The Hair Seller of Anshun: Photo of the Week
Anshun Sunday Market: Buy Some hair!
The Hair Seller of Anshun: Not so long ago Anshun’s Sunday Market was one of the biggest, most vibrant and exotic in China. Kilometers of streets filled with farmers, traders, ethnic minorities, craftsmen and a gaggle of pockpockets. These days the market is a mere shadow of its former self and is restricted to a few delapidated streets.
These photos were taken in 2003 and show the hair seller at the market.
Bags of Human Hair
His bags are full of human hair that are sold in small bundles mostly to women who attach it to their own hair, either to cover thinning or to make it look longer. The bundles are sold by weight.
I would be interested to know how he obtains the hair. Does he pay women to cut him a piece. Does he go to the hairdresser’s to collect cuttings? Or does he sneekily snip off the hair when the woen are shopping in the market? Given the number of pickpockets we saw at work at the Sunday Market the latter wouldn’t surprise me.
We will be re-posting our article about Anshun’s Sunday Market market very soon. Article now posted.