Qing official headwear

This article is about Official headgears of the Qing dynasty. For a type of Chinese headwear called guan, see Guan (headwear). For the Hakka hat also called liangmao, see Liangmao.
Qing official headwear
Qing-era official headwear in a museum, Nanchang, Jiangxi
Chinese name
Chinese清代官帽
Literal meaningQing dynasty official hat
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinqīngdài guānmào
English language name
English languageOfficial hats of the Qing dynasty / Qing official headwear / Mandarin hat

The Qing official headwear or Qingdai guanmao (Chinese: 清代官帽; pinyin: qīngdài guānmào; lit. 'Qing dynasty official hat'), also referred as the Official hats of the Qing dynasty[1] or Mandarin hat in English,[2] is a generic term which refers to the types of guanmao (Chinese: 官帽; pinyin: guānmào; lit. 'official hat'), a headgear, worn by the officials of the Qing dynasty in China. The Qing official headwear typically forms of part of the qizhuang system as opposed to the hanfu system and were completely different from the types of guanmao used in the previous dynasties.[1] There were various forms of the Qing official headwear, and some were designed to be worn based on the winter or summer seasons;[1] while others used varieties of decorations and adornment, such as the use of peacock feathers which could vary between one and three peacock eyes; these peacock feathers were bestowed by the Emperor to his officials who had accomplished meritorious services and the greatest number of peacock eyes represents the highest honour bestowed.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Official Hats of the Qing Dynasty". en.chinaculture.org. 2014. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
  2. ^ a b "Mandarin Hat 20th century". www.metmuseum.org. 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-01.