The Song Dynasty's official hat had two straight wings on both sides, and the larger the official, the longer the wings on both sides, and the wings of the emperor's hat were the longest.
So how did this hat with wings on both sides come from? Is it really like walking a tightrope high in the air, carrying a long wooden pipe in your hand, in order to maintain balance?
Of course, it is not so simple, if in order to maintain balance, remove the wings on both sides, but more lightweight. This kind of design, in fact, has a historical origin.
Hat wings evolved mainly from the Tang Dynasty.
Originally, our ancestors didn't have to wear hats on their heads, but they couldn't always be distributed with their heads, right? So during the Shang Dynasty, in addition to tying hair with a rope, everyone also thought of using a headscarf.
The so-called turban, and the square scarf we can see now is the same, mainly to wrap a long black hair, this is the original hat.
Since then, some people have gradually begun to work their heads to produce this kind of square towel on a large scale. Later, it was found that the square towel was still not so convenient, after all, every time it had to be removed and tied up, so the hat came out.
The hat is very convenient, if you want to use it, you can wear it directly on your head, and you can throw it aside without using it.
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, on the eve of the Sui Dynasty, the Zhou Wu Emperor Yuwen Yong made improvements to the hat.
He made initial improvements to the hat, and a hat with wings on both sides appeared
。 After the Tang Dynasty, propeller-like hats gradually appeared, and the shape of the hats gradually hardened.
The emperors of the Tang Dynasty were very fond of propeller-like hats, and the wings of the hats on both sides were hanging downwards, which was closer to the official hats of the Song Dynasty.
The Five Dynasties period basically followed the Tang Dynasty hat, but the five generations of emperors were busy fighting wars, and there was no further reform of the hat, and this heavy responsibility fell to the Song Emperor.
Why does Zhao Kuangyin have a special love for long hat wings?
The long hat wing is actually the product of Zhao Kuangyin's invention during the period, and he has a special love for this thing, not because he can walk the tightrope high in the air by wearing this hat, but for other purposes.
The things that the emperor considered were naturally different from ordinary people. What he thought about was how to ensure his imperial power, which was irreplaceable.
When the country was first founded, these ministers of the Song Dynasty always liked to whisper in each other's ears.
In Zhao Kuangyin's view, this was a very dangerous thing, after all, he had taken away the Jiangshan of Hou Zhou when he was whispering to his subordinates.
And the higher the official position, the more dangerous it is to whisper.
For this reason, Zhao Kuangyin thought about it left and right, and came up with such a bad idea, so that hundreds of officials would wear this kind of long-winged hat.
The higher the official position, the longer the wings, so that there is no way to shake the head from side to side to meet the ears.
In order to play an exemplary role, Zhao Kuangyin was a pioneer, and his hat wings were the longest.
Moreover, the wings of the Song Dynasty pipe hat were really painful to throw up and hit people in the face, which prevented the courtiers from exchanging views with each other when talking about the government of the dynasty.
Everyone's ideas must come from their own attitude, and if everyone exchanges opinions, basically there will be only one voice left in the DPRK.
If there was only one voice left in the imperial court, it meant that the emperor must be dimwitted and incompetent, after all, he couldn't even handle the things that his subordinates were connected to.
The long winged hat ensures the prestige of the official.
In fact, if we think about it carefully, officials are generally sitting in a precarious position, so how to ensure that everyone can sit in a precarious position? In fact, this is a very difficult thing.
After all, some people are born with ADHD, like this and scratch that, but there is no way to do a good job. In order to overcome these situations, in fact, the long wing hat has also made a certain contribution.
Because of this kind of hat, the head cannot be shaken at will. In the past, these officials in the DPRK and China were all good brothers who followed Zhao Kuangyin's birth and death, and they were naturally more arrogant. Above the court, there was a lot of fighting and no discipline.
Where does this look like the scene of an emperor ascending to the throne? This is simply a place where the good men of Liangshan meet. For this reason, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to break his head, and finally thought of such a way, after he ordered someone to make this kind of long-winged hat, the situation was different.
Because wearing this kind of hat, everyone can't giggle and make a fuss, turn your head slightly, you can beat the heads of the two people in front of and behind, and don't fight for a long time?
What the emperor rewards, you can't say that you don't take it off and don't wear it, unless you don't want to be an official. Over time, the discipline of the DPRK became stricter, and the prestige of the officials was established.
Summary: The wings on both sides were reformed in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty.
This kind of hat does have many advantages, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, it is very bad to brush, and the large hat of one meter on one side is difficult to brush.
For this reason, in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, the wings on both sides of the hat could be taken off. In this way, hats can be worn not only when going up and down, but also when they are in the lower dynasty. After the next dynasty, it is inevitable to hit others, so the wings are plucked, and it is convenient to remove and wash.