Why are the belts of civil servants in Ming Dynasty like hula hoops?

Because in the Ming dynasty, the official's belt was just an ornament and had no practical use. In other words, perhaps in the eyes of Ming people, hanging a hula hoop around the waist is a good-looking symbol. In fact, this is the same as why the imperial concubines in the Qing Dynasty hung a white belt on their collars, because the embroidery on the white belt represents the status of the imperial concubines in the imperial harem, and so does the role of this belt, which represents a person's social status.

The belt of the Ming dynasty was shaped like a hula hoop, and it was also because there were too many decorations on the belt of the civil servants in the Ming dynasty to tie it. The belts of other dynasties were used to tie clothes, but the belts of the Ming Dynasty were usually hung there. In the Ming Dynasty, not only civil servants but also emperors had belts. The existence of this belt can also bind the position of civil servants' hands, because ordinary civil servants will lift the belt slightly wider than their waist with their hands and put the front end of the belt on their abdomen.

As mentioned above, belts in the Ming Dynasty were decorated a lot, so which parts were the belts in the Ming Dynasty? It can be roughly divided into four parts, namely, three-piece suit, round peach, square table and fishtail. The things on the belt in the Ming Dynasty were very strict. Three of them are composed of three parts, and there are four round peaches. The length and number of rows are also determined according to your social status, so the belt of the Ming Dynasty will not shrink when you are thin, but will expand when you are fat. The size of the belt is a symbol of a person's status, so it will not be changed at will.

In addition to changes in quantity, there are also changes in quality. Due to different grades, civil servants in Ming Dynasty wore jade belts, gold belts and ivory belts. In other words, no matter what your grade is, a belt made of so many things will always be bigger than your own waist. Therefore, all civil servants in the Ming Dynasty hung a hula hoop. What is the name of the belt used to tie clothes in the Ming Dynasty? Big belt? . Its function is similar to the belt of the present invention.