When did the custom of wearing turbans appear in some southern Han people?
Nov 10, 2022
One may be a variant of the Futou. The early Futou was a piece of towel, which was wrapped around the head and then tied in a knot in front of the forehead. The bamboo frame was added to the Futou to shape it at least after the Tang Dynasty. This kind of Futou Scarves can be traced back to the Qin, Han and pre-Qin periods, and a considerable number of terracotta warriors also have scarves on their heads.
After a large number of Han immigrants from the north came to the south, this custom was also brought to the south. In Qiu Ying's anti-Japanese map, the southern soldiers in Zhejiang did not wear helmets and wrapped their heads in red scarves. It should also be a kind of scarf wrapped by the southerners reflect.
In addition, there are also environmental considerations. There are many forests and damp in the south and other places. In the early morning, the water vapor evaporates.
Moreover, there are many ethnic minorities wearing scarves in the south, and the customs also influence each other.
As for what some southerners themselves said, after shaving their hair and changing clothes, they wrapped their heads with scarves when they could not see their ancestors, or they said that they would wear filial piety for Emperor Yizong. The custom of scarf.







