Huangluo Yao: The Tribe Of Women With The Longest Hair

Huangluo Yao can be found on a two-hour drive from Southern China’s Guilin city where it resides on the banks of the Jinsha River. Huangluo Yao is home to the Red Yao people, an indigenous community originating from the Qin Dynasty in China. The place has its name imprinted in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the ‘World’s Longest Hair Village.’ It is a normal thing for girls to have silky black hair that is up to 5-feet long (and weigh 2 pounds!). The longest hair recorded in the village was seven feet long in 2004. The women cut their hair only once in their lifetime and it is when they turn 18.

Secret Behind Their Beautiful Hair

The secret behind their raven-black long hair is the beauty regime that the natives have been practicing for years. Every day, they will wash their hair in the river water but on the third or fourth day, they use a special concoction to rinse their hair. This “concoction” is made of fermented rice water boiled with pomelo skins and tea plant seed oil. The women first rinse their manes with this special “shampoo” and then use a wooden comb to spread the solution evenly from root to tips. This routine is said to be the reason for their no-grey, pitch-black hair. For the women of this village, long hair is a symbol of longevity.

Different Hairstyles For Every Stage In Life

• A young unmarried woman will wear her hair covered by a black scarf.
• A married woman with no children will wear her hair down in two braids.
• A married woman with children will wrap her hair around her head like a turban and wear it with a bun in the front.

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