Among the costumes of Yi ethnic group in Huangping, Guizhou, a headwear named tassel hat, is a round hat in the shape of the sun with radiating tassels like the sun rays and an arrow on top aiming at tile sun. Looking down from the middle of the tassel hat as the pleated skirt opens up; it is a visual symbol of the sun radiating from tile center. Yi women describe it as this, "their hat symbolizes
the sun carrying an arrow in the center. In ancient times, there were total of 13 suns and 13 moons up in tile sky. Unbearable to live under that condition, the ancestors of Yi shot down 12 suns and 12 moons with silver arrows, leaving only one of each." The costume and the headwear today are part of that legend.
