早期云肩多数形似翅膀坠于肩头两侧，不过从沂南汉幕壁画中的百戏图来看，也有围脖子一周的云肩。

In the early days, most of the cloud shoulders resembled wings hanging on both sides of the shoulders, but according to the Hundred Dramas in the Han Dynasty murals in Yinan, there were also cloud shoulders around the neck.