The Nine-Fold Scarf1 is a kind of hat usually worn by Daoists. It has a lean top like the lean roof of Chinese tiled houses. The front has nine folds and nine beams. It is similar to the Chunyang Scarf or the Nine-Fold Huayang Scarf. The Chart of Three Rites says, "The Chunyang Scarf, also named the Letian Scarf, is rather similar to the scarves of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Its top has an inch of silk folded like bamboo tablets hanging in the back. It is called the Chunyang Scarf after the immortal Lu Chunyang and the Letian Scarf after the poet Bai Letian." Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Complete Perfection Sect, also wore such a hat. According to the Pervasive Mystery Collections of Gold and Jade, "Perfect Man Chongyang Who Saves with Mercy and Subtlety, then living in a hut on Kunlun Mountain, made a scarf with three and half feet of blue cloth with nine folds and nine beams on the top. He said he had seen this hat in dreams, named the Nine-Fold Huayang Scarf. The Master, looking dignified and alike to Immortal Zhongli, with this scarf adding to his grace, was a true transcendent." So Complete Perfection Daoists wore a Nine-Fold Scarf at first. But contemporary Complete Perfection Daoists wear the Scarf of Original Chaos, while Orthodox Oneness Daoists wear the Nine-Fold Scarf in rituals, in order to differentiate themselves from Complete Perfection Daoists.
