What was the name of the hat worn by the Qing Dynasty emperor and why was it designed that way?

The Qing dynasty emperor wore called summer dynasty crown. Because the Manchu predecessor is the female genitalia, from the Jin people in the cap decorated with top beads habit, and then by the Yuan people's cymbal hats crown evolution of leather and become.

The emperor summer crown: the crown shape for conical, the lower eaves are open in a double trumpet. Is made of a kind of Manchurian people called "get le su" grass rod woven, this grass produced in the Qing people rise in the northeast place, the Qing court specially called it "jade grass"; cap above the pavement decorated with Zhu Wei, the top of the flat overlay brocade, planting the crown top, the crown adorned with gold Buddha, after the decoration of the Sherwood Forest; crown hat-shaped, with a short crown flat open eaves.

The red yarn or red gold for the inner, the outer layer is decorated with Zhu Wei, the inner layer of the hat circle, the circle is decorated with bands. In front of the crown is decorated with gold filigree openwork golden Buddha, around which are decorated with fifteen dongzhu, and at the back of the crown is decorated with gold filigree openwork seling, with seven dongzhu. The top of the crown is further decorated with a gold filigree openwork cloud dragon, embedded with a large eastern jewel top.

Qing dynasty by the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent to the Jiangnan Jiangning Suzhou two provinces, Zhejiang Hangzhou and the two Huai Weaving Division, Bureau of weaving the Imperial Crown, concubines and the Emperor's son, Princess of the imperial crown court dress, according to the Ministry of Rites, or by the Emperor on the subject of the Ministry of the Interior or Ruyi Museum painter drawing heavy color brushwork samples and ink outlines local coloring of the clothes cut samples, to the eunuch in charge of presenting the emperor's Royal View.

Or by the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior directly after reviewing the approval of the pieces sent to the weaving, weaving into the material and then sent to the tailoring, embroidery, clothing, respectively, in the material embroidery, cutting, sewing.

After the completion, where on the use of land transported to Beijing, the Palace with the water transported to Beijing, within the deadline for acceptance of the satin library sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Canton Reserve Division, these small samples are accompanied by a white or yellow ink ink ink signature, some and signed with the real name of the painter, such as "Shen Zhenlin respectfully painted", "I Xie醇 Painting", "Shen Shijun painting", "Shen Shijun painting" and so on.

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