Ming official headwear

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The headwear of a Han Chinese official during Ming Dynasty China consisted of a black hat with two wing-like flaps (small thin oval boards) on each side called the wushamao (烏紗帽,formally known as futou 襆頭). According Da Ming Hui Dian (大明會典), ordinary citizen are not allow to wear this headdress, excluding wedding ceremony or noble family.

Ming Dynasty portrait of officials wearing wushamao(烏紗帽)

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