What's the significance of ancient officials' hats?

Hat is a kind of ancient "headdress" and the oldest "headdress". Ancient "headdresses" include hats, towels, shoulders, heads, crowns, crowns and so on. The word "hat" was not included in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, indicating that hats appeared after the Eastern Han Dynasty.

There is no clear definition of ancient hats, and sometimes they are similar to other "headdresses" in appearance, and there is no particularly strict boundary, but generally speaking, hats are dome-shaped and can cover the whole head, which is convenient to put on and take off, and people wear them every day.

China has a long history of wearing hats. Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people wore hats, and they were fur hats. Only later, with the establishment of feudal system and the emergence of hierarchy, people with general status and status turned to wear hats, crowns and crowns. Hats have become special products for children. In the Jin dynasty, the requirements were not so strict, and ordinary scholars could wear hats. In fact, in the Three Kingdoms period, literati who were not officials were allowed to wear hats. The famous Gao Ning wears a black cloth hat at home, but he is not allowed to wear a hat on formal occasions. According to the regulations, he has to wear a crown and a hat.

Interestingly, when the Han nationality is not very particular about it, as a minority who is used to wearing hats, it is forbidden to wear hats while implementing the sinicization system, and some people have lost their jobs. When Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty traveled south to Beijing, he saw that the women in the city were still wearing hats and small coats, so he blamed Wang Yuancheng, a Rencheng native who stayed behind, and asked him why he didn't care. Cheng Yuan argued that only a few people wore hats and small coats. Emperor Xiaowen was very angry and asked him, "Do you say that all the people in the city should wear hats and coats?" As a result, Ren and other left-behind officials were all removed from office, which staged a scene in China's history of losing their official positions and changing their hats. It can be seen that wearing a hat was of great political significance at that time. This incident is recorded in the History of Shu Wei and the North. According to Song Shu. According to the Book of Rites, in the south at that time, the people generally wore hats, and the literati gradually took hats as uniforms, which was a satire for the Northern Wei Dynasty, which advocated sinicization.

Because of the convenience of hats, after the Northern Wei Dynasty, the literati gradually put on hats and became common costumes in daily life. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to the great ethnic integration, hats became common daily clothes, and they were as easy to take off as modern hats.

Ancient people wore the same hats as they do now. They liked to follow the fashion. During the last week, Du's hat tilted slightly while hunting. As a result, people had to imitate him and put it on obliquely, thinking it was fashionable. Before becoming emperor, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty wore a hat to cover it up for fear of being seen with sarcoma on his neck, which became popular and fashionable.

There are many kinds of hats, such as sun hat, big hat, white gauze hat, black gauze hat and soap hat. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were mat hats, clay hats, felt hats, ear-pressing hats, wind hats, curtain hats worn by women, and Hu Mao. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were brown hats, sun hats, round hats, goose hats, hall hats, towel tube hats, corrugated felt hats, small hats, rolled-brim felt hats, leather hats, dog head hats and cool hats. Because of the different materials and shapes, they have the functions of windproof, sunshade, warmth retention and beautiful decoration. One of the most famous is their work.

A black hat, as its name implies, is a hat made of black gauze. It is not a hat in the strict sense, but any hat made of black yarn can be called a black hat. Before the Sui Dynasty, emperors wore white gauze hats. Court officials and bureaucrats wear their jobs. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, their work became the top hat of North Korean officials. In the Song Dynasty, four-legged hoes rose, and the original style of black and white hats was gradually abolished. However, because hoes are also made of black gauze, hoes are still called black and white hats. In the Song Dynasty, their black hats were mostly flat feet, that is, their wings were flat. It is said that this can prevent ministers from whispering. The custom-made black-and-white hat worn by officials in the Ming Dynasty is high in front and high in back. Its wings are bull-tongue-shaped, more than one inch wide and five inches long, but some people wear other styles. Because only officials can wear official positions in the Ming Dynasty, official positions are regarded as synonymous with official hats in later generations. The black hats worn by officials who appeared on the stage in later generations are the style of the Ming Dynasty. Their work was abolished in the Qing Dynasty.

The ancient "crown" in China is different from the present hat. It only has a narrow crown beam to cover part of the top of the head, unlike a hat.

All of them. There are many records about crowns. For example, in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, it is said that "ancient clothes have fur and hats" means sewing with animal skins.

Hat-shaped, worn on the head, plays a role in keeping out the cold and decorating, and there is no distinction between rich and poor. In the Book of Rites Quli, it is written as follows:

"Twenty men, crowned." Refers to a man wearing a crown at the age of 20, and a "crown ceremony" is required when wearing a crown, indicating that he has reached adulthood. Enter the class club

After the meeting, hats, as a symbol of "ceremony", became a symbol of the rights and status of the ruling class. The ancient crown system is one of the clothing systems in China.