Starting from July 1, 2022, the Hong Kong Police Force will completely abandon the British foot drill and switch to the People's Liberation Army drill. But I have to admit that although it has been 25 years since Hong Kong returned to China, in many aspects it still has a strong

Starting from July 1, 2022, the Hong Kong Police Force will completely abandon the British infantry drill and switch to the People's Liberation Army regiment.

English passwords such as "Yes Sir" have also been replaced by "Yes, sir!"

looks forward to the fact that in the future, the Hong Kong police will also shout out - serves the people .

I have to admit that although it has been 25 years since Hong Kong returned to , in many aspects it still has a strong British imprint, or in other words - colonial remnants.

Place names as small as the crown pattern of post boxes and other facilities, Victoria Harbor , King's Road , Elizabeth Street, Queen Mary Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital , and as large as some so-called names in the education and judicial circles. "British traditional customs" and so on.

A very typical one is the conservative colonial image of the judicial department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - the "instant noodles" big wig.

The image in Hong Kong dramas

This set of equipment in the legal profession originated from modern Britain, indicating the corresponding identity and status.

Stills from the TV series "Garrow", which reflects the court trials in London, England at the end of the 18th century.

The "wig fashion" that was once popular in Europe was born in the late Middle Ages.

The poor sanitary environment at that time gave birth to gorgeous big wigs. The original intention is - in order to prevent hair from getting lice if you don't take a shower, men simply shave their heads, while women keep their heads and long, and wear various wigs, which are both fashionable and warm, and can better conceal their poor hygiene.

At the same time, due to various "style issues", syphilis was also rampant throughout Europe. And syphilis will cause them to suffer from extensive hair loss. Wigs were a necessity for the "fashionable people" in Europe at that time.

In the 17th century, under the influence of the "French court style", European wigs became more and more exaggerated, and they were also given a full sense of ritual.

For the princes and nobles who have money and leisure, hair-changing ceremonies are held multiple times a day - are used in the morning, for lunch and dinner, for prayer, for dancing, and for special occasions. Wear it to go to work and perform official duties, etc.

This is an 18th century wig, which pays more attention to details than the 17th century.

In the 17th century, Britain was experiencing a bourgeois revolution. The parliamentary faction was divided into "roundhead" roundhead party (short and medium hair), "beatles" and royalists. (Keep your hair long and tie a braid at the back).

In this case, in order to avoid showing his political leanings and to show his impartiality, British judges simply wore specific wigs when working.

As time goes by, this kind of wig is no longer fashionable, but the British judiciary continues this tradition.

By the beginning of the 19th century, only bishops, coachmen and male attendants in certain positions in aristocratic families in England wore wigs.

After 1830, bishops probably no longer needed wigs. After the 1850s, coachmen and attendants also abandoned wigs.

Only the judicial circles of Britain and its colonies have always insisted on upholding it.

For example, the picture below is from the British drama "Darkest Hour", which restores the scene when Churchill gave a speech in the House of Commons in 1940 - sitting in the center at the back, wearing a long judicial wig, is the Speaker of Parliament. , the three men wearing short judicial wigs sitting below the Speaker are the executive secretaries.

These are the three executive secretaries of the British House of Commons in the 21st century - wearing the same wigs .

The style of wigs for judges in the UK and some Commonwealth districts today still follows the British 1822 design.

is white, parted in the middle, and comes in two styles - a "long wig" that reaches shoulder length, and a "short wig" that covers the top of the head.

Among them, the longer one only appears on some special occasions. For example, the annual legal year opening ceremony, or important commendation ceremony, etc.;

Such occasions need to be "draped" in a grand manner.

Short style, only covering the head, is used for daily court hearings, so they " For "going to work".

In reality, even the wigs used in daily court sessions have subtle differences according to the different levels of judges.

Since the 19th century, this kind of "judicial-only" wig material has been taken from white and gray horse hair, not human hair. Because of its low output and complicated workmanship,

is extremely expensive. A high-end one costs three to four thousand pounds, an ordinary one costs more than a thousand pounds, and the cheapest one costs 300 pounds!

This is the price in 2018, and it should have increased now.

For most people, in order to increase their "aura" (which is very important in the legal world), generally wigs will definitely be used as long as conditions are met. Buy expensive ones.

Therefore, generally speaking, the wigs of judges or lawyers are basically used for life and will not be replaced.

Over time, in this circle, wigs have been regarded as their "certificate of qualifications" - whose wig is older and more yellowed, it means that whose qualifications are more profound.

This can’t help but remind people of the robes and greasy braids that some stinky scholars in the late Qing Dynasty were unwilling to take off...

Of course, the "predecessors" in the British judicial circle still had more "positive energy" in their original intentions. "--when wigs become a distinct "ritual", judicial justice is also reflected through "rituals"-this distinctive and specific symbolic image and strong psychological suggestion can arouse people's belief in the law. and awe of justice.

It seems that the moment they put on their legal robes and wigs, lawyers and judges no longer represent their personal interests, but have become spokespersons for legal fairness and justice.

However, such an operation would have been relatively tenable in Europe one or two hundred years ago. But in the 21st century, even the British themselves find it a bit funny - holding a court is so "ostentatious", and it is not a drag party, let alone the familiar Hong Kong dramas in which Asians with black hair wear Wearing a white wig and placing his hand on the Bible to swear an oath....

In September 1990, after Yang Bangxiao became the chief justice of Singapore, he immediately announced the abolition of the wig system in the judicial profession;

July 2007 , Australia's New South Wales Court of Appeal voted to no longer wear wigs in trials in that state, and subsequently, many regions rushed to follow suit.

In 1992, the United Kingdom abolished the practice of wearing wigs for judicial personnel in special juvenile courts; since October 2, 2008, the United Kingdom has introduced new regulations. In addition to judges hearing criminal cases, most judges and lawyers across the country are required to wear wigs in court. You can no longer wear a wig - wearing or not wearing it is entirely optional.

At that time, our Chinese media also reported on the British court in the TV series, with and without wigs.

Indian lawyers have stopped wearing wigs for a long time.

In fact, not all lawyers in Hong Kong, China, took the initiative after the handover. wear a wig.

There is also a relevant legal basis for this - after the return of Hong Kong in 1997, according to the relevant provisions of the " Hong Kong Basic Law ", the Supreme Court of Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal . Previously, Hong Kong's judicial power of final adjudication It belongs to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

So, since the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal was established based on Chinese law rather than British law, its judges and lawyers no longer need to follow British legal traditions and customs.

However, there are still some people in the Hong Kong legal profession who are still very "nostalgic" and insist on wearing a wig very seriously......

Now it seems that on the premise of maintaining diversity, everyone is Chinese. Living in the land of China, we naturally have to follow Chinese rules. Should we consider discarding this "exaggerated" wool roll?