Imperial yellow jacket

The imperial yellow jacket (Chinese: 黃馬褂; pinyin: Huáng mǎguà) was a symbol of high honour during China's Qing dynasty. As yellow was a forbidden color, representing the Emperor, the jacket was given only to high-ranking officials and to the Emperor's body guards.

Huang magua
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese黃馬褂
Simplified Chinese黃马褂
Literal meaningYellow horse jacket
English name
EnglishImperial yellow jacket
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