On Chinese Clothing

 On the development and evolution of Chinese clothing

Abstract

a long history of Chinese dress, each dynasty has its distinctive features attracted the attention of the world. From the primitive society, Xia and Shang, Warring States, Qin and Han, Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song, Liao, Xia, Jin and Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, to the modern. Different times, different social performance of different characteristics, just like everything in the production,UGGs, development, evolution, like the contents of a certain historical period costumes are from the previous period there is some kind of inheritance can be said that the previous period continuation and development. Here from the various dynasties in Chinese history to explore the different style of dress, the more widely recognized the diversity of Chinese clothing and appreciate its profound.

Key words Spring and Autumn; dark clothing; Chinese clothing; dress



clothing is a historical stage of human development to a certain product, is an important pillar of human civilized life. So the interpretation of dress is it? Clothing items are decorated general body, including clothing, shoes, hats, socks, gloves, scarves, ties, bags, umbrellas, hair ornaments and so on. On the origin of clothing, a variety of scholars view could be summed up as follows:

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the historical origin of clothing culture, from classical to find, often be attributed to the Sovereigns and Five Emperors, such as the Warring States were relegated to Bo Yu, the Yellow Emperor made clothes.

a primitive society clothing

now see the original dress is usually based on social unearthed bone needles, bone and other clothing tools imagination cone recovery. Before the invention of technology is not yet in the textile, fur clothing of the main material for people. Paleolithic no rope, wire, you may use animal ligaments to make clothes. Sites in the Upper Cave Man and other ancient tomb, had excavated a large number of decorations, including headwear, necklaces and wrist jewelry, natural beauty of stone materials, animal bone and teeth of fish such as sea shells, when the wearing of these ornaments might not only for decoration, maybe also contains a memorial to the victory of fishing and hunting. Into the Stone Age, textile technology inventions, clothing materials from cloth woven with artificial, and thus a change in clothing in the form, function also improved. Phi Tau consistent single service such as clothing and apparel has become a classic cape-style clothing, accessories are becoming increasingly complex, and the costumes a significant impact on the formation of the system. Apart from a general Neolithic-style clothing, but also from some pottery remains found in the crown, boots, headwear, accessories, and the use of hairpin hair Zhuiji bone, stone, jade hairpin and so on.

two dynasties apparel

starting from the Xia Dynasty, China entered the slave society. Literature from the ancient time, we can see that people have to understand the Mulberry sericulture, agriculture, handicraft industry division of labor there, and larger than the original days of development. All this is undoubtedly the evolution of dress great role.

Shang on behalf of the clothing material mainly leather, leather, silk, hemp. As the progress of textile technology, textile accounts for an important position polyandrum. Shang people have been able to fine thin silk weaving, jacquard geometric pattern Jin, Qi, and twisted loom Luosha. Slave owners and the aristocracy, usually have to wear beautiful colors of silk clothes. Heavy use of color clothing, in addition to using mineral pigments such as cinnabar, many wild plants such as Sophora japonica, Gardenia, blue oak bucket and planting grass, madder, Lithospermum, also has been used as a dye for clothing materials and decorations provide an unprecedented material conditions. The slaves, civilians usually wear gray linen, cambric front of clothing or coarse commoner.

to the Western Zhou Dynasty mainly dressed in dress like Lower part of the clear coat, laid the basic shape of Chinese clothing, Sleeves in size, length there grew up Kuanbo style, collar-style moments make more twists and turns straight down, with a connecting link characteristics. According to historical records and unearthed cultural relics of China Costume system, initially established in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, to the Zhou Dynasty had a full sound.

Third, the Spring and Autumn clothing Spring and Autumn Period embroidery process

great progress, so that more fine clothing material, the variety denomination has become increasingly diverse. The spread of technology, so diverse, beautiful dress and stand out. Spring and Autumn period clothing, the elite Kuanbo, lower-class narrow, has become a trend. 307 BC, King Wuling of Zhao Hu Fu issued orders to implement Hu Fu refers to when the In addition to the Spring and Autumn

Hu Fu, there is a clothing style, called Clothing is different from the lower part dark shirt is a garment up and down together, this clothing a great influence in society, whether men and women are equal, civil and military official rank, can be wearing dark clothing. Clothes are hidden deep meaning of the body, is home of the casual literati, but also common people people dress, unisex, probably formed in the Spring and Autumn at the turn. Ribbon-cutting deep clothing unique clothing and shirt connected with the production cut when the upper and lower points, connected to the middle seam, use the most widely used, second only to North Korea a grand festival of the service.

IV, Han Clothing

cloth Qin and Han Dynasty Spring and Autumn Period more rich, dark clothing has also been a new development, but more common in the early Western Han Dynasty, the Han, the man who has been rarely seen wearing dark clothing, most people straight garment of clothing, and not as a formal dress. Qin raw material for silk clothing, linen, fur and other fabrics and Ge, the main aspects of the clothes jade, Yuhuan, Ock, Bi, Yu Sheng and so on. Collar service men and women are to pay, right ren,UGG boots clearance, narrow sleeves, clothing insulation and decorative woven belt, mostly color, pattern refinement. Length knee soldiers, about two symmetrical straight garment lapel type, can be jade dorsal cover, bottom corner as the two lapel swallowtail, dark clothing to keep the basic shape.

Han clothes, and they are gown?? (straight body unlined), jacket (jacket), skirt, and became popular clogs. Han textile technology has achieved a high level, because the embroidery industry is very developed, so wealthy families can wear nice clothes grade silk, usually wearing a jacket pants people, poor people wore short brown ( jacket made of coarse). Han women dressed in two-piece dress, there are robes, skirts the style of many, the most famous is the Beautiful silk production during this period very much, Han Chien-yuan three years (BC 138) Western envoy Zhang Qian was ordered twice to open up China and Western countries land access, pouring tens of thousands of horses silk Sinotrans, Li Wei Tang, Qiwei interrupt, called the So, pass to the world of Chinese clothing culture.

V. Wei Clothing

Wei and Jin period, some changes in level of dress, national dress much blending. Wei Chu, caps the past, when scholars have adopted multi-use towels instead of amplitude, there Angular towels, towels water chestnut, purple Lun towel, white towel-lun, so on. Southern and Northern Dynasties period is not only the popularity of clogs, and the full emergence of new clothes,Discount UGG boots, there are Mountain shoes, weight bench shoes, free shoes, green silk shoes, shoe, etc. thank the public 5. Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Central Plains minority, the people the wrong home and domestic, political, economic, and cultural habits of mutual penetration of the wind, the formation of large fusion situation, clothing is thus Gaiyi development. Jacket to dress up in the North? Fold become mainstream, without distinction between men and women can wear. Women's clothing The late Eastern Jin Qi, Liang, the dress is jacket skirt suit, the original in the Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, have a short coat, skirt under the broad features.

Wei, clothing, old system still largely inherited the Qin and Han dynasties. The beginning of construction of the minority regime in Southern and Northern Dynasties, still dressed in accordance with the custom of the family, then by the Han Chinese culture, also began to wear Han costumes. One of the most representative is in Wo Xianbei eighteen years towards the Northern Wei (494) Qianduluoyang, the Wei Emperor Xiaowen of the implementation of Chinese policies, Tuoba name change, the rate of The original folder Xianbei leading small sleeve wear clothes, the old customs reform, known as

VI Sui dress

Sui clothes during the previous generation, although to a large extent the system of succession, but the system has also been some innovation. Economic and cultural prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties, the development of either cloth or clothing clothing style, unprecedented faction emerged brilliant scene. Sui is the most fashionable women dress jacket skirt, women's short sleeve jacket is a small, under a tight skirt, high Qunyao system, generally above the waist, and some even lines in the armpit, and ribbon tie, gives people a feeling pretty slim. Then the collar on the jacket diverse, which was popular topless big-sleeved shirt, shawl and long narrow the disclosure from the child evolved later, after the disclosure is to become the arms and dance in front of the ribbon, which is the ancient Chinese typical ladies clothing, the most prevalent in the Tang and Five Dynasties.

masculine women is one of the Tang Dynasty performance of an open society, a woman was dressed in men's fashion, women dressed in military uniform, a women's clothing and a landscape, also appeared unprecedented bare equipment, showing the body the curves. Tang Renshan and Ethnic Minorities in the integration of Tianzhu, Persian and other foreign culture, to the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan Hu Fu is very popular new look. Scarf child was also popular, the Department of gold and silver powder or painted with Silver Flower chiffon flower Luo production, fixed at one end Banbi chest belt, and then wrap stand on another, the convolution between the arm, it is called Phi silk.

seven, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan summer dress

basically retained the Han Dynasty style costumes, Liao, Western Xia, Jin and Yuan Dynasty costumes were a Khitan, Tangut, Jurchen and Mongolian features.

Song is on women wearing jacket with tight sleeves, the next wearing a long skirt, coat the outside usually wear long sleeves and buttons down the front a small child on a backing, much like the current vest, child's neck and breast Bei have a beautiful embroidered lace. A bright clothing of the color against the Tang Dynasty, the formation of quiet and elegant style. Mostly on the jacket at this time dajin Banbi, under skirt fashionable More use of gauze skirt the main material, embroidered or decorated with bead-drawing case, when the slits also appeared before the In the middle of the ribbon on the skirt often linked to a jade ring jewelry The first Song Dynasty have all the popular clothing, men fashion Fu heads, pieces of cloth, women were popular Corolla and the hijab. The representation of survivors of the Song Dynasty costumes as co-lead (AC Link) big shirt sleeve, loose-fitting gown, SU towel. Southern Song Dynasty, and social progress of the fashion show is called

Khitan, Jurchen usually wear jackets with tight sleeves round neck knee, with a single step with the boots may be appropriate to immediately combat Hunting; women wear gowns with tight sleeves cross collar shirt, long dorsal Qi, are left-ren , contrast with the Han people, the habit of wearing fishing pier spread to the mainland was widely popular. Multi-party key group of women with lapel Hu Fu, between the beautifully embroidered collar.

people's clothes are mainly Yuan Sun service quality, is the short robe, tight, relatively narrow, there are many folds at the waist, this dress is very easy horse dismount. Yuan Yi Tong called long gown, the style differences between men and women in the North is not large, but the material forage to concentrate and poor, but disparities. Superior distinctive red robes and more use of color woven gold brocade, and followed the golden flower size determined from the high and low grade, things were only allowed to use the lower Tan Luo brown silk. Generally prohibit the use of civilians and gold dragon and phoenix patterns, color, we can only use the dark? Wire.

eight, Ming and Qing Dynasties Apparel

the Ming Dynasty to the Han as the main body traditional clothing, clothing for the Manchu Qing Dynasty Zeyi the crowd. Ming clothing of ordinary people or long, or short, or shirts, or skirts, basically inherited the old traditional cultivars, and very rich. There was a long body vest, the shape of a soldier's shield, hence the name vest, is especially popular among young women. Women used to cover the Ming Dynasty dress shirt or a child goes back shoulder, Coronet, Xia Pei Ming Dynasty women's dress, is the Empress and other major ceremonies attending the worship used clothing. Dragon wore the crown, together with Xiapei wear. Greater use of the Ming Dynasty buttons, mainly used in the dress, the uniforms are rarely used, when Ming has been popular.

Manchu women,UGG boots cheap, the As for the later spread of the so-called cheongsam, long-term mainly used in court and the royal family. The late Qing Dynasty, Han Chinese cheongsam for the lady with the imitation. Manchu wear jewelry decorated bone points, stone ornaments, jewelry, gold and silver and so on.

nine, modern dress

Revolution ended two thousand years of feudal monarchy, the Chinese nation has entered a new era of clothing. Early Republic and the long robe and appeared parallel suit the situation, Chinese students cut braids, and students filled the first service is a cap or a white wide-brimmed canvas hat. Tunic before and after 20 years, and gradually spread in the city. The vast rural areas of the jacket has been the traditional pants, wearing a hat or hats, sewing their own feet is satisfied with the shoes. Jacket skirt, dress, underwear made of unlined garment can also be made on the wallet or coat. Since the age of 20, women prefer qipao, cheongsam has become the fashion that does not weaken. After the founding of the People's Republic

, clothing Sung to the simple and practical. 50 to 70 years, men had become the principal clothing tunic, in addition to an epidemic of military casual, and the people loading; women affected by the Soviet Union, dresses swept the city, in addition to an epidemic of Lenin and other equipment. But in rural areas, coat pants has been the majority of farmers under the traditional attire. After 1978, China's reform and opening-up policy, reflecting the spirit of the times, with Chinese characteristics, the development of clothing are springing up, look brand new. Fashionable, style, unique, clothing with personality, naturalization, and environmental protection. In addition, the Tang suit, Song installed, rhyme and other equipment still in the clear.

succession of Chinese dynasties to understand people's clothes and accessories, what had evolved into what the various ethnic and cultural characteristics, thus revealing the Chinese ancient civilization to create the most brilliant inventions - the basic features of Chinese clothing culture, showing the rich culture of Chinese clothing.