Ancient Chinese etiquette attaches great importance to crown clothes, and different crown clothes are used as important signs of etiquette levels. From the Southern Dynasties Liu Song, the famous Taoist Lu Xiujing, with the gradual completion of Taoist rituals, he began to reinterpret the doctrine of the Taoist's doctrine of adapting to the social hierarchical system based on the ancient crown dress system and combining with religious needs, and set it as a system.
There are many kinds of daofu in ancient times. The vestments that have been handed down to this day are: vestments, used by Taoist priests, with two textures of silk and satin, embroidered with images of mountains, dragons, sun, and gossip. The colors are red, yellow, blue, white, and black. The cuffs are 2 feet wide. 4 inches, the cuffs of the gown are 1 foot 8 inches wide; ordination, yellow, sleeves are 4 feet 2 inches wide, sleeve length is portable; Dao robe, is Daoist gown, also known as "Deluo", blue Color, sleeves are 1 foot 8 inches wide, long and portable, with two sleeves aligned with the robe wheel, not showing your feet in the court ceremony; the quilt is a Taoist clothing sewn with small pieces of cloth of various colors, also known as a "thousand layer clothing."
Crown clothing: the general term for the crowns and hairpins worn by Taoist priests and the clothes worn in the rituals. Early Taoist regulations on crown clothing were very simple. Starting from the Southern Dynasties Liu Song and Lu Xiujing, the Taoist crown clothing system became stricter, and the distinction between crown clothing became more obvious.
According to Volume 5 of the Southern and Northern Dynasties "Dong Xuan Ling Bao San Dong Feng Dao Ke Ji Ji Yin Ying" Volume 5, the crown and clothing of various Taoist priests were clearly stipulated. The book said: "Serve in the shape of a statue of virtue and ritual, the Taoist female crown, the prestige of the Taoist priest, the first to wear the sutra method, each must have this method, not to be ridiculous. Violation counts three thousand six hundred." Tang Taoist Zhang Wanfu "Three Hole Method" The classification of Taoist crown clothing in "Fu Ke Ji Wen" has been simplified, and is divided into six categories according to law.
Garment: The collective name for the various dresses of high-level masters in Taoist science and rituals. Repentance clothing, a type of vestment worn by Taoist priests when reciting sutras and repentance in ceremonial ceremonies; crimson clothing, a type of vestment worn by high-gong masters in large-scale ritual rituals, lined with sea*, with two wide sleeves Hanging to the ground, when the arms are extended, the two sleeves and the body form a quadrangular shape, and the two sleeves and the body are embroidered with golden silk dragon patterns; the sea*, for daily wear by Taoists, is simply made of blue cloth into a wide-sleeved Taoist gown. Nowadays, for the convenience of wearing, in summer, two kinds of white skirts and diagonal skirts are mostly worn, mostly made of cotton silk.
Law clothing: Taoist idols and the names of costumes worn by Gao Gong and masters in the ritual. Taoist legal clothing originated from the costume regulations of ancient Chinese sacrificial rituals, and was related to the evolution of Taoist doctrines and costumes.
