Guapi mao

Guapi mao
Guapi mao
	Guapi mao (瓜皮帽), worn by Chen Jitong
Chinese	瓜皮帽
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guāpí mào

Guapi mao (Chinese: 瓜皮帽; lit. 'Melon rind cap', Mongolian: Тоорцог) is a type of skullcap, a male traditional headgear worn in China starting from the Qing Dynasty.^[1] It is made in the shape of a hemisphere and is divided into segments and is named for its resemblance to a watermelon rind.

History

The guapi mao started as the taller Liuheyitong mao (六合一統帽) (meaning Six-in-One Unified cap) invented during the Ming Dynasty by the Hongwu Emperor. Traditionally, it is divided into six sections- symbolizing the sky, the earth, and the four cardinal directions- to represent the unification of China.^[2] The guapi mao is shorter than the liuheyitong mao, more resembling a skullcap. It is also a distinctively Manchu-influenced style of headwear.^[3]

Design and Materials

Guapi mao may be divided into six or eight segments. They are brimless and may have bamboo boning to make it keep its shape. Guapi mao are traditionally made with black silk, wool, gauze, or damask, but can be multicolored.^[4] They may have embroidered designs or decorations attached to denote a 'front' side. The top may also be decorated, often with a bobble or braided tassel.^[3]

Other usage

The emoji 'Man with Chinese Hat' (👲) is displayed as a man wearing a guapi mao. It was approved as part of Unicode 6.0.

Character information
Preview	👲
Unicode name	MAN WITH GUA PI MAO
Encodings	decimal	hex
Unicode	128114	U+1F472
UTF-8	240 159 145 178	F0 9F 91 B2
UTF-16	55357 56434	D83D DC72
GB 18030	148 57 212 56	94 39 D4 38
Numeric character reference	👲	👲
Shift JIS (au by KDDI)^[5]	243 213	F3 D5
Shift JIS (SoftBank 3G)^[5]	251 182	FB B6

References

↑ 崔, 荣荣; 牛, 犁 (2017). "从瓜皮帽的流行演变看社会变迁". 江西社会科学 (in Chinese) (8): 133–137.
↑ Tang, Qicui (2020-07-18). Ritual Civilization and Mythological Coding: Cultural Interpretation of Li Ji. Springer Nature. p. 163. ISBN 978-981-15-4393-7. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
1 2 "Peoples in northeast China and Inner Mongol_Virtual Science Museum of China". www.kepu.net.cn. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
↑ Niu, Li; Shen, Linlin (31 October 2021). "Analysis of Modellings, Techniques and Functions of the Chinese Skullcap" (PDF). Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe. 29 (5(149)): 86–90. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.9310. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
1 2 Unicode Consortium. "Emoji Sources". Unicode Character Database. Archived from the original on 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-11-26.

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[1] 崔, 荣荣; 牛, 犁 (2017). "从瓜皮帽的流行演变看社会变迁". 江西社会科学 (in Chinese) (8): 133–137.

[2] Tang, Qicui (2020-07-18). Ritual Civilization and Mythological Coding: Cultural Interpretation of Li Ji. Springer Nature. p. 163. ISBN 978-981-15-4393-7. Retrieved 2023-11-26.

[scimus-3] 1 2 "Peoples in northeast China and Inner Mongol_Virtual Science Museum of China". www.kepu.net.cn. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[4] Niu, Li; Shen, Linlin (31 October 2021). "Analysis of Modellings, Techniques and Functions of the Chinese Skullcap" (PDF). Fibres and Textiles in Eastern Europe. 29 (5(149)): 86–90. doi:10.5604/01.3001.0014.9310. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2023.

[EmojiSrc-5] 1 2 Unicode Consortium. "Emoji Sources". Unicode Character Database. Archived from the original on 2023-06-13. Retrieved 2023-11-26.

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