What they do
In the 1980s Liu Yuqing married into Damu village. There was no barber, and it was hard for older people to get to the town. She was not a professional barber: she asked someone to bring tools back from the county supply shop, watched the barber during her own haircuts, learned the movements, and began cutting hair free for neighbours.
For more than forty years she has cut hair for villagers of all ages. When someone is bedridden, disabled or very old, she takes her toolbox to their home. Tools have worn out one after another; she has not charged for the work.
Timeline
- Began cutting hair free after marrying into Damu village.
- More than forty years on, still cutting hair for neighbours.
Reports
- Forty years of free haircuts in Rushan, Weihai
一把剪刀，一方板凳，四十载春秋坚守。在威海乳山市大孤山镇打木村，村民刘玉卿，数十年不计酬劳，坚持免费为乡里乡亲理发。
- Liu Yuqing: forty years of free haircuts
今年71岁的刘玉卿，是乳山市大孤山镇打木村一位普通的农村妇女。她不是专业的理发师，却用一份爱心和一双巧手免费为全村男女老少理发四十余载。……没有理发设备，她就托人去市里供销社帮她捎带；身边没有人教，她就趁着去理发的时候，仔细观察理发师的相应手法。