Category: Chinese clothing

Dyeing, weaving, embroidery has a long history in the Blang Blang clothing culture occupies an important position. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, the Blang textile, dyeing process level higher long will indigo dyeing, “plum” skin, “yellow” root as raw material, after a certain processing procedures were dyed red, yellow . Dyed the color of prolonged subside and great charm of nature. Blang women’s organizations “young woman faille masses on both sides of the Lancang favorite. On both sides of the Nujiang Mr. Brown civil kapok textile Donghwasa cloth by soft white famous. The past, the Blang clothing lining mostly self-organization, self-dyed homespun.

Embroidery is also an essential part of Blang clothing, flowers, birds and animals, geometric shapes in the hands of the Blang women come alive, very realistic. The most unique embroidery to the number of bales Tips. ” Blang customs, the bride before marriage must be carefully embroidered a bale Tips “as a wedding pole-climbing competition prizes, who gets it, who has been auspicious.

The Blang clothing has gone through a long evolution of the development process. Clothing around the early roughly the same, there is no obvious geographical differences. The men wear flower tunic, green strip rope belt, knee Department of the black vine, wrapped in red cloth Baotou. Women wear Pied under the skirts, to advocate black, blue.

Modern Blang clothing produced some regional differences. Lincang, Simao Blang men wear the Omo black lapel jacket, beneath the mast the pants, Touchan cyan or black header, and some also wearing a bracelet, barefoot. The women Touchan ten feet long blue cloth Baotou.

Shidian County Blang women Baotou folded into a triangle, close to the forehead, the Department of colored glass beads strung together with a line, like to wear high-necked long-sleeved T-shirt Xie Jin, coat breasted Duangua, beneath Tongqun, Department apron. Jacket collar cuffs covered with red and green printed cloth embroidered with colored pattern side the Duangua lapel buttons trimmed with silver or nickel currency. Leg wrapped around the leg cloth, wearing silver rings and silver bracelet, teeth dyed black, red.

Xishuangbanna region Blang men’s clothing: wearing a black or blue round neck long-sleeved cardigan T-shirt with a cloth twisted buckle on the chest; dressed in a black wide crotch pants; Touchan white, black or blue turban; generally also There are tattoos customs. Xishuangbanna and Lancang Blang women like to wear the the cross collar or round neck tight-fitting T-shirt, red horizontal stripes, black background long Tongqun, Qunjiao lined with a slightly longer at the side of the white cloth of the skirt, the effect of double skirt .

Mojiang, double-river in the vicinity of the women like to wear ankle dress, the Series long apron, T-shirt basic Xishuangbanna and Lancang women. Jingdong Blang women dress with the local Han basically the same.

Minority women generally head to pull the hair, the hair usually worn on a variety of jewelry, especially like to do one called “the HOM wire Hom” Yinzan of Yinzan fine “three screw” pattern. Some women usually header design with white handkerchiefs towel wound into three snails look. Three screw headdress Blang women, there is a beautiful legend, to commemorate the beautiful girl million British, he gave the cast the three Lo pattern Yinzan of do hair, expect her experiences and unfortunately never again happy marriage can come in each ordinary people who.

Although the integration of the nation Achang a large number of economic and cultural life by the Han, Dai, but reserved in Achang clothing but with their own customs. Past the Achang men wearing earrings, women like sea shells sewn on the dress as decoration. Today, Achang apparel apparent age, marital status and regional differences.
The Achang man dress features

Achang man wearing a blue, white or black breasted jacket, black trousers, short and wide trousers. The Laza adult man wearing left dajin shirt. The lad like wrapped in white Baotou, marriage change the black header. Young adults playing Baotou total set aside about 40 cm long spike head hanging on the back of the head. Some of the elderly also like wearing a felt hat. Hi man to go back “barrel Pa” (bag) and Husa knife.

Achang person has a superb smelting and forging technology, is recognized as the “knife fight ace. In Achang the clothing culture, men accessories Husa knife, also known as “A Chang knife, not only for Achang favorite around Dai, Lisu, Jingpo, Tibetan and other fraternal peoples lives and accessories necessity. It is said that some of the the Achang old artists can knife fight hard & soft skills, and can even be bent. A long knife, when not in use, like a belt tied around the waist, took off immediately naturally straight, their skills can be a must.

Achang man almost everyone wearing such a length ranging from “Husa knife”, not only is the production and living needs, and decorative beauty and meaning of evil supporter. Scabbard carving zodiac signs and other various patterns, delicate and beautiful, soft around the mean drunk chop money, unstoppable, “said.
The Achang Women’s clothing features

The Achang women usually wear tight sleeves cardigan sweater, skirt. Unmarried woman with the colors dajin or breasted jacket, black trousers, outside the department apron, wearing a black header. Laza, Achang girl’s clothing most concentrated ethnic characteristics. They love to wear blue, black breasted jacket and trousers, playing black or blue header, and some like a tall tower, up to two feet, some two inches wide blue cloth wrapped around the enclosure up header behind tassel, length up to shoulder; front with flowers and colored velvet beads, Ying Luo embellishment,; some temples in the left wearing a silver jewelry, like a blossoming chrysanthemum, with inlaid jade, agate, coral and the In class; Achang girls silver, silver chain pectoral, neck wear silver necklace a few, make it dazzling. Young women in the chest nailed four silver buttons, buttons hang long silver chain, tied to a pair of small silver box containing lime, betel nut and other objects. Married women wear jackets, under a knee-length skirts, fond of wearing the collar, earrings and other variety of silver. Married women like to chew a mixture of lime, betel nut, smoke grass, reed sub dyed black teeth, and see it as a sign of beauty.

The Achang both men and women like to plug aromatic flowers. Lining from woven from dyed homespun muslin production.

Minority costumes are an integral part of the entire Chinese dress, is the embodiment of all ethnic groups can and wisdom, apartment ideal for holding all ethnic groups and the pursuit of aesthetic reproduction of all ethnic groups. It directly or indirectly reflect the national common cognitive psychology, traditional customs and aesthetic taste. China’s ethnic minorities in the long history of the development process created by the brilliant national culture, in their traditional costumes intuitive expression. “A national dress, is different from the external characteristics of his nation.” (Engels) it is like a silent melody, passing various ethnic groups of the political, economic, cultural, religious, aesthetic, and many other information, like a multimedia The book that tells the history of various ethnic groups live and multiply and change. People’s hobbies, pursuits, people’s aesthetic taste in clothing, he can get the show.

China is a country with an ancient civilization, has a long history and splendid culture. Costumes as an element of culture, the proliferation of development of the Chinese nation has made a great contribution. Costumes of 55 ethnic minorities in China, is a wonderful work in the Chinese Kingdom of clothing, shine with dazzling brilliance. Like a leaf of the tree of Chinese clothing culture, the common achievements of Chinese clothing art leafy tree, the old trees, the branches have added a touch of green.

With human development, social progress, the quality of people’s spiritual life more and more attention to aesthetic more powerful national dress, to the people’s spiritual joy, enrich people’s spiritual and cultural cultivate people’s sentiments. Today, in a rapidly changing world clothing tide of the Chinese minority costumes still its own unique charm and style, exudes a rustic aroma, showing the grace of all ethnic groups.

Ethnic Dress exquisite, colorful, rich patterns, pregnant with meaning, decorative embellishment is constantly changing, full of rich flavor of life with deep cultural meaning, Rhyme extraordinary. Its impact on Chinese clothing, modern life is immeasurable, and it has aesthetic value and social efficacy, has caused widespread concern of the Chinese and foreign experts, scholars, and import the dress trend of the world, in the whole win a place on the stage of world clothing.

Song Dynasty costumes, from the social climate tends to be cautious and conservative, small changes in design, color is not bright, such as the Tang Dynasty. Was due to the impact of Neo-Confucianism philosophy, the whole community advocates clothing should not be too much luxury, should be advocating a simple. Contingent ruler is not possible a simple life, life and social customs of the people of the lower compared to the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties sure you want simple much more.

Song of the crown cap Fu head, pieces of towels and cage towel. Fu head to the Song dynasty has become the clothing of the men, it was completely out of the form of handkerchiefs, purely as a hat. Fu head color of the Song Dynasty unlike the Sui and Tang Dynasties are made ​​of black gauze, the Song Fu head bright colors, and some have a golden thread. Song Dynasty Confucian many people with pieces of towel they wrapped towels for ya. To the Southern Song Dynasty, the culture of wearing towel is more common.

Robes in the Song Dynasty and Tang Dynasty style round neck too, who wear court dress, will set in a circle on the bottom of the shape of Ying Luo locking plate decoration. Scholars dress gown shirt yet. Gown shirt made ​​of muslin, color white, waist decorated with fold product.

Song Zhaoping people clothing short knee-length or knee-length only and the color of clothing is also limited, mostly black and white. Jacket jacket is the Song Dynasty lower women dressed in uniforms, waist and cuffs loose, light color, between color rustic, handsome for ya. In addition to coat jacket, the Song Dynasty women’s T-shirt as well as shirt, back son, bucket arm, upper and lower garment to wear skirts, and skirt the color is bright, Qunfu mostly still, and more slender.

In 221 BC, Qin unified, becoming the first time in Chinese history, a vast and many nationalities unified feudal system countries. Qin Shi Huang in order to consolidate its dominant position to implement, such as a unified text, uniform weights and measures, unified criminal law doctrine, a series of measures to strengthen the centralization of the system of uniform costumes. However, Qin Shi Huang came to power not long, the Qin Dynasty costumes systems only achieve the goal of start-up, there were only a unified color of clothing, and the rest is not complete.

Qin Dynasty clothing still clinging to the habit of the Warring States Period, style of clothing is relatively simple. Qin Renchong still black, black dignified and solemn. Qin black preference is as profound, Qin Shi Huang of yin and yang theory, I believe Qin grams of weeks, should be water, fire, because the Zhou Dynasty “the anger wins gold, color is still red, he thinks Qin to replace Zhou Dynasty should be water Germany, on behalf of the color is black, so the emperor provisions the clothing color black top, and thus became the Qin Dynasty costumes distinguished black color and the color of the mainstream.

Qin Dynasty costumes
Ancient Chinese Clothing – Qin Dynasty costumes

Qin Dynasty robes only a ritual dress, black dress shirt lower, then many men in robes for your style big sleeves shut, with lace, officials robes of green , while the common people to wear a white robe. Of Dr. Qin Daide and scholars of clothing is very simple, Frame of winter wear gowns, summer wear tan clothes, basically not really gorgeous. Qin lower peasant clothing, burlap production tan clothes, Frame of gowns, sweater jacket.

Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses is the eighth wonder of the world, the Qin army clothing must mention. In the military, Qin follow the example of King Wuling of Zhao Hu Fu instead on the jacket and pants in the form of easy riding and shooting. High-ranking officers in the Qin army, wearing a double-length jacket, trousers, Waipi color armor; There are two middle-ranking officers of clothing, a long jacket, the other is high collar pleated suit. The soldier’s clothing under the branches of the military are not the same and different: ordinary warriors dressed in armor, in order to facilitate the free activities of the soldiers, armor chest poorly reduction piece Nail, nail the abdomen and chest armor slices arranged opposite, that is in the form of the showings pressure poorly, from the midline of the middle of the chest and abdomen, all nail by the intermediate layers, to both sides of the same nail combination with abdominal shoulder. Around the nail in the shoulder, abdomen and neck are connected with a connection, all nail on a nail, or two or three or four, up to no more than six. A length of the clothing, the same before and after the hem round. Lightly armed soldiers wearing a long jacket, and gird leather belt, shorts, legging bar; war drivers and some wear long undergarment, Waipi shoulders arm armor armor, and some also wear special armor clothing, A coat color is extremely rich in the Qin Dynasty red, rosy red, pink, malachite green, sapphire blue, not black only.

Textile printing and dyeing industry has been greatly developed in the Zhou Dynasty, the Western Zhou Dynasty Textile is the main form of social production. To the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the vassal state is to encourage the development of sericulture and silk production, plus promote the use of the iron to promote the handicraft equipment innovation, more diverse varieties of silk, an important period of development of the history of Chinese silk. The textile quality improvement and the increase in the variety of material foundation for the formation of the Zhou Dynasty Costume System.

Zhou Dynasty to the founding of the feudal system, strict class system to consolidate the Empire, developed a set of very detailed and thorough social etiquette and stability of the world. Clothing as a sign of everyone class to become one of the foundations of the Policy and regulations are very strict. Clothing vestments, court dress, hunting clothing, fierce clothing, soldiers clothing and uniforms.

The Zhou Dynasty costumes broadly followed the Shang Dynasty service system and a slight change. Shirt lower, slightly relaxed style than the Shang Dynasty. The size of the two styles sleeves, collar universal cross collar right of junction. Do not use buttons, generally tied around his waist belt. Stern, clothing, skirts with a secondary color. White Zhou Dynasty court dress emperor, princes on Xuanyi, doctors and judges with the princes. Kings, princes Zhu Sang, the doctor Suchang, Sergeant Hyun Sang, sergeant Huangshang, Corporal miscellaneous Sang.

The Zhou dynasty towel in the form of the cap than the Shang Dynasty, headband, square-shaped, pointed, crescent-shaped towel cap shape. The low-lying towel cap ordinary people; the high tip aristocracy.

Zhou Dynasty women’s clothing due to the different strata vary. Empress six: groceries, clothing, draw out Di, Di Que, Ju clothing, show clothing, edge clothing. Their materials and the style is very different, but the colors and patterns of the same. The Zhou Dynasty women’s clothing for the T-shirt irregular cloud munsu, side to deepen the color wide-flange around his waist, fabric belt, hair backward tilt. The small girl comb double braid, Length knee, belt-line hybrid Pei.

The Shang Dynasty clothing regardless of men and men and women are the upper and lower two shapes, on clothing, wear clothes, later said the clothing for the “clothes”, is derived from the. The dress waist and sleeves basically designed for tight style, length of knee, facilitate activities. Ancient Huaxia T-shirt xiachang, costume features hairdo Youren, is formed in the Shang dynasty.

The dress has a strict hierarchy, the more advanced fabric, embroidery and decorations are enjoyed by the slave class, knitting fabric and the bottom of people can only wear linen and linen cambric made of the same. According to the study, the senior dignitaries clothing is usually dressed in shorts, Jiaoling Youren, length and hip and wrist cuffs, sleeve, narrow, wearing a pleated skirt, the waist beam have broadband, legging; foot wear cusp shoe alice. Noble women wearing the maxi coat, make collar, long sleeves, waist beam broadband and cover the knee, knee cap is on the narrow width, foot wear shoes, wearing a circular hoop crown roll. But the level of social productive forces of the Shang Dynasty is relatively low, the simple folk customs, in general, the Shang Dynasty costumes or simple. Even the noble men and women, dressed in the is also more frugal.

The dress color difference is extremely obvious, this is due to political and social status of different. Noble dress, coat with blue, red, yellow, pure color, bottom with color, such as black, brown, green, after several disseminated color, and the collar, sleeves and edge, daily home furnishing wore green stripe vest, and over. Civilian clothes is not so rich and colorful.

The man with hair braided. This time man braids more style: total top, into a braid, then down to her; a left and a right side comb plait, the end curl, droop to the shoulder; there will be hair in braids, comb on the top of the disc. In addition to hair, the man had to crown, towel is popular at the time, wear a hair style is a volume growth of around a week, amount, and beam in the head, like a head hoop, in winter to cold or wear thick leather hat.

Men and women of the Shang Dynasty hairstyle similar, the hair style, mostly crimp shoulder. The head is a crown towel cap hoop type. Some women comb the top bun, it traverses a bone hairpin, and others at the top of the head on both sides of the inclined inserted two branches bird shaped hosta. The big girl in pigtails, children comb two small yajiao.

The dress of men and women of nobility and the habit, rulers and even developed a set of jade system, used to make a distinction between class and grade. The merchant class form, the general is the jade carved into a variety of small animal image, the most common is a jade fish.

Chinese ancient clothing with the development of social productive forces and constantly changing. Always dress culture and social etiquette and ethics are closely linked. The history of the development of Chinese ancient clothing is a part of the Chinese history of thousands of years of indivisible.

In ancient times, our ancestors from the initial acquisition, the fishing and hunting economy development to animal husbandry, agriculture, handicraft industry economy, social production is continuously active, people’s material life enriched.

Initially, people still don’t know how to wear, but rely on their own their hair to cover the body warm. Later, slowly understand with leaves and skins to shield your bare flesh. In Beijing, Zhoukoudian to explore the cave man fossils, found a bone, that as early as in a few million years ago, our ancestors have mastered the sewing technology. People will hunt to animal fur off, then according to need, splicing seams made all kinds of clothes, to mask their bodies and defense against the cold.

When the primitive society matriarchal commune reached the prosperous stage, the emergence of primitive agriculture, the beginning of plant cultivation, after a long-term labor practice, people have invented the spinning wheel twisting, with simple cloth woven linen, used bone needles sewing clothes, weave mats made of bamboo, reed. According to historical records, emperor, Fu Xi, in the era of Yao and Shun, already has a crown clothing system. “Yu Gong” recorded in ancient China, administrative areas zoned Kyushu, states have local products as tribute to the Yangzhou area, known as “tribute silk weaving bell”, “Bei” is the name of a brocade is woven into, before dyed silk, then press the “Bei” the color pattern woven into beautiful brocade. Visible, the clothing of people already by “clothing Piwei” evolved to dye multicolored woven into Jinbo garments.

Compared with the ancient ancestors created the ancient costume culture and the broad and profound Chinese culture, although only a drop in the bucket, but its status cannot be ignored, because it is the beginning of Chinese clothing culture.