What role do white-collar workers play in women's wear in Qing Dynasty?

We can see the concubines in the harem through the TV plays of the Qing Dynasty. The most common drama is that they are intrigued every day. In order to get the emperor's favor, they have to be careful all the time. But today, we don't talk about this old-fashioned intrigue. What we want to talk about is the clothes of concubines in the Qing Dynasty. When watching TV series, did you find out why the concubines in the Qing Dynasty wore white-collar workers around their necks? In fact, no matter whether you are an imperial concubine, what you like is that you are just an ordinary little maid-in-waiting, and they will have this white-collar worker in their F-suit. Then why do concubines and ladies-in-waiting wear this white-collar worker? What is the purpose of this white-collar worker?

Some people analyze the role of this white-collar worker, that is, the cloth people use to wipe their mouths after meals. However, if people wipe their mouths, it will inevitably be stained with this cloth in a short time, which will not have much impact on the image. It can be seen that the real role of this white-collar worker must not be to wipe his mouth.

In fact, in history, people paid great attention to this white-collar worker, and people even gave him a very interesting name, Longhua. Longhua's wearing can be said to be very particular, not simply around the neck. For Longhua's dress, one side needs to be placed under the clothes and the other side needs to be hung on the chest. The material of Longhua is also very particular, that is, it must be about two inches of satin.

Let's talk about the real effect of Longhua on women's wear. We are looking at women's dresses in the Qing Dynasty, and it usually has such a problem that it usually can't cover the neck well, and then the neck looks extremely ugly. So Longhua was invented to cover women's necks. Not only that, Longhua also plays a very good role in keeping warm in winter.

This Longhua also has a very powerful function, that is, it can distinguish the grades of concubines very well. Different concubines in the harem have different Longhua on their necks. If you have a higher rank in the harem, there will be more patterns embroidered on your Longhua than the average person. If you are a princess, you can embroider peony on this Longhua. The queen of the harem will get better treatment here in Longhua. He can even tattoo a birthday word on this Longhua, and he can also tattoo several patterns on it, thus revealing the status gap between the Lord of the harem and other concubines.

Of course, in this Longhua, the most powerful does not belong to the queen, but to the queen mother. The Queen Mother's Longhua can be embroidered with the word Shouzi, but no one can shake her position in the harem. The most pitiful thing is to say those maids. There are almost no patterns on their Longhua, just simple white cloth. For the material of this white cloth, it is not worth mentioning. Almost all of them choose the cheapest material. So in the harem, everyone can pass this Longhua, and it is easy to judge the position of this woman in the palace.