Chapter 32 Section 6 Monk and Dao Clothes

Taoism was founded as early as the Han Dynasty, and Buddhism was also introduced to China at the same time.In the Tang and Song Dynasties, Buddhism and Taoism went hand in hand.The clothing of Taoist priests mainly includes Taoist crowns, Taoist scarves, and zodiac robes.Daoguan, usually made of metal or wood, is still yellow in color, so it is called Huangguan.Later generations often refer to Taoist priests with yellow crowns.There are nine kinds of Taoist scarves: Hunyuan scarf, Jiuliang scarf, Chunyang scarf, Taiji scarf, lotus leaf scarf, backer scarf, Fangshan scarf, Tang scarf, and Yizi scarf.Taoist priests usually wear zodiac robes, also called big and small shirts, most of which are cross-collared and slanted.They wear straw sandals.The Taoist priests in the Song Dynasty kept the shape of the ancient upper garment, lower garment and hairpin crown.

According to Buddhist regulations, the clothes of Buddhist monks are limited to three clothes and five clothes.Sanyi, the free translation of Sanskrit Tricivara, transliterated as "Zhivara".The three clothes are the three kinds of clothes worn by Buddhist monks (male monks who have received the great precepts after becoming a monk), namely, Sanghali (a coat made of nine to twenty-five pieces of cloth), Yuduoluo monk (a coat made of seven pieces of cloth). ), An Tuo Hui (underwear sewn from five strips of cloth).The cloth strips of these clothes are criss-crossed in a field shape.The five clothes refer to the three clothes plus the monk Zhizhi (shoulder-covering clothes) and Juesura (skirts).The former covers the left shoulder, covers the two armpits, opens left and closes right, and is cut over the waist. It is a long piece of clothing, which is worn from the left shoulder to the waist.In the latter, the two sides of the rectangular cloth are sewn together to form a cylinder, and the waist is tied with a tie.According to legend, the three clothes and five clothes are the robes stipulated by Sakyamuni.In addition, there are cassocks, which are also Buddhist dharma garments, which are made up of many small rectangular pieces of cloth.In order to show asceticism, monks often pick up the old rags discarded by others, wash them and patch them up, which is called patchwork clothes.It is not allowed to use the "five positive colors" of blue, yellow, red, white, and black, and the "five secondary colors" of scarlet, red, purple, green, and blue. Only the three colors of bronze, mud (soap), and magnolia (red and black) are allowed. .According to the "Shishi Yaolan" volume, there are five sources: clothing with benefactors, clothing without benefactors, reciprocating clothing (clothes for dead people), clothing for dead people, and dung sweeping clothing (referring to the broken clothes discarded by people).

Dharma robes are the clothes worn by Taoist mages when holding ceremonies, precepts, and fasting altars, including Xiayi and Jingyi.Monks and Taoists also wear straight skirts, also known as straight skirts and straight bodies, made of plain cloth, with large sleeves on the front and black borders around the edges of the clothes.