The origin of cloak

Mantle; Cloak

A wearable coat. Used to keep out the wind and cold. The short man was once called Bi, and the old man was also called cloak. Cloak is usually sleeveless. In ancient China, there were long cloaks with fake sleeves.

In the Neolithic Age about 1 0,000 years ago, China had a cloak. 5000 years ago, a man wearing a cloak was in the relief of ancient Egypt. Cloak has long been popular in the Mediterranean, 1 1 century or so in Europe. Cloak was mainly used as a dress coat for upper-class women in China in Qing Dynasty, which had noble meaning. It also had a name such as bell, arhat suit and awning suit.

Cloak can be divided into three categories according to the parts of human body: long cloak (cloak), short cloak and hooded cloak. According to the use, it can be divided into: ① cloak used in daily life. Known as Bolero cloak (small cloak); Others include baby cloaks and hooded cloaks, raincoats (ponchos) and so on. (2) The cloaks used by religious people include Christian sacrificial cloaks and their crosses, Buddhist monks' robes, Taoist cloaks, etc. (3) Cloak for stage, including cloak for play and knee-length cloak for magician (round piece with neckline in the middle). (4) Etiquette cloaks, including cloaks for watching plays, cloaks for coronation of British heads of state, and cloaks for doctors at Cambridge University. In addition, there are long ponchos worn by cavalry, nurses' uniforms (seven-minute long ponchos cut with dark blue wool and lined with red), two-color ponchos worn by bullfighters (Cobot), beach ponchos for swimming ashore, "Jerva" of China Yi people and "Seven-star sheepskin shawls" of Naxi people.