On rainy days, farmers in Jiangnan used to put on a bamboo-leaf hat and a straw cape to work in the fields.
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张志和's Tang ci 《渔歌子》 pictures a fisherman in 青箬笠，绿蓑衣, a green leaf hat and a green straw cape, who will not go home in the slanting wind and fine rain. The everyday word for such a hat is 斗笠.
