Why did cape become the standard for brides in ancient times?

Tang Dynasty Bai Juyi in the "Neishang Yuyi Song and Wei Zhi" in the song: "rainbow dress cape step shaking crown, 鈥檛 鈥檛 necklace tired Pei Shan Shan." Every time I read this, I think of the ancient times of those wearing a phoenix crown body cape of the cabinet women, very envious of them, in the happiest day of their lives can be dressed up as gorgeous, tasseled tassels, jade python gowns, the following tucked skirts with hundreds of flowers, red embroidered shoes, a dash of colorful full of joy as the heart of the overflowing happiness. I think that Feng Guan Xiapi is the original consort of clothing, worship and heaven and earth is the emperor's suburb of the gift of heaven, Chinese folk will be a woman's life is also a king.

Ancient aristocratic women often use the phoenix as a crown. Ming system, the crown of the queen's dress with nine dragons and four phoenixes. Ming Shenzong Dingling unearthed four phoenix crown, the number of dragons and phoenixes vary. One of the six dragons and three phoenixes, the dragon at the top of the two ends, the mouth of a long string of beads drop, seems to have the meaning of the phoenix play. On the front there are three phoenixes with spreading wings. Crown after the bottom of the left and right side of the three Bo temples, unfolded as a colorful phoenix tail. Royal Consort, Princess, Crown Princess of the phoenix crown of the nine Album four phoenix. Album is a colorful pheasant. The phoenix crowns of the first to seventh grade imperial concubines do not have phoenixes and are embroidered with different numbers of pheasants.

Xia cape is also known as "xia cape", "cape", to its colorful as colorful, so the name. The cape is made of a piece of silk wrapped around the back of the shoulders and crossed over the chest. Things Lin Guangji - clothing class, "Jin Yongjia in the system, Jianghuang cape, so that the following Wangfei through the service." The Song Dynasty as the fate of the woman's crown, not gift shall not be served. The Ming Dynasty began to be the rank of women's clothing, from the first grade to the ninth grade women, are taking different embroidered cape. Cape appeared in the period of the North and South Dynasties, the Sui and Tang dynasties to get this name. In the Song Dynasty, it was included in the ranks of dresses. During the Ming Dynasty, the cape was developed into the Xiapi - so called because of its beautiful shape like colored clouds. The Ming Dynasty to take this type of more common, it is shaped like a long colorful strap, each cape width of three inches and two minutes, the length of five feet and seven inches, when taking around the neck, hanging in front of the chest, the lower end of the pendant hanging with gold or jade.