Gat (hat)
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Hangul | ê°“ |
Revised Romanization | gat |
McCune–Reischauer | kat |
A gat is a type of Korean traditional hat worn by men along with hanbok (Korean traditional clothing) during the Joseon period. It is made from horsehair with a bamboo frame and is partly transparent in black color.
Most gat are cylindrical in shape with a wide brim on a bamboo frame. Only married and middle class men during the late 19th century could wear gat, which represented their social status and protected their topknots (Hangul: ìƒíˆ¬; RR: sangtu).
Under the Joseon, black gat (Hangul: í‘립; hanja: é»‘ç¬ ; RR: heungnip) were restricted to men who had passed the gwageo examination. Commoners wore a variant called paeraengi (패ëžì´) which was woven from split bamboo.[1]
Artisans who make gat are called ganniljang (ê°“ì¼ìž¥) in Korean, from gannil (ê°“ì¼ "hatmaking, millinery") + jang (Hangul: 장; hanja: åŒ "artisan, craftsman, master of a craft").
Notes
- ↑ "패ëžì´". naver.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
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