Jade Green Garments for Funeral and Mourning

The jade green garments in the picture was the robe that officials wore from the second anniversary of state funerals 大祥 until the rite of ending the mourning period 禫祭. These garments were also used during the rites at the royal ancestral shrines 拜陵 and the memorial rites on the anniversary of state funerals 忌晨祭. The officials who inspected the royal tombs also wore these garments. The outer fabric is white ramie, the inner fabric is raw and unpatterned silk in jade green, and the neckband is made of unpatterend silk. These double-layered garments are of wide sleeves, and reinforcement strips are sewed inside between the body of the robe and the sleeves.

*Designated as National Folklore Cultural Heritage No. 121