The Chinese government has asked the people of a specified community not to wear must

[tufguy]

The Chinese government has asked the people of a specified community not to wear mustache or beard in public.

Is my sentence correct? Can we use wear for "mustache or beard" as well?

 

[GoesStation]

My mustache is attached to my face. How could I wear it only in the privacy of my own home?

 

[Skrej]

Authoritarian governments rarely 'ask' their populace not to do things. They usually 'tell' them to not do things.

'Ask' implies that it's just a suggestion, not mandatory.

 

[tufguy]

My mustache is attached to my face. How could I wear it only in the privacy of my own home?

So it is wrong to say "wear beard or mustache".

They have told them not to keep beard and mustache. Is it correct?

 

[GoesStation]

The government banned beards and mustaches or, if you want more words, banned the wearing of beards and mustaches.

It was the "in public" part I was objecting to.

 

[andrewg927]

You can say "wear beard or mustache" in certain contexts. In this case, the meaning is funny.

 

[tufguy]

Could you please tell me when it should be used? I mean wearing beard it is weird. It sounds like wearing clothes or putting on a fake beard or mustache. I mean you just simply have a beard or mustache. How can you wear them?

 

[emsr2d2]

In today's parlance, you can't "wear" a beard in the same way that you wear a hat or a pair of shoes etc. The phrase sounds old-fashioned to me. In a book from, say, a hundred years ago, I wouldn't be surprised to read "The man wore a long beard" (or "The man sported a long beard") but these days, it would be much more natural to read "The man had a long beard".