User blog comment:Kat342/Theories of Why China's Hair is So Long.../@comment-175.139.85.89-20121207191315

Under the Qing dynasty in China, Han Chinese men were required by law to wear their hair in a queue (ponytail). It was a sign of subjection to the emperor. As soon as the dynasty was toppled millions of Chinese men cut them off but it has been also inappropriate for the chinese to cut their hair because they are said to have inherited their parent's hair and cutting it would be considered disrespectful, so they keep it long.(in a ponytail). This is my teory =w=b