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What kind of clothes do women like best in the history of China?
As the ancients said, clothes make the man, and gold makes the Buddha. Everyone should wear clothes, and clothes are very important as a foil for a person. In the history of China, the styles, materials and colors of clothes emerged one after another, each with its own characteristics, reflecting the culture of their dynasty. So what kind of clothes do ancient beauties like best? Let's look at what has happened between clothes and women for thousands of years.

Women in primitive society mainly used bone needles to wear animal fur to make clothes, mainly to keep warm and show the results of hunting.

Xia Dynasty was the first dynasty in the history of China. Its clothing has a distinct color of religious belief. At that time, there was already a coat under the petticoat, in which the coat represented the sky, because it was always black before dawn, and the petticoat symbolized the earth, because the earth was yellow, so women in Xia Dynasty only had to wear clothes named Duan Xuan on a yellow background. From the emperor to the common people, they could wear this kind of clothes, which was the legal costume of Xia Dynasty at that time.

There was a serious hierarchy in Shang dynasty's clothing, which was divided into upper and lower parts. There were two kinds of short clothes, one was waist-high and the other was knee-high or ankle-high. Women in ordinary families can only wear high-waisted tops made of woolen cloth, which is basically the same as men's wear. Noble women are the protagonists of this era. They can wear ankle-length silk coats and leather coats. They can wear all kinds of sacrificial costumes and dresses (Yi costume, Quezhai costume, Chrysanthemum costume, Zhanyi costume and Lu costume), among which Lu costume was the official costume of Empress Yan's life. The daughter of a nobleman was married in a solid color. This kind of ladies' clothes are mostly cyan and five colors, with twelve chapters or tortoise patterns. The colors of Shang costumes are mostly warm, especially yellow and red, and occasionally brown and brown, but this does not mean that there are no cool colors such as basket and green. Only the red yellow made of cinnabar and stone yellow is brighter and more penetrating than other colors, so it has remained unchanged for a long time and has been preserved to this day.

The costumes of the Zhou Dynasty generally followed the costume system of the Shang Dynasty, with slight changes. The style of clothes is slightly looser than that of Shang Dynasty. There are two styles of sleeves, large and small, and the collar is generally crossed with a right slit. Buttons are not needed, usually tied on the waist, and some have jade ornaments hanging on their waists. The length of the skirt or trousers is as short as the knee and as long as the ground. At that time, the queen had already begun to wear Zhai clothes as women's clothes. At that time, the queen had six kinds of Zhai clothes. The brides of the Zhou Dynasty wore black fire skirts when they got married, and they always wore evening dresses when they met their in-laws. However, the lines of women's clothing in the Zhou Dynasty were curved to a certain extent, which reflected women's feminine beauty and showed women's gentle character. Women's sleeves are wide and drooping, which makes people feel elegant, thus reflecting the elegant temperament of women.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the clothes were straight gowns, and the clothes and skirts were connected together to wrap the body. This kind of clothes is called "deep clothes". There is also a kind of "light clothes", that is, wide clothes without lining. During this period, nomads wore short coats, trousers and boots. During the Warring States period, the most popular dress for women in Chu and Qin countries was "jumpsuit", which should be called deep robe at that time. There are various colors, such as gray, yellow, brown, reddish brown, purplish red, lotus root color and so on, among which red, brown and yellow were the girls' favorite colors at that time.

The clothing atmosphere in Qin Dynasty was primitive. After Qin Shihuang seized power and unified the six countries, he formulated the system of dressing. Infiltrate the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements into the thought of clothing color, so in addition to the clothing color stipulated by Qin Shihuang, the general clothing color should follow the habits of the Warring States period. According to the theory of five elements, people wear corresponding colors, so the colors and flags of Qin costumes are mainly black. The clothing of the Qin dynasty also has its own characteristics, and the cuffs of women's clothes have certain folds. Women began to tie ornaments around their waists and put on nightgowns to mop the floor. There are three folds in the neckline of men's and women's clothes, which are called "three-layer clothes" and were often worn at that time.

The main costumes of the Han dynasty are robes, straight single clothes, short clothes and skirts. Because the weaving and embroidery industry was very developed in the Han Dynasty, nobles wore silks and satins. Ordinary people wear shorts and trousers, and the poor wear short brown (coarse cloth) shorts. Women in the Han dynasty wore two-piece dresses and robes, and there were more styles of skirts, more layers of skirts and more hems. The most famous clothes at that time were fairy women's dresses. The most distinguished women wear temple clothes, silkworm clothes, silkworm clothes and so on. Clothing in Han Dynasty has its unique and rich characteristics of the times. Have exquisite and gorgeous patterns. Women's cuffs are wider to facilitate women to carry things with them. The clothes at this time have an obvious feature, that is, the neckline is very low.

Although the costumes of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties retained the basic form of Han Dynasty, Hu Fu became the most fashionable costume at that time. Tightness, round neck and split are the characteristics of Khufu. Women's wear is characterized by low neckline, large cuffs and wide waves. Its belt is very high, at the lower end of the neckline, as wide as the cuff, and there are strips falling down. Clothing has many colors and twists and turns.

Women in Sui Dynasty wore narrow round neck or collared coat, long skirt with high waist and two streamers around the waist. Women's clothing in Tang Dynasty mainly consisted of shirts, skirts and purses. Never put off till tomorrow what you can is a long scarf over your shoulder. There is also a special short-sleeved half-arm shirt that is worn outside the gown. Red, purple, yellow and green are the most popular colors. The skirts of the Tang Dynasty are soft and slender, like flowing water, and the material is mainly silk, so contemporary clothes are famous for their combination of rigidity and softness. In all dynasties, women's dresses in the Tang Dynasty were the most gorgeous and noble. Because people in the Tang Dynasty thought fat was beautiful at that time, women's dresses in the Tang Dynasty were generous and loose. It makes women look delicate and slender, giving people an elegant feeling.

In Song Dynasty, women wore a short jacket with narrow sleeves and a long skirt. Usually, they wear small long-sleeved coats and double-breasted jackets, much like vests today. The neckline and front of the coat are embroidered with beautiful lace. The clothing design in Song Dynasty gives people a fresh and beautiful feeling, and the clothing lines are straight without bending. The dresses in the Song Dynasty have quite a style, and the texture is more common in tulle, especially the red color of pomegranate flowers. The skirt is decorated with peony, camellia, plum blossom and lily.

Women's wear in Yuan Dynasty also includes the costumes of Mongolian women and local women. Han women still retain the dress system of the Song Dynasty, including thin backs, shirts and cloud shoulders. And they wear pleated skirts and usually comb their hair. Mongolian women wear robes. Mongolian women wear a wide and long robe with a collar on the right side of the coat. The sleeves are big but the cuffs are narrow, which is equivalent to the current bat shirt form.

The clothes in Ming Dynasty were embroidered with flower and bird patterns, which were copied from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Women who wear this kind of clothing look exquisite, elegant and shy. Most of the ladies in the Ming Dynasty wore robes with big red sleeves, while most women could only wear pink, purple and green and some light colors. Ping wears a shirt and a long skirt every day with a ribbon around her waist. Skirts are very wide, and there are many styles, such as pleated skirts, phoenix-tailed skirts and yuet skirts. Stand-up collar is the predecessor of cheongsam, which first appeared in the middle of Ming Dynasty and was widely popular in the Central Plains and Jiangnan area by the end of Ming Dynasty. The clothes of the ancient philosophers were also one of the most popular clothes at that time. Robes are also limited to light colors such as purple, green and pink, and rich colors such as big red, crow cyan and bright yellow are prohibited.

The Qing Dynasty was an era of cultural integration between Manchu and Han. Han women kept the style of Ming Dynasty during Kangxi and Yongzheng, and clothes and long skirts were popular in small sleeve. After finishing, the clothes are getting fatter and shorter, the cuffs are getting wider and wider, and with the cloud shoulders, the pattern renovation is endless; By the end of the Qing Dynasty, urban women had put on skirts and trousers, which were inlaid with lace and rolled teeth, and most of the expensive clothes were spent on them. Manchu women wear "flag clothes", comb the flag bun (commonly known as two ends) and wear "flowerpot bottom" flag shoes. As for the so-called cheongsam circulated in later generations, it has long been mainly used in the court and the royal family. In the late Qing Dynasty, ladies of the Han nationality also wore cheongsam.

Clothing, as a cultural form, runs through the ancient history of China. From the evolution of clothing, we can see the historical changes, economic development and the evolution of China's cultural aesthetic consciousness. Clothing is a unique achievement of human labor, not only the crystallization of material civilization, but also the connotation of spiritual civilization. China's clothing, like China's culture, is produced by the mutual infiltration and influence of all ethnic groups. Harmony and coordination between clothing and nature, clothing and society, clothing and people. The beauty of scene blending is the most precious quality of China traditional costume culture.