This photo is from the turbulent period in the vicinity of 1911 when the Qing dynasty was teetering on the brink and collapsing. These two guys got haircuts in anticipation of the dynasty's collapse. Ooops--they were a little too hasty. A month or two later an they would have been fine. This is certainly a good example of the political significance that hair can acquire.

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