Editing Veil (section)

== Tradition of veil use in China ==
China has a long tradition of wearing veils. Veils were used to cover the face and had been used since the [[Han dynasty]], where they were called "facial clothes" or "facial hats"; they were used to protect its wearer's face from the wind and sand when they would ride horses or when they would travel on long trips.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last1=Zhu |first1=Ruixi |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953576345 |title=A social history of middle-period China : the Song, Liao, Western Xia and Jin dynasties |last2=朱瑞熙 |date=2016 |others=Bangwei Zhang, Fusheng Liu, Chongbang Cai, Zengyu Wang, Peter Ditmanson, Bang Qian Zhu |isbn=978-1-107-16786-5 |edition=Updated |oclc=953576345}}</ref>{{Rp|page=202}} In the [[Tang dynasty]], [[Mili (veil)|mili]] and [[weimao]] were used to cover the face when horse riding.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=202}} In the [[Song dynasty]], women would wear a [[Weimao#Song dynasty gaitou hat|veiled hat]] or veil when they left their houses, [[honggaitou]] on their wedding, a veil called 'white jade silk' during their mourning period.<ref name=":02" />{{Rp|page=|pages=202–203}}