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Zhanjiao Futou (展角幞頭, lit. "spread-horn head cover"), was the headwear of officials in medieval Chinese dynasties dated from Song to Ming. It consisted of a black hat with two wing-like flaps. The thin flaps were stiff and straight, and could extend up to almost a meter each.

It is rumoured that the founder of the Song dynasty, Emperor Taizu of Song, designed this hat so that during assemblies his officials would be kept apart by the flaps and would not whisper to each other

>>18136457 (OP)
>It is rumoured that the founder of the Song dynasty, Emperor Taizu of Song, designed this hat so that during assemblies his officials would be kept apart by the flaps and would not whisper to each other

A common misconception in China but not really true. Its just a silly evolution of the futou hat-turban that got popular in the Tang Dynasty. The original one was tied behind your topknot with the loose ends hanging at length behind you. Over time Chinese nobles & officials wanted to look like as if they had wings or auspicious birds sitting on their heads, so they stiffened those loose ends in increasingly wonky ways.

One of which, for example, resembled rabbit ears (another Auspicious animal).

>>18136457 (OP)
>his officials would be kept apart by the flaps and would not whisper to each other


Cuck caps. Very Chinese!

>>18136634
He looks goofy......No, he literally looks like Goofy. Very Chinese.