The Cultural Connotation Of The Felt Hat

Most felt hats in the north are white, while those in Shaoxing are black. The formation of the black felt hat is inseparable from Shaoxing people's aesthetic appreciation of black from ancient times. Shaoxing was a place of "Yue" in ancient times. In "Honghuang Kaifeng: New Interpretation of the Original Text of" Biography of Mu Tianzi "," Yu Que "was annotated as Wu Que. Shaoxing is still deeply influenced by Vietnamese culture. The reason why Shaoxing felt hats are black is not only inseparable from Shaoxing people's black, but also from Shaoxing's local customs. Shaoxing people only wear white hats in funerals, so white hats are very taboo in life.

In Jiangnan, the black felt hat is not only worn by farmers, but also by fishermen, boatmen, bricklayers and other underclass people who often come and go in the wind and rain. Therefore, the black felt hat was once one of the symbols of Jiangnan people. In the Shaoxing area of the Qiantang River basin, the black felt hat is a distinctive symbol of the working people. In the old days, Shaoxing men (especially in the countryside), whether old or young, liked to wear felt hats. Therefore, felt hats in other places have become an important symbol of Shaoxing people. Before liberation, Mao Dun, Ye Shengtao and others, like Lu Xun, often used black felt hats to refer to these laborious people at the bottom of their lives in their works.