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The origin of the tiger hat

The origin of the tiger hat

The tiger hat in the image of the tiger is a typical style of children's folk costumes in China. It becomes an important part of children's clothing with tiger shoes, tiger bibs, tiger bibs, etc., with distinctive features, these children's clothing with the image of the tiger as a far-reaching significance, by the influence of the traditional Chinese tiger culture factors. In the Paleolithic era of primitive society, due to the low level of productivity, human beings often appear weak in front of the natural forces and natural phenomena, and are in a very difficult state, so some clans and tribes with the characteristics of the primitive thinking of obscurantism, chaos and fantasy will be the mighty tiger as the totem of the nation, and the image of the tiger will be engraved on the skin of the obvious parts of the body, clothing or utensils, weapons, doors, with the image of tiger as the symbol of their clan, which is the symbol of their clan. Tiger image as the name of their own clan, special signs and sacred talisman, the tiger as the whole group **** have the protection of the god child pious worship, and some even to the tiger painted on the wings, so that it becomes more unbeatable "flying tiger", become a kind of beast.

Tiger hat, it is with green, blue, pink fabric or silk hand-stitched from a cold cotton hat. The front of the hat is a flat rectangular hat face, made of hard cloth shell. Then use colorful silk thread embroidery on the tiger eyebrows, tiger eyes, tiger nose, tiger mouth, tiger beard, eyeballs are more glass buttons or copper buttons sewn on. Cap face on both sides of each side of the sewing with a rigid lining cloth made of two tiger ears, ears glued on the white rabbit hair, between the two ears with yellow thread embroidered on the word "king". Cap trailing a long "cap tail", such as the Peking Opera martial arts helmet cape, some also nailed on both sides of the tiger's ears tassels and small bells, sewn at the end of the cap with two colorful ribbons. The whole hat shape is like a head of the family, children with, not only can keep warm, but also appear to be a tiger, tiger brain, naive and charming.