or hate, but you can never feel indifferent toward it. My dad said his hair did the same thing when he was growing up. My hair had a growth spurt during the summer of that year. I loved that long strip of hair being down my back. It was always nicely trimmed at my waist line but in 8th grade when I was 14 it was way past the waist to the point that the end would curl on the seat when I sat down. I kept my tail all through Junior High School and and High School. ![]() When I was 13 after getting my mullet cut into a rattail that was already half way down my back when I was 12 it ended up being all the way down my back by the time I was 14. Go to the beach, mall, fairs, ballgames, ect. Besides, being a baby is probably the only time someone can get away with a really goofy haircut, unless of course they grow up to be an entrepreneur with the wealth of Donald Trump.When I was growing up back in the late 80’s and early 90’s you couldn’t go anywhere without seeing a kid with a rattail. It won't be long before the baby grows into a moody teen and starts coloring and cutting their hair in the bizarre name of "fashion" anyway, so parents might as well have some fun while they are in control. Nothing looks creepier than a pint-size cue ball staring up at you calling you " mama" or " baba." If you ask me, it's really no weirder than having a child who looks like they went to get a crew cut only to have the batteries in the hair clippers die halfway through. "Son, if you don't clean your room I'm going to give you another awful haircut," parents no doubt threaten.Īesthetically speaking, I get the feeling that most Chinese parents don't like shaving all the hair off their babies' heads. Basically, it's to reinforce to children that their body, hair, skin and everything else comes from their parents, and they shouldn't do any harm to it. Briefly put, it's a place that is sacred and vulnerable and needs a hairy layer of protection.Ī more academic reasoning for these bizarre haircuts is to teach kids filial piety. But if you think about it, a small braid at the back of a toddler's head actually makes it easier for would-be kidnappers, who need only to grab hold of the hairy leash and be on their way.Ī pseudo-scientific explanation is that our ancestors believed the top of the human head is where spirits reside, thus it is the entrance/exit of a baby's soul. Apparently, evil spirits dare not snatch a child with uneven patches of hair on his or her head. Some grandmothers will tell you the tufts of hair left on the head help ward off ghosts or evil spirits. The most common styles include leaving a peach- or heart-shaped patch of hair close to the forehead and/or leaving a thin strand of hair at the back of the head, like a rat's tail. Tradition tells us babies in China should get a haircut after they are three-months-old, with some hair left longer on top. However, this hairstyle of a close-cropped or shaved head with a small section of hair at the back of the head left to grow long. This heyday was the mid-80s to early 90s. They couldn't be scientifically reliable anyway, as most of our rituals and traditions are based on nothing more than superstition. A: This look is known commonly as a Rat Tail hairstyle, and is related to the Mullet, being popular with similar demographic groups during the heyday of both hairstyles. Unfortunately, none of these explanations seem credible. There are too many different stories regarding why Chinese babies have their hair cut after one month or three months or 100 days. Why do Chinese parents shave their babies' heads a month after they are born? Also, why do some babies have bizarre haircuts, such as shaved with tufts of hair at the front or on the sides? Is this merely a fashion statement or is there something more to it?Ī: I did some research on the Internet, but alas it wasn't helpful. Confused about China? Having trouble making sense of Beijing and its people? Our guru, Auntie Wang, is here to bridge the cultural divide with candid answers to your most challenging questions about life in the capital.
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