About the origin of the tiger head hat

The origin of the tiger head hat

The tiger head hat with the image of a tiger is a typical style of children's hat in folk children's clothing in my country. Together with tiger-head shoes, tiger bibs, tiger-faced bellybands, etc., it has become an important part of children's clothing and has distinctive characteristics. These children's clothing with tigers as the image have far-reaching meanings and are deeply influenced by traditional Chinese tiger culture factors. In the Paleolithic Age of primitive society, due to the low level of productivity, human beings often appeared weak and powerless in the face of natural forces and natural phenomena, and were in a very difficult state. Therefore, some clans and tribes with primitive thinking characteristics of ignorance, chaos and fantasy will be majestic. The eight-faced tiger is the totem of the nation. The tiger image is carved on the skin, clothing, utensils, weapons, and doors of obvious parts of the body. The tiger image is used as the name, special symbol and sacred talisman of the clan, and the tiger is seen as a symbol. Some of the protective gods of the entire group worshiped devoutly, and some even painted wings on the tiger, turning it into an even more arrogant "flying tiger" and becoming a mythical beast.

Tiger head hat is a cold-proof cotton hat hand-sewn with green, blue, pink cloth or silk. The front of the hat is a straight rectangular hat face, made of hard cloth shell. Then use colorful silk thread to embroider the tiger's eyebrows, tiger's eyes, tiger's nose, tiger's mouth, and tiger's whiskers. The eyes are mostly sewn on with glass buttons or copper buttons. Two tiger ears are made of hard interlining on each side of the upper face of the hat. White rabbit fur is glued inside the ears. The word "王" is embroidered with yellow thread between the two ears. There is a long "hat tail" trailing behind the hat, such as the syandana on the helmet of a warrior in Peking Opera. Some also nail tassels and small bells on both sides of the tiger ears, and sew two colorful streamers on the tail of the hat. The whole hat is shaped like an account. When a child wears it, it can not only keep warm, but also look cute and naive.