The protagonists of the "Qing Palace Drama" are naturally the concubines of the harem, due to the popularity of the Qing Palace Drama, many things that people usually do not care about have also been put on the table, such as the costumes, clothing, hairstyles, etc. of the Qing Dynasty concubines, among which the more eye-catching is the white ribbon tied around the neck of the concubines.
From the appearance, I can obviously see that this white ribbon is not nailed to the clothes, but added later, the appearance is somewhat similar to today's Wei Jin, the material is more like a silk cloth strip, the appearance is decent, giving people a sense of dignified and elegant, obviously a kind of decoration that can reflect the dignity of the concubine.
On the Internet, this kind of white silk tied around the neck carries a very nice name, called "Longhua", pay attention to the three words "on the Internet", in some classics that record qing dynasty costumes, but the word "Longhua" does not appear, but in some Qing Palace dramas, it is indeed called "Longhua".
In fact, as long as we go back a journey, it is not difficult to find that the word "Longhua" actually appears in modern Qing palace novels, no matter what kind of Qing palace drama, it always gives people a feeling of being tall, after all, it is in the palace, or the author believes that the things in the palace, even if they are names, should also meet the specifications of the palace, perhaps this is the reason why the name "Longhua" was taken out.
In fact, the ribbon on the neck of the concubine itself does not have any gorgeous name, that is, it is commonly called "neck scarf", and this simple neck scarf, in the Qing Palace drama, has become a symbol of status, basically the routine of the novel, from scratch, from simple to complex, who is favored the most, the more complex and noble the pattern on the scarf.
For example, the "Zhen Huan Biography" chinese concubine's neck scarf is "golden silk embroidery flower", while the queen's is "butterfly dance flying flower", and the favored Huafei neck scarf is embroidered more powerful than the queen, but when we hear the name, this is obviously a name that the author of the novel will come up with.
Back to history, back to reality, the scarf is indeed the decoration used by Manchu women, as for its reasons, as long as the ribbon is removed, it is naturally clear at a glance. Because in the Manchurian costume, there is no collar, or the clothes are separated from the collar, both men and women, except for the summer weather, when wearing the official clothes, women must wear a false collar, which is what we call the neck scarf, in addition to decoration, there is also the effect of cold.
But with the development of the Qing Dynasty, the scope of use of the scarf gradually narrowed, the later clothing decoration is more and more heavy, the scarf is naturally no exception, but even if the decoration is heavier, it is not according to the degree of ornate to distinguish the status, which plays a decisive factor is time and financial resources, as long as you have money, you can completely out of some bells and whistles.
Not to mention the use of the neck scarf, in fact, in the later period is not common, many Qing Dynasty costumes have begun to add collars to the clothes, so there is no need for the decoration of the neck scarf, and wearing the neck scarf is also inconvenient for concubines, even if it takes a lot of effort to dress, it is no wonder that even Cixi did not often wear it later.
We can see from the old photos that have been handed down that Cixi did not often wear a neck scarf, most of them said that they wore the costume of the collar, which is mainly the result of the changes of the times, as for the neck scarf, it really does not have much symbolic significance.