What is the name of the "white" scarf on the princess of Qing Dynasty? Is it a match or something?

When we watch the Qing Dynasty drama, we will find that there is something like a white scarf in the collar of the concubines. The real name of this thing is Longhua scarf, which is unique to concubines in Qing dynasty and not in other dynasties. This is related to the fact that Manchu is a nomadic people living in the northeast. Longhua scarf played an early role in keeping warm, and later it played a decorative and symbolic role.

In the early years, Manchu people still lived in cold places in the northeast. In order to keep warm, women there will wear a scarf or something around their necks, mainly to keep warm. Later, when Manchu entered the Central Plains, they still kept many of their own habits, one of which was that women still wore Longhua scarves around their necks. After all, women love beauty, and they find that Longhua scarves are white, which is very easy to wear on clothes, so Longhua scarves are generally white.

Those women who are concubines in the palace are even more particular. They will decorate white Longhua scarves. However, after all, it is in the palace, and the level of each concubine is different, and the wearing of Longhua scarf is also high and low. Some concubines with lower status can only embroider some simple flowers on their Longhua scarves as a little decoration. And the concubines with high status, the floral decoration on their Longhua scarves will be much more complicated and more beautiful. If it is a queen, then Longhua scarf is more advanced and more beautiful.

Because the Longhua scarf is made according to the identity of the concubine, people will know the identity of the concubine as long as they look at the Longhua scarf. Therefore, in addition to warmth and decoration, the Longhua scarf also serves as a status symbol.