How to pronounce hanfu

Liangmao (Chinese: 涼帽; lit. Hakka people who perform manual work, such as farming and fishing. Hakka women wore it when working in the fields. The liangmao is made and is most commonly worn by the Hakka people who were originally from Northern China. Some Hakka women still wear the liangmao when working outdoors nowadays. It also worn by non-Hakka women who work outdoors. Gankeng town is the home of Liangmao village. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, Gankeng town was the biggest producer of liangmao. In the 1970s and 1980s, every household in Liangmao Village would produce liangmao which would then be exported to Southeast Asia, Britain, and France. In the late 1970s, the liangmao lost its market appeal and the demand for the hat shrank. The people of Gankeng have been making liangmao for more than 200 years. In 2002, the last Hakka hat maker died; and no more residents of Gankeng town made the hats anymore. In 2013, the Hakka hat-making craft was added to the Guangdong’s provincial intangible cultural heritage list. In 2006, hanfu winter the Gankeng bamboo hat was included on the Shenzhen Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Zhang Guanxian and Zhang Hangyan, who are both veterans liangmao craftsmen, were named as the inheritors of the Hakka liangmao. Liangmao Baby – a statue of an ethnic Hakka girl wearing liangmao was erected on 29 September 2016 in Gankeng New Town, Longgang district of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, as a new mascot. There is a hole in the centre of the hat which is trimmed with black embroidered cotton. The liangmao is made of a flat disc of woven bamboo and/or straw. The lack of crown on top of the hat allows the head to remain cool. The cotton fringe covers the shoulders and give protection from insects. The cotton fringe around the edge of the hat is about 15 cm deep. It also keep the sun off from the face of its wearer, and in winter, the cotton fringe would offer some warmth. Davison, Gary Marvin (1998). Culture and customs of Taiwan. In summer, the cotton cloth could be removed, and the hat would be secured by attaching ties through the loops that were attached to the central hole. Barbara E. Reed. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. Berkeley: University of Calif. Garrett, Valery (2012). Chinese Dress : From the Qing Dynasty to the Present. New York: Tuttle Pub. Constable, Nicole (1994). Christian souls and Chinese spirits : a Hakka community in Hong Kong. This page was last edited on 14 September 2024, at 20:10 (UTC). By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.