Photos of a monk’s shaving ceremony in Nanjing in the 1930s

Photos of a monk’s shaving ceremony in Nanjing in the 1930s

The shaving ceremony in that era looked very religious and formal. All monks should shave their hair, which is called shaving in Buddhism. There are many conditions for becoming a monk or nun, such as personal volunteering, family consent, debt free, correct facial features, etc. This may not be possible in practice, but it is required by Buddhism

Those who want to become monks should first contact the temple and ask a monk to be their own“ Compliance Engineer”. Through the understanding and consent of all monks in the temple, the temple can accept this person as a disciple, shave his beard and hair, and give him the Sami precepts (a total of ten precepts), which is called“ Sami” Yes

1930年代的南京地区某人出家剃度仪式照片。

那个年代的剃度仪式看上去好虔诚好正规。凡是出家当和尚的人都要剃光头发，这在佛教中叫做剃度。出家为僧尼是要有许多条件的，比如个人志愿、家庭同意、身无债务、五官端正等等，这在实际上未必都做得到，但佛教要求如此。

有志于出家的人，先要和寺院取得联系，在寺院中请求一位比丘作自己的“依止师”。通过全寺僧侣了解和同意，然后寺院就可以收留此人为弟子，为他剃除须发，授沙弥戒（共有十戒），这就叫做“沙弥”了。