Friends have seen some movies and TV series about the anti-Japanese theme, and everyone will remember that Japanese soldiers, regardless of their official positions, always have funny-looking "sanitary beards." So why do Japanese people like to grow "sanitary beards"? Let's give you a popular science:
The origin of Japanese "sanitary beard";
The Japanese have a "sanitary beard" to imitate Germany. Before the Meiji Restoration, Japan had a moustache, and Germany also had a moustache. During World War I, due to the large-scale use of gas bombs, German soldiers had to wear gas masks on the battlefield.
However, there is no room for a long beard in the gas mask. Even if the beard is stuffed in, as long as the soldier's head shakes, the beard will be exposed, so there will be a gap between the gas mask and the facial skin, which will not completely fit the face and the air tightness will be affected. Once the poison gas leaks in, the soldiers will die of poisoning.
So Hitler, the head of Nazi Germany, ordered the soldiers to shave off the beards on both sides to make them as wide as the nose, so that the air tightness of the gas mask would not be affected by the beard, which was safe and easy to take care of. This is the origin of "sanitary beard".
On the other hand, Japan has always been a bully. As long as you are better than him, he will kneel down and imitate you.
Because Germany in Europe was very strong both militarily and culturally during World War II, Japan learned from Germany, and Hitler, the German head of state, naturally became a fanatical supporter of the Japanese, and even Hitler's beard was imitated, so sanitary beard became completely popular in Japan.
"Sanitary Hu" is also a symbol of the identity and status of Japanese soldiers.
Japanese people think that "Sanitary Hu" and "Bushido" have something in common, so they turn Sanitary Hu into a status symbol. In Japan at that time, not everyone could grow a "hygienic beard", only people with certain status and status could. The Japanese think that having a "clean beard" is a real samurai in Japan, because such a beard represents courage and ferocity. Therefore, we can see that the Japanese with "sanitary beards" are basically Japanese officers.
Why don't Japanese people keep a "sanitary beard" now?
With the end of World War II, Japan ended in defeat, and the "sanitary beard" became a symbol of failure, so the Japanese didn't want to grow this beard anymore. So "Sanitary Hu" gradually faded out of people's sight until it withdrew from the historical stage.
Friends, do you know the ins and outs of this "sanitary Hu"? Welcome everyone to discuss and communicate together!