While [[Ming Dynasty]] Chinese practice was similar to that in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], wearing the hair long in accordance with Confucian prohibitions on cutting one's hair, the [[Qing Dynasty]] government obliged all [[Han people|Han]] Chinese men to wear a "[[queues|queue]]," shaving four sides of their head, and braiding the long portion that remained. | While [[Ming Dynasty]] Chinese practice was similar to that in [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]], wearing the hair long in accordance with Confucian prohibitions on cutting one's hair, the [[Qing Dynasty]] government obliged all [[Han people|Han]] Chinese men to wear a "[[queues|queue]]," shaving four sides of their head, and braiding the long portion that remained. |