☀ How did the ancient officials distinguish their grades, what do different grades of crowns represent, and what are the differences?
In ancient times, people's official positions were also divided into many, and officials had their own official uniforms and crowns, so how were the official uniforms and crowns of ancient officials distinguished.
In ancient times, the largest official in the court was the prime minister, and the prime minister was the figure who commanded a hundred officials, but the clothes and crowns worn by the prime minister and other officials of lower rank were very different.
The word "well-dressed" is a word full of sarcasm and insults in modern times, but in ancient times, the word meant a compliment to a person.
Ancient officials will embroider on their official uniforms, but the official ranks are different, the embroidery patterns are also different, the official uniforms are generally given by the emperor, and the people who make the official uniforms are carefully selected embroiderers, and their embroidery skills are very good.
Usually the embroidery on the military attache will be more powerful, all of them are lions, tiger-like beasts, the higher the official rank, the more powerful the beasts on the body will be.
The embroidery on the civil and military officials is very different, and the embroidery on the civil officials is some relatively weak animals.
But the officials are embroidered with beasts, so in ancient times, people said that the well-dressed beasts were a compliment to a person, and the lifelong pursuit of many poor students was "well-dressed beasts".
After the Qing Dynasty, the distinction between officials was not only the embroidery on the official uniform, but also the top wearing.
There is a great difference between the top of the official hat, the top of the official hat of the relatively large official position is inlaid with jewelry, and the top bead of the first official in the Qing Dynasty is ruby, and the second is coral.
The higher the official position, the more precious the top bead is, which is also the emperor's affirmation of these officials.
Because in ancient times, the royal hereditary system appeared, so there will be a lot of "three dynasty elders" such sayings, most of these people are people who have made great contributions to the court, some officials have been in high school when they were young, and then they have been officials in the court, accompanying three generations of emperors.
Such patriarchs have a pivotal position in the court, and the top beads of the patriarchs are generally rubies.
Therefore, even if the ancient officials did not know the rank of the official, the rank of the official could be seen through the beads on the official's hat.
It can be seen in film and television programs that many officials are careful when taking off their official hats, because they are afraid of damaging their official hats, and the official hats are very precious because they are inlaid with jewelry.
And not only the top beads on the hats are different, but there are other differences in the hats of Qing officials.
Qing Dynasty officials will have an item similar to a small tail at the end of their hats, which has also been restored in film and television programs, and this small tail is also a little different.
The small tail is an item called "Ling", which is also very precious, and the feather on the official's hat is still very different, and the feather on the hat of ordinary officials is also very different from that of high-ranking officials.
The raw material for the production of Ling is actually the feathers of various birds, but the feathers of precious birds will be used on officials with relatively large official positions.
Ling is distinguished from two kinds of blue feathers and flower feathers, blue feathers are relatively low, blue feathers are generally dyed with the feathers of catfish, but there is no "eye" on the feathers, and the restoration of Ling in many film and television dramas is relatively real.
Generally, there will be "eyes" on the feathers you see, because the blue feathers without eyes are rewarded to officials below the sixth grade.
Moreover, some guards can also wear it, and some soldiers in the army who have made meritorious achievements will also issue soldiers with blue feathers in order to show their rewards to the soldiers.
However, Lan Ling is relatively low, but the reason why he chose to use the feathers of the bird to make it is because this bird is a lifelong competition and never admits defeat, so many military attachés in the DPRK and China also use the feathers of this bird on their hats.
However, the feathers are made of peacock feathers, and ancient people believed that the peacock that would open the screen was the most noble symbol, so the feathers of the flower feathers would choose the feathers of the peacock.
In ancient times, there was a professional peacock breeding garden in the palace, because many concubines liked to see peacocks, and peacocks were the embodiment of dignity.
Therefore, the people who wear the flower feather are very noble people, and most of the people who wear the flower feather are people who have a very high official position and have made great contributions to the DPRK.
After some generals won a victory on the battlefield, the emperor would also reward Hua Ling, which was also to improve the position of the officials and show respect for the officials.
Therefore, when the ancient emperors often condemned a person, they would talk about removing your "top wearing a flower feather", which is generally the crime of killing the head, and after being removed, there will be no rights and status.
It can be seen that the ancients had great differences in official uniforms and hats, and the hierarchical distinction of officials can be seen from these aspects.
But now it is different from ancient times, and after the end of the royal inheritance system, China has become a society where everyone is equal.
