History Main / AllAsiansWearConicalStrawHats

* American Apparel [[http://www.racialicious.com/2011/08/08/does-american-apparel%E2%80%99s-ching-chong-hat-offend-you/ recently came under fire]] for advertising and selling "Ching Chong hats" that were, you guessed it, Asian conical hats.

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* Kibagami Jubei of ''NinjaScroll'' fame often wears one.

* Chichiri from ''FushigiYuugi'' has one, which also gives him the ability to get out of bad situations via magic. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Miaka tries this, and fails]].

* Many early 'talkies' that depicted Asian countries and characters would feature Asian characters (usually played by white actors) wearing traditional "Asian looking" outfits, complete with these types of hats. Anna May Wong, being the first Chinese American movie star, was often foisted into these roles.

* In the {{Discworld}}, the wizard Rincewind is sent to the Agatean Empire in ''Discworld/{{Interesting Times}}'', where he discovers this is indeed true, and escapes pursuit by the simple means of donning such a hat and therefore looking indistinguishable from anyone else.

* Worker units for east Asian civilizations in the ''CivilizationIV'' expansion pack ''Beyond The Sword'' don the conical hats.

* Aang from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' owns one, though he rarely wears it.

* Crane from ''KungFuPanda''.

* Enma Ai from ''JigokuShoujo'' is shown wearing one occasionally as part of her civilian clothes during flashbacks to the Feudal era.

* Sensei Wu in LegoNinjago.

* The eponymous character of SamuraiJack often wears one of these.

* The caps on the mushrooms in "TheNutcracker" segment from ''{{Disney/Fantasia}}'' resemble coolie hats.

* Most Korean civilians in ''Series/Mash'', especially in the early seasons, wear rice hats.

* Kirk Lazarus wears one while pretending to be a farmer in TropicThunder.

* The caps on the mushrooms in TheNutcracker segment from ''{{Disney/Fantasia}}'' resemble coolie hats.

* ''FinalFantasyX''. Yojimbo, the sole samurai aeon, wears a large conical hat.
* Brother 4 and Brother 6 from ''AfroSamurai''.

* Out of the Asian characters in {{Hetalia}}, only Vietnam has been seen using one of these hats in canon.

[[caption-width-right:200:Even Asian gods wear them]]

However, Hollywood and the general media seems to forget this last fact. So in fiction, there are many Asians characters who wear a conical hat...simply because they're Asian. Regardless of whether or not it makes sense for the character to be wearing such a hat, if they are Asian, they will be seen wearing one to allow viewers to recognize that they are in fact an Asian character.

The conical Asian hat (also known as a sedge hat, rice hat, or paddy hat) is a simple style of conical hat originating in East and Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea. This style of hat is used primarily as protection from the sun and rain, and is usually kept on the head by a cloth (often silk) chin strap; an internal band of the same material keeps the hat itself from resting on the wearer's head. While anybody can wear the hats, they are primarily worn by women who work on farms or in fields for hours on end.[[hottip:*:It helps preserve the white in RavenHairIvorySkin.]] Although in Korea, they are primarily worn by Buddhist monks.

* [[http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Aang%27s_Conical_Hat Aang]] from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' owns one, though he rarely wears it.

* Enma Ai from ''JigokuShoujo'' is shown wearing one occasionally as part of her civilian clothes during flashbacks to the Feudal era.

The conical Asian hat (also known as a sedge hat, rice hat, or paddy hat) is a simple style of conical hat originating in East and Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, Vietnam, China, Japan and Korea. This style of hat is used primarily as protection from the sun and rain, and is usually kept on the head by a cloth (often silk) chin strap; an internal band of the same material keeps the hat itself from resting on the wearer's head. While anybody can wear the hats, they are primarily worn by women who work on farms or in fields for hours on end.[[hottip:*:It helps preserve the white in BlackAndWhiteBeauty.]] Although in Korea, they are primarily worn by Buddhist monks.

* American Apparel [[http://www.racialicious.com/2011/08/08/does-american-apparel%E2%80%99s-ching-chong-hat-offend-you/ recently came under fire]] for advertising and selling "Ching Chong hats" that were, you guessed it, Asian conical hats.

* [[http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Aang%27s_Conical_Hat Aang]] from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' owns one, though he rarely wears it.