Koreans have long worn wide-brimmed hats; they are very uncomfortable. And where did they come from?
They say that in former times the Koreans often plotted against the king. The king thought for a long time about what he should do, and finally came up with an idea.
He issued a decree according to which all residents had to wear hats, not only made of clay, but also with huge brims. You can’t get close to each other in such a hat—the brim gets in the way; If you don’t whisper, you can’t hear anything, but speaking loudly is scary, spies can overhear and inform the king. Besides, you can’t fight with a clay hat, you’ll break the hat. And for this a large fine is imposed or, even worse, a severe punishment.
People grumble that they don’t have hats - they have to wear clay pots on their heads. It is not known whether the Koreans stopped fighting and rebelling, but they learned to bypass the law and replaced heavy clay hats with light hair and straw ones. Only the fields were and remain huge...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru