Fujin (headgear)

Fujin (Chinese: 幅巾) is a type of guanmao (冠帽), a male traditional headgear made from a black fabric in China and Korea.

Painting of Tang Xianzu with Fujin

It was usually worn with Shenyi in the Ming Dynasty. Later, Joseon adopt this headwear and called it bokgeon (Hangul: 복건). Though it was initially worn only during important events, it was worn by most men of high-standing by the Joseon period. Members of the scholar-official class decorated their fujin with gold leaf.[1]

See also

References
  1. Shim, Hwa-jin (2004). 우리옷 만들기 [Making our clothes] (in Korean). Seoul: Sungshin Women's University Press. p. 194.


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