Chinese Silk Embroidered Festival Hat c.1900’sSilk Embroidered Chinese Festival Hat c. 1900s Well preserved hat with excellent facial features. An unusual short hair beard and exquisite silk embroidery. Chinese children's hats were designed as tigers and dragons to protect the child from sickness, ward off evil spirits, and also imbue the child with important qualities such as wealth, health, courage, academic success, happiness, long life, grace, and beauty. These hats were full of symbolism.