Qing official headwear
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English language | Official hats of the Qing dynasty / Qing official headwear / Mandarin hat |
The Qing official headwear or Qingdai guanmao (Chinese:
Types of the Qing official headwear
[edit]Xiaomao
[edit]Xiaomao (Chinese:
Nuanmao
[edit]Nuanmao (Chinese:
Liangmao
[edit]Liangmao (Chinese:
Construction and design
[edit]It consisted of a black velvet cap in winter, or a hat woven in rattan or similar materials in summer, both with a button on the top. The button or knob would become a finial during formal court ceremonies held by the Emperor.
Jewelries and accessories
[edit]Officials would have to change their tops on the hat, for non-formal ceremonies or daily businesses. Red silk tassels extended down from the finial to cover the hat, and a large peacock feather (with one to three "eyes") could be attached to the back of the hat, should the merit of wearing it have been granted by the emperor.
The colour and shape of the finial depended on the wearer's grade:
- The royalty and nobility used various numbers of pearls.
- An officer of the first grade wore a translucent red ball (originally ruby); second grade, solid red ball (originally coral); third grade, translucent blue ball (originally sapphire); fourth grade, solid blue ball; fifth grade, translucent white ball (originally crystal); sixth grade, solid white ball (originally mother of pearl). Officers of the seventh to ninth grade wore gold or clear amber balls of varied designs.
See also
[edit]- Tang official headwear
- Song official headwear
- List of headgear
- Red hat merchant
- Qizhuang
- Futou
- Hanfu
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Official Hats of the Qing Dynasty". en.chinaculture.org. 2014. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ a b "Mandarin Hat 20th century". www.metmuseum.org. 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ a b c d Yang, Shaorong (2004). Traditional Chinese Clothing Costumes, Adornments & Culture. San Francisco: Long River Press. ISBN 9781592650194. OCLC 52775158.
- ^ Welt museum Wien (2017-10-30). "Weltmuseum Wien: Winter hat for a civil servant". www.weltmuseumwien.at. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ^ Wang, Guojun (2020). Staging Personhood : Costuming in Early Qing Drama. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54957-8. OCLC 1163778738.