Embroidered pythons are not dragons. Four-toed dragons are called pythons because their paws have four toes, which are dragon five toes in the royal family. Also known as floral clothing and python clothing. Women with seals can also wear them.

In the Ming Dynasty, Shen Defu's Wild Harvest said: A python suit looks like a dragon suit, similar to the royal robe of the Supreme Court, but it lacks a claw (toe) ... Every official will wear a python suit when there is a celebration, and this day is called a fancy dress period. If the birthday is ten thousand days, then the first three days and the last four days are the flower arranging period.

Introduced function

Python is a kind of highly decorative clothing, which inherits the tradition of China's clothing in the past dynasties to pursue the beauty of artistic conception and embody the beauty of spiritual implication, that is, to decorate the human body with clothing. Its robes and wide sleeves have a sense of solemnity; Gorgeous decorative patterns are endowed with symbolic significance. Another major feature of python is its strong dancing ability. It gets rid of the natural life form, has no waist, and clothes can swing at will to express the mood of the characters (jade belts are hung on the clothes, which only play a decorative role); It uses exaggerated sleeves to enrich the performance.