Culture is the spiritual support for the life and development of a nation and its people. The mindset, human spirit, and moral virtues of culture can deeply nourish people’s spirits. Cultural inheritance is the main way of developing traditional culture and inheriting culture. It also plays an important role in creating a sense of culture and cultivating social emotions. Embroidery culture has a long and glorious history and must be inherited.  

Today, we – Aung Crown, a professional custom hats and clothing manufacturer in China – will introduce you to the beauty of traditional Chinese embroidery – the beauty of Shalang Bai embroidered hats.

Bai People’s Embroidery

Bai people’s embroidery is an important way to show their ethnic lifestyle, also an important part of ethnic culture, and even the outward appearance of Bai people’s spirit. Shalang Bai people’s embroidery is a traditional craft of Bai women, which is widely used in clothing, headgear, shoes, bags, pillowcases, bed sheets, and so on. The common patterns are flowers, fruits, animals, and geometric patterns that have good meanings. Flowers and fruits: camellia, orchid, peony, forsythia, pomegranate, chrysanthemum, peach, plum, bamboo, etc. Animals: lion, tiger, dragon, phoenix, goldfish, squirrel, rooster, butterfly, etc.

Before embroidery, the patterns must be made by direct drawing or paper cutting, then use the different colors to embroider the patterns. Sorted by needles, embroidery can be divided into plate embroidery, flat embroidery, insertion embroidery, cross stitch, etc. The patterns are firm, bold, and vivid when the needles are thin and even. When tight needles are tight, the patterns are harmonious, natural, smooth, flat, elegant, and brightly colored. In this way, each embroidery is an exquisite handicraft with a very high ornamental and collector value.

Bai People Scholar’s Hat (a great honor for the first scholar of the Imperial family)

This Bai people scholar’s hat was an exquisite handicraft in the Qing Dynasty. The crafts were complex and exquisite. Many crafts on this hat have been lost now. The main fabrics of this hat are cotton and silk. The delicately embroidered butterflies and lotus flower petals made the crown, the Bagua, and Ruyi around the Scholar (Zhuangyuanjidi in Chinese). The golden stereo double dragons made the oriental greenfinch, tassels on the left and right, and the Ruyi on the back side with long tassels. Wearing such a Bai scholar’s hat has a very nice meaning, for little boys, the homonym in Chinese is very nice. Hope they have their career after growing up, succeeding in being the number one in the imperial examinations, like a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate, out of the world.

Bai People’s Pigeon Hat

The shape of this pigeon hat looks like a pigeon, which is elegant and warm. Such a pigeon hat can protect the neck and ears. The embroidered bats on the hat are to hope kids who wear this hat can have good luck and be blessed with good fortune. The embroidered flowers and butterflies mean that kids who wear this hat become rich and healthy. The lotus flower means that the whole family lives in harmony. A Bai people’s pigeon hat is full of embroidered Passiflora, lotus flowers, apple, pomegranate flower, fish, crooked peach, and bat. Such a pigeon hat combines all the best wishes -good luck, blessed good fortune, healthy body, and rich.

Bai People’s Fishtail Hat

This fishtail hat also has a very nice meaning that hopes people can get rich each year and have a very good life. Such a fishtail hat bearers all hopes and expectations of the Bai people for the future. The little bells on the front have a decorative effect and also can prevent little kids from getting lost.

Bai People’s Crest Hat

Bai People’s Rooster Hat

The rooster hat symbolizes the spirit of bravery, strength, and not being afraid of difficulties.

Bai People’s Student Hat

This kind of hat is for people who are going to school, so it’s called a student hat. There are butterflies and lotus flowers on the hat and the beautiful meaning of this hat is hoping kids to be smart, have good fortune, and achieve their study in school or college.

Bai People’s Tiger Head Hat

The tiger head hat has a very nice meaning that hopes babies will be strong, healthy, brave, safe, and energetic.

Bai People’s Lotus Hat

This lotus hat looks like a lotus, and that’s why it’s called a lotus hat. The meaning of the Bai people’s lotus hat is elegant, pure, and of good character.

Bai People’s Cool Hat

This kind of hat is used to protect kids from sunlight in the summer season. The embroidered flowers decorate the hat and the hollow-top part is covered with red thin and breathable cloth. The embroidered pattern on the red cloth is simple. This petite, simple, and cute Bai people’s cool hat can add a beautiful sight to kids in summer.

In the End

The introduction of Bai People embroidered hats is ended here. There are so many delicate embroidered hats from the Bai People. All of them bear the hopes and expectations of the Bai People.