Why is there a crane on the ancient official uniform? What does it mean?

In the history of China, it is recognized as a first-class literary bird. The Ming and Qing Dynasties endowed the red-crowned crane with the cultural connotation of loyalty, integrity and nobility. Civil servants' supplementary clothing, a kind of embroidered red-crowned crane by civil servants, is listed as an important symbol after the royal dragon and phoenix, so people also call the crane "the bird of one product". People also regard cranes as symbols of high officials.

A picture of Ji Xiangwen standing on the rock at the head of the tide, taking the homonym of "tide" and "dynasty" as a symbol of "one product in power" like a prime minister; The design of crane flying in the clouds symbolizes "one product rises high"; The picture of cranes flying at sunrise symbolizes "the rising of the sun".

The legendary crane is a red-crowned crane, a large wading bird that lives in swamps or shallow water, and is often called the "God of Wetlands". It has nothing to do with pine trees growing in high mountains and hills. However, because the life span of red-crowned cranes is as long as 50 ~ 60 years, people often paint pine trees as a symbol of longevity.

Residents in East Asia use red-crowned cranes to symbolize happiness, auspiciousness, longevity and loyalty. It often appears in literary and artistic works of various countries. In the tombs of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the image of cranes appeared in sculptures. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bronze bells and crane-shaped ritual vessels appeared.

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