Summer court hat of the emperor Ch’ien-lung, Ch’ing dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1D001494N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Miscellaneous objects
Function: Clothing and accessories
Material: Fabrics//
Description:
Round crown type. The crown is lined with red yarn, covered with white cloth, and wrapped with black woven gold piping. The crown is decorated with Zhu Wei; Flat top, top composite gold brocade. The green ribbon under the crown is attached with a yellow label. On one side, it is written in regular script: “Tai Zi No. 1, a cool velvet tassel crown for Emperor Gaozong Chun”, and on the other side, it is written in regular script: “Qianlong 43 years ago”. The 43rd year of Qianlong was 1778 AD. The crown dress system of the Qing Dynasty was very complicated. Only in the aspect of the emperor’s robes, they were divided into bronze clothes, court clothes, regular clothes, auspicious clothes, walking robes, etc. With the change of seasons, these robes are different from winter to summer. On different occasions, the emperor needs to wear different gowns, for example, when he is leading a sacrifice to a round hill, praying for a valley, and praying for rain, he needs to wear a stone blue gown. The court dress is basically bright yellow, but blue is used for sky worship, red is used for the morning, and white is used for the evening moon. With the season and the field