As the name implies, the hat tube is an artificial product that officially placed official hats in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Later, it changed its use. It has become a device for placing feather dusters and painting axes, and has become a necessity for many family dowry and furniture. It was founded in the Qing Dynasty and prevailed in the late Qing Dynasty and even the Republic of China. However, in Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, blue peony or red peony flower-and-bird hat tubes and yellow glazed bamboo hat tubes were the best.

1. History of cap pipe

The "hat tube" rose in the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, that is, in the first half of the last century, 150 years. The "hat tube" was originally used to put hats, and later developed into a forced dowry for furniture and women's marriage. Hat tube is composed of craft, creation, painting and other processes, which is one of the folk customs in China for a century and a half.

2. Type of bottle cap

There are many kinds of hats in Qing dynasty, with exquisite painting and strong colors. The technique of expression complements blue and white, color, pastel and monochrome glaze. Shapes are round, square, hexagonal and so on. Decorative themes are also very rich. Common patterns mainly include landscapes, animals, fruits, flowers, birds, fish and insects. The paintings in Tongzhi period are brightly colored, with lotus petals at the bottom of the mouth and light balls and thin powder.

3. The characteristics of the cap tube

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the painting method of "light crimson color" began to appear, with light green, cyan and light color painted on porcelain, which was used to depict landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, elegance and Chinese painting at that time. The same style of side clothes popular in Tongzhi era disappeared. In the late Qing dynasty, until liberation, hat tubes were usually a lot of decals, some stickers, some maps, as well as knowledge, money and a person's name. The pattern becomes more exquisite, which is used to soften the glaze, and there are no uneven pen marks in hand painting, so the pattern is very beautiful.