Kimono is a traditional Japanese costume, which has a long history of development and is based on the costumes of China in the Tang Dynasty. In the 8th century, China's Tang Dynasty clothes were introduced to Japan, which had a great influence on Japanese kimono. Nowadays, kimonos worn by Japanese people are basically shaped around 600 years ago.
In the eyes of many people, the kimono is not just a simple dress, but a very beautiful work of art. It is said that the kimono also has a name called "flower viewing screen", because the patterns and colors of the kimono reflect the specific image of nature. When people walk around in kimono, it will shake like a dynamic canvas. Having said that, I think of the costumes of Beijing Opera, which is also an out-and-out work of art, but in contrast, kimono is obviously completely integrated into people's daily life, and the costumes of Beijing Opera are obviously the result of exaggeration, and no one will wear such costumes in daily life.
Kimono has a long history and has undergone many changes. However, after Meiji, the kimono changed little, so it was regarded as "the tradition of activity".
Traditional kimono is time-consuming to wear and complicated to sew. For Japanese people with a very fast pace of modern life, wearing kimono is awkward. Therefore, from the 1920s, this traditional clothing was gradually replaced by western-style clothing. However, "there are some new kimonos on the market, which are similar in design to traditional kimonos, but the accessories are simple and convenient, and they are sewn with washed cloth developed by famous designers, which is very attractive." Compared with the traditional kimono with fine workmanship and exquisite fabrics, it usually takes an hour or two to wear. The new kimono is not only cheap, but also can be worn in 10 minutes, and it can also help young people learn to wear kimono. As long as they are used to wearing kimono, they will eventually buy a traditional kimono. "
It can be said that the westernization level of Japan is much higher than that of China. However, although many things are westernized, Japanese traditional culture is still very complete and amazing, and kimono is one of the highlights, which attracts worldwide attention.
In fact, after careful analysis, there are many reasons why kimono has always maintained its position in Japanese daily life.
First of all, although the kimono has undergone several changes, the people who manipulated these changes are all "Yamato" people. Therefore, several changes only dealt with some details, and the big aspect still maintained the traditional original appearance. Therefore, from today's kimono, we can still feel the legacy of Han and Tang dynasties more or less. Today, the so-called Hanfu actually withdrew from the historical stage of China, where the Manchu Dynasty forced people to shave their hair and change clothes, and its once elegant demeanor is no longer seen. Nowadays, in the eyes of foreigners, the so-called clothes with China characteristics, such as cheongsam and Tang suit, are just derivatives of robes and mandarin jackets in the Qing Dynasty, and historically and culturally, they cannot represent the whole of China. But those clothes before the Ming dynasty have disappeared for more than 300 years, which is too far away from people. Therefore, when people miss traditional costumes again, they can only use improved flag clothes nearby.
Secondly, traditional clothing can always be used by people, and there are also reasons for the public themselves. In fact, it combines many complicated factors. "Because suits have the advantages of freedom of movement and convenient wearing, in the fifth year of Meiji, the Japanese government stipulated that all big dresses and ordinary dresses should adopt suits. However, despite the policy, the westernization of kimono only stays in a part of the upper class. Soon Japan set off a wave of criticizing the overheating of Europeanism, and in the 1920s and 1930s, retro style came back ... ". In Taisho era, western-style clothes began to spread in Japan, but even so, kimono is still the favorite of Japanese people today. People wearing kimonos can be seen everywhere in festivals, graduation ceremonies, weddings, funerals and other important occasions to celebrate children's "July 53". It cannot be said that Japan's ideological trend of "criticizing the overheating of Europeanization" has indeed had a far-reaching impact on this; On the other hand, China blindly westernizes and pursues "progress", but no one has ever seriously considered whether this is too much.