The "white collar" on the neck of Song Dynasty officials was not for beauty, but to save life
The white scarf tied to the neckline of the harem concubines of the Qing Dynasty, modern people can not understand what it is, nor do they know what it is used to wear. In fact, this long white scarf is just a false collar, because the Manchu people originally did not design a collar for the clothes in order to facilitate the safari, but the clothes without the collar looked shapeless, so they invented the neck scarf, simply for the sake of looking good. It is also a problem on the collar, and most people may not know, what is the "white collar" hanging around the neck of the Song Dynasty official?
During the Song Dynasty, this white circle on the neck of an official was called the Square Heart Qu Collar, but its appearance time was not the Song Dynasty, in fact, in the early Western Han Dynasty, this thing had already appeared. In ancient China, people paid attention to the place of the Heavenly Garden, the circle above represented the heavens, and the square below represented the earth. And when an official, as long as you wear this kind of clothing, it means that you agree, the Jiangshan in this world is the Tianjiangshan of his Zhao family.
In order to make the imperial dress more ironed, the officials of the Han Dynasty added a round collar to the lining of the collar, called "curved collar", also known as "collar". During the Northern Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the style of "curved collar" changed again. Because the tops of the ancients were mostly robes, worn on the left and right layers, it was inevitable that there would be stacked folds at the neckline. Setting up a circular "curved collar" can perfectly cover up this defect and avoid the emperor from looking uncomfortable, thus reducing the guilt.
We know that during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, when the most chaotic dynasties changed the fastest, many generals supported themselves and rebelled. The "Square Heart Qu Ling" is to let the officials remember that the above represents the heavens and the world represents the imperial power of the Song Dynasty, so as to prevent the courtiers from rebelling. This habit of wearing the "Square Heart Qu Collar" was not replaced by the invading Manchus until the end of the Ming Dynasty.