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Bachelor's uniform why need a hat so big

In the early 13th century, the University of Paris, France, the first degree system, the degree is divided into doctoral, master's and bachelor's three levels. In order to be able to reflect the degree conferral ceremony marking the different levels of learning, clothing designers should be the request of the President of the University of Paris, designed a unified standardized degree dress. Degree dress by the degree cap, tassel, degree robe and over the head of the triangular pocket-shaped drape and other four parts. Degree cap unified book-style square, black; tassel is an important distinction between different degrees, the tassel of the doctoral degree cap for the red, the tassel of the master's degree cap for the dark blue, the tassel of the bachelor's degree cap for the yellow; drape trim color is an important identification of the disciplines of the profession, according to the arts, sciences, engineering, agriculture, medicine and the military six professions, respectively, for the pink, gray, yellow, green, white and red; doctoral degree gowns for the red, black and color, master's degree gowns for the blue, dark blue and red, the color is red and black. Master's degree robes are blue and dark blue, and bachelor's degree robes are yellow and white.

At the degree conferment ceremony, the president, the chairman of the Degree Evaluation Committee, and the degree advisor, who are dressed in their instructor's uniforms, first pluck the degree recipient's tassel from the right side to the left side, and then solemnly confer the degree certificate, and the recipient should bow to them to express his or her gratitude.

Degree Cap:

The shape of the degree cap, which adopts the square shape commonly used in most countries and universities in the world, contains the meaning of books (representing knowledge). In terms of color, black is used regardless of the degree level and the president and instructor, which makes it look solemn and calm.

Tassel:

The shape resembles a Chinese lantern spike, which hangs from the degree cap. The use of tassels, not only for the world's degree dress common, in line with world practice, but also make the degree dress in the solemn and generous at the same time, through the lively and ethereal feeling, but also with the degree cap constitutes an organic whole, to avoid the degree cap of the suspicion of bald and dull, but also through the tassels to distinguish between the level of the degree and the mark out the wearer has been awarded a degree or a student in the school.

In the division of the degree level, the doctor's tassel for red, master's tassel for dark blue, the president's tassel for yellow. This definition of color is intertwined with the degree gown.

The determination of whether or not the wearer of the degree gown has earned a degree is made by where the tassel hangs from the degree cap. When the degree is not obtained, the tassel is hanging in the middle of the right front side of the brim of the degree cap worn by the wearer; after obtaining the degree, the tassel is hanging in the middle of the left front side of the brim. The tassel is moved by the President (or the Chairman of the Degree Evaluation Committee of the University) after the conferral of the degree at the Degree Conferment Ceremony. The President's tassel, naturally, hangs down in the middle of the left front side of the degree cap he wears, because he has already received his degree (or should theoretically do so).

China's current implementation of the degree dress, according to the decision of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee unified production, it has Chinese characteristics, but also in line with world practice. Referring to the international standard, China's degree uniform also consists of four parts: degree cap, tassel, degree gown and drape, and the style and color are more or less the same as those in the world practice, the difference is that the degree gown is embroidered with the Great Wall pattern at the cuffs, and the buttons of the gown's front placket are made of the traditional Chinese cloth black "Ruyi" buttons, and the triangular shaped drape is made of the brocade with the special pattern of Chinese nationalities. The front buttons of the robe are made of traditional Chinese cloth with black "Ruyi" buttons, and the triangular shaped pocket drape on the over-head is made of brocade with Chinese national characteristics.