[6][7] The liangmao is made and is most commonly worn by the Hakka people who were originally from Northern China.

[2] Some Hakka women still wear the liangmao when working outdoors nowadays.

[8] The people of Gankeng have been making liangmao for more than 200 years.

[3] After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Gankeng town was the biggest producer of liangmao.

[7][8] In the late 1970s, the liangmao lost its market appeal and the demand for the hat shrank.