In the past, farmers working in the fields often wore a bamboo hat and a straw rain cape.
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A classic image of farmers and fishermen in the rain, usually paired with the bamboo hat 斗笠. A famous Tang lyric by 张志和 pictures a fisherman in 青箬笠,绿蓑衣 (a green bamboo-leaf hat, a green straw cape) who stays out in the slanting wind and fine rain.