Wangjin is a kind of traditional headgear worn by adult men in the Chinese Ming Dynasty. The Korean manggeon of the Joseon period was a derivative of the wangjin and was introduced to Joseon during the Ming dynasty. In ancient China, the wangjin was usually made out of fibres or horsetail or could be made out of mixed fabrics such as silk or linen. Similar head-wears to the wangjin was also worn during the from the Later Lê dynasty to the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam and in the Ryukyu Kingdom. According to the legend, the earliest people who wore wangjin were Taoist priests. The emperor was very satisfied with the answer that also referred to uniting the country. One day, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty wore common clothes to visit the folk and he saw a Taoist priest wearing wangjin on top of his head. After the emperor returned to his palace, he ordered all the men in the country, from the emperor to the common man, to wear wangjin. Since then, the wangjin has become the common headgear of adult men in the entire country. The two borders are adorned with two small circles made of gold, jade or copper and tin. Tie small ropes at each end of the side, cross in two circles, tie the top to the forehead, and make the side and eyebrows flush. Wang Bu, a man from the Qing dynasty, once introduced the wangjin as something that looks like a fishing net. In the Wanli period of the Ming dynasty, people began to use fallen hair and horsehair instead of silk to make wangjin. During the collapse of the Ming dynasty, the Manchu emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered all men to shave their forehead under the Tifayifu policy, the use of wangjin in China came to an end. There are also many styles of wangjin. Nowadays, historians and the people interested in Chinese history research ancient books and historical relics to restore various forms of the wangjin. Men wearing a wangjin and working on a winnowing machine, illustrated in the book Tiangong Kaiwu from the Ming dynasty. A wangjin unearthed from the tomb of Zhang Mao and his wife in the Ming dynasty. Ming dynasty portrait of a man wearing wangjin. 王, 亚蓉 (2003). 王, 亚蓉 (ed.). 中国传统服饰. Modern replica of a wangjin. 王亚蓉, 贺阳. This page was last edited on 20 December 2023, at 03:42 (UTC). By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.