Let's talk about the unicorn lion's head, which is also commonly known as the "gate pier". The lion's head with unicorn pattern is named "unicorn pattern" because its grain resembles the scales on the legendary unicorn. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, there were records of Tibetan envoys paying tribute to Emperor Kangxi. Emperor Kangxi was overjoyed when he saw it, and gave it as a' royal' variety. Because of the short pile and big bottom, plump head, dignified and solemn appearance, stuffy nose, big belly, wide and thick sides, big concave bottom and beautiful skin color! The cortex is hard and heavy. Come on, color it! This variety is extremely rare in the market, and the Forbidden City still treasures this variety of walnuts; Some people call it the lion's head of the gate pier because it looks like the gate pier at the entrance of Beijing Siheyuan.
Let's talk about the second kind of official hat with Kirin pattern, which belongs to the grafted variety in recent years. Belong to the official hat class