In ancient times, the dragon robe was exclusive to the emperor. Why did Bao Zheng in Song Dynasty wear a dragon robe?

In ancient times, the dragon was exclusive to the emperor, and the most obvious one was the dragon robe. If there are people besides the emperor who wear dragon robes, it is rebellion, but why can Bao Zheng in Song Dynasty wear dragon robes? "Dragon robe" is the emperor's exclusive product, and others will be beheaded when they get it and put it on. "Unauthorized use of royal things, especially wearing dragon robes" is a crime of trespassing. Don't say that you wear a dragon robe, that is, you have a dragon robe hidden in your house. Once it is found out by the court, it will also be exterminated.

Bao Zheng is an upright official and an official of Dali Temple. He knows the knowledge here. Although Bao Gong dares to "kill the dragon robe", he will not wear it at the risk of being beheaded. Maybe you watched the TV series Bao Qingtian and thought that Bao Zheng was wearing a dragon robe? But TV play is an artistic creation with exaggerated effect.

In order to improve Bao Zheng's position in people's minds and attract people's attention, Bao Qingtian specially wore a conspicuous embroidered robe. Bao Zheng's "Bao Gong Opera" wearing "Dragon Robe" is based on the costumes of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which does not conform to the royal costume system of the Song Dynasty and belongs to excessive clothing. In addition, the costumes of traditional operas are all embroidered robes with four claws, which are mistaken for dragon robes. Most of the clothes Bao Zheng wore in film and television dramas were black, which was the so-called embroidered robe at that time.

Bao Zheng is neither royalty nor vassal, and he is not a very important person. From any point of view, he is not qualified to wear a dragon robe, and it is an overhead for future generations to say that he can also wear a dragon robe. Although Bao Zheng is a college student in Longtuge, he is still a courtier, so he can't wear a dragon robe. The python-like dragon pattern caused misunderstanding, so the clothes he wore were not dragon robes, but python robes. It was in the Ming Dynasty that embroidered robes were used as royal clothes.