Mandarin square
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A mandarin square, also known as a rank badge, was a large embroidered badge sewn onto the surcoat of officials in Imperial China, Korea, in Vietnam, and the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was embroidered with de
Qing dynasty mandarin square, 6th civil rank, about 30 cm square.
A 15th-century portrait of the Ming minister Liu Daxia. His mandarin square indicates that he was a civil official of the first rank.
A Qing dynasty photograph of a government official with mandarin square on the chest.
3rd civil rank (peacock). Mid 19th century. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Yuanlingshan
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A yuanlingshan is a type of round-collared upper garment in the traditional Chinese style of clothing known as Hanfu; it is also referred to as a yuánlǐngpáo or a pánlǐngpáo when used as a robe.
Men wearing yuanlingpao, Tang dynasty painting, 706 AD.
Woman wearing a yuanlingshan with a skirt, Ming dynasty
A child wearing yuanlingpao and a gentleman, late Western Han Dynasty.
Panling lanshan, Wei, Jin, or Southern-Northern Dynasties