In the Yuan Dynasty, aristocratic women mainly wore robes, while the robes of queens and nobles were all long tubes, and they needed handmaids to carry skirts to walk.

Other aristocratic women's gowns are characterized by a left collar and a left collar. The gowns are wide and fat, and the gowns mop the floor.

Many people weave gold robes with red. They like to wear mink robes in winter. Nobles and ladies-in-waiting wear red boots. Women in higher positions wear cuckoo crowns and gorgeous headdresses.

In Sadducee's Song of the Sun King, "The clothes in late spring are light and the red boots are light and dust-free" is a true description of the ladies' clothing in the Yuan Dynasty.

2) Goo goo off (goo goo off)

Gu Gu also wrote menstruation and menstruation. Aunt's crown is a tall and peculiar crown worn by aristocratic women in Yuan Dynasty.

This is crowned with birch bark, bamboo, iron wire and other materials as the skeleton, 50~ 100 cm high from the top of the head, and its top is unfolded into a flat-topped hat shape; Covered with red silk, silk, brocade or felt, decorated with pearls and jade.

"Changchun Real Journey to the West": "The female crown birch bark is two feet high and often caged with soap brown. The rich are red, and they end up like geese and ducks, which is called' reason'. It is forbidden to touch people and go back to settle accounts. "

3) hairstyle

Mongolian women like to wear long braids and decorate them. When you are unmarried, comb two or more, use satin as spikes on your braids, and attach gold rings, silver rings, copper pieces, jasper, coral, etc. Rich girls wear jewelry, earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces made of gold and silver.

4) Compare shoulders and armor

Both men and women wore shoulder armor in the Yuan Dynasty.

Half-sleeved, sleeveless, collarless, double-breasted, split at both sides and knee-length.

Shoulder armor is worn over shirts and coats.

Armor is layered with blouses, coats and skirts, and female embroidery patterns are more than armor.

5) Cloud Shoulder

Cloud shoulder, also called shawl, is an ornament worn by women on their shoulders.

The cloud shoulders of ladies, dancers and ladies-in-waiting are all made of colorful brocade, which can be cut into the shape of lotus flowers or knotted into garlands. They are usually decorated with square moire patterns and are beautifully made. Yun Jian is also a common dress for ordinary women.

"Yuan Shi Yu Fu Zhi" records: "The cloud shoulders are hung with clouds, and the green side is yellow and Luo color, depending on gold."

In Yuan Gong's ci, there is also a description of "a cloud shoulder embroidered with gold and jade tassels".

6) Women's casual clothes

Mongolian women like to wear a robe called "Tuanshan", which has embroidered patterns on the neckline, cuffs, chest and hem, and is tied at the waist with colored silk when wearing the robe.

People's robes are forbidden to use dragon and phoenix patterns and gold.

In addition to the robe, you are wearing a double-breasted coat, shoulder armor and pants inside. Double-breasted coat is a straight-necked double-breasted shirt with half sleeves, which is short to the waist and worn outside the narrow-sleeved robe. Wear leather and felt boots on your feet.

7) Women's shoes

Mongolian women like soft leather boots. They wear leather boots and felt boots in winter. The soles of felt boots are made of leather, and they are wearing felt socks.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, women's cloth shoes and silk shoes with high toes and flat bottoms appeared, which were made of hemp, cotton, silk, twill, silk and brocade.

(Excerpted from Wang Ming's A Brief History of China Clothing)