Looking at ancient cultural relics and books, I found that hats have little to do with women. In ancient society, women never wore hats, and only men had sex with hats. To put it bluntly, a hat is a symbol of power and status. In China, it can be said that the hat has been associated with the status of "power" and "status" since its invention, which embodies its symbolic value.
With the development of society, in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the society was in turmoil, and crowns became popular among Confucian scholars. In Lu Ji's You Ren Fu in the Jin Dynasty, there is a saying that "the cloud crown wants to die, and the cloud brown wants to stay". At this time, the northern conference semifinals brought real "hats" and "fur hats", but they did not catch on because of the widespread "sinicization". During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with the development of social productive forces and the gradual opening of social atmosphere, especially in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the special symbol of hat gradually faded, but it still gradually became a status symbol among the people: ordinary scholars and wealthy businessmen and their children could wear hats, but there were still differences, and typical taxi hats and business hats appeared, which were popular in the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty. Ordinary people also tie up their hair with cloth and wrap it up, which is called a "square towel". During the Yuan Dynasty, the hats of nomadic people in northern China gradually became popular in the Central Plains, including fur hats and felt hats. The hats worn by the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty were also made of precious fur with pearls on them. The establishment of the Ming Dynasty restored the "crown" system of the Han people. After the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, hats really became popular, from the emperor to the poor. This situation continued until the late Qing Dynasty. The introduction of western culture and western hat culture has made "hats" popular in society, from bureaucratic businessmen to drivers and beggars. In film and television dramas, you can see gentlemen wearing aristocratic hats at banquets, rickshaw drivers wearing felt hats, and even beggars wearing hats to put money away. Hats became popular, and its practical value began to play a role.
In ancient times, women could say that they didn't wear hats. When I was fifteen, I tied my hair and wore a scarf. I tied my hair at the back or set it. Of course, except for some ethnic minorities who wear hats on festivals, it's just an ornament. In ancient times, there were two kinds of women wearing hats, namely, imperial concubine and princess, and they had the privilege of wearing "rockhopper" and "corolla". There are also some official ladies-in-waiting who wear hats, which are also symbols of power and status. In the Tang Dynasty, an improved hat called "curtain hat" was popular among upper-class aristocratic women, and it was surrounded by gauze to prevent sand and "cover the face" and prevent strange men from peeking at their "women", which is equivalent to the black veil of women in Islamic areas today. The tradition of women wearing hats in China began in the late Qing Dynasty, learning from western women. At first, all kinds of cool hats and windshields can also be said to be a symbol of status, but later they are reflected in thorough decoration and practical value.
From the origin and evolution of hats, it fully reflects the social power and status of male chauvinism, as well as the history of this historical development and gradual disintegration.
As for hat culture, we can be divided into two factions. One is bureaucratic culture, which can be summarized by "their work". Du You, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Tongdian that "Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty first tasted their jobs ...", and their jobs later became a symbol of China's bureaucratic culture. The other is folk culture, which can be summarized by "green hat".
The culture of "their jobs" includes: lofty aspirations and establishing the ideal of being an official; High-sounding, solemn and dignified, very imposing; Congratulate each other and congratulate each other on their promotion; Dressed appropriately, with great temperament and grace; The devil wears prada, a seemingly noble and hypocritical villain; Anger, anger to the extreme; Zhang Guan Dai Li turned the tables. To be crowned by bathing a monkey is a metaphor for the ignorance and rudeness of a villain. These idioms can be said to reflect the power, status, orthodoxy and beautiful symbolic meaning of "hat", which is linked with the ruling class and men, and can be said to be the bureaucratic culture and patriarchal culture in the hat.
The folk culture of "cuckoldry" is only related to women. As a negative textbook of women's "infidelity" to men, it is a challenge to men's status. This is also a warning to women not to cuckold their husbands.
Judging from the historical evolution of hats, China's original crown can't be regarded as a "hat". Hats were introduced into the Central Plains from the Hu people and became popular after improvement. Modern hats are directly imported from the west.
In modern society, "hat" can be said to be developing in the opposite direction of history. It is no longer a status, power and symbol, but an ornament, a tool to prevent heat and cold. Wearing a trendy hat has become a manifestation of fashionable women's pursuit of beauty, while men rarely wear hats, but most of them are casual hats.
Undeniably, in some special industries and narrow fields, hats are still a symbol, identification and even a symbol of power, such as military hats and police hats, white hats worn by doctors and nurses, academic hats and hats worn by religious people. Safety helmet is a professional head protector.