Chinese woman in traditional underwear Introduction

The earliest ancient woman’s underwear called “Xieyi.” “Obscene” means “frivolous, undignified,” shows the mentality of the ancients underwear evasive and conceal. Chinese underwear long history, the earliest historical seen in Han Dynasty. Ancient woman underwear bears countless old feelings,
“Former round rear, long and short in front, which is the unity of man and the world should be the traditional concept; through the waist, chest, shoulder strap, respectively, in order to achieve different in the flow ‘sculpting dressing’ effect. Pocket splices must be made on a slight pattern cover line nodes, keeping intact the screen, this is called ‘exit hygiene conditions,’ “and brought together embroidery, sewing, stickers, make up, decorated, plate, roll, several ten kinds of processes, to express different topics. Unfortunately, some processes have been lost today.
Ancient lingerie instituted, many people first thought was, “apron”, in fact just the Qing Dynasty on the apron Xieyi of the call, at different times, Xieyi also known as the heart clothing, hold the abdomen, myrobalan, Bra , the main waist, apron, etc. Shape is also more than we usually see on TV diamond one kind.
Chinese woman in traditional underwear Introduction

Han: hold abdomen, heart clothing

Han Liu Xi “COLLATION clothes,” said: “Pa abdomen, transverse Pa its belly also. Hold abdomen, upper and lower a belt, hold wrapped in its belly, is no crotch also. Heart suit, holding belly and Shi hook shoulder, hook shoulder applied between a crotch to suddenly heart. “” heart clothing “is based on the” robe belly “,” hold abdominal “top do not lace instead of” hook shoulder “and” crotch “has become” heart clothes. ” Both have in common is no bare back after the film. Plain weave silk underwear fabric is commonly used in the Han Dynasty, the last multi-colored silk embroidered patterns (called Caixiu), patterns and more to “Love” as the theme, at the time with a plain fabric to make underwear situation is not much .
Han: hold abdomen

Han: heart clothing

Jin: (Sixteen): Liang crotch, anti Closed

“Release name. Explanation clothes”: “Liang crotch, one Dangxiong, one when the back also.” This underwear has both front piece, but also after the film; either when the chest, but also when the back was due to shape name, commonly known as “two when,” also written as “Liang crotch.” Liang crotch originally dedicated to underwear, also known as vest, the name is still in use, but also the future generations of the earliest forms of vests. But about the Wei and Sui and Tang dynasties, was “very tide,” the piercing out, and both men and women take, often decorated women wear embroidered mining, the man otherwise “Liang crotch armor.”
Anti-closure is another underwear, stitch around the two-phase, wearing behind New York Department. “COLLATION clothes”, said: “Anti-closed, the small jacket who is also the desire toward, collar contained in the entry against its closure at the back lapel also.”
Jin: (Sixteen): Liang crotch, anti Closed

Tang: Terminalia

Before the Tang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty before the mid-underwear shoulder straps are decorated, to the late Tang Dynasty, there was a strapless underwear, called “myrobalan.” This is also its outer shape characteristics of the decision: Tang Women like to wear “semi-bare-chested-style dresses”, they dressed in Terminalia to cover the chest, under the chest or waist dress, myrobalan or pressure in the inner skirt or pressure in the skirt, the Waipi breasted tunic until the Song Dynasty still continues this worn. Underwear fabric elegant, colorful, and today advocating disparate “underwear Waichuan” is quite similar. To cope with such a habit of wearing, underwear must be a strapless. “Terminalia” commonly used fabrics as: “woven”, crisp slightly elastic, solid feel. When you wear the chest strap under the bar two beams can be, “woven into” guaranteed “Terminalia” reached the upper part of the chest erect effect.

Tang: Terminalia

Song: Bra

“Bra” by definition, chest protector in front, after wearing “milk can be covered on the cover under the belly,” cover your whole chest is full, which is also called “wipe the belly.” Another longish shape “Guodu”, such as the Qing apron Xieyi foundation. Bra straps with buttons or bind in behind. Ordinary people more cotton products, commonly known as the homespun, aristocratic families used in its embroidered silk goods with flowers. Single clip, form mixed.
Continuation of Tang Song “underwear Waichuan” the popular, Waipi breasted Bei son, open revealing lingerie Bra, etc., under a skirt, skirt and trousers acacia.
Song: Bra

Song: Bra

Yuan: Acacia lapel

“Acacia lapel”
From back to front line bundles are its main features. Worn by the rear and front and in the chest department together with a row of buttons, such as the Department or rope bundle. Acacia lapel brocade fabric with the majority, the pattern for the Quartet continuous.
Yuan: Acacia lapel

Ming: Main waist

JIA Zhong name
“Jade comb” fourth fold: “to stick to the late Lord waist children Jinlou in the chest.” “Water Margin” second seven times: “The woman then walked up to greet him. Following lines a red raw silk skirt , lead powder rouge face paint, open the chest, revealing pink yarn main waist, above the same color gold buttons. ”
“Lord waist” is the Ming Dynasty Xieyi the call, with varying degrees of shape and all models have similar Bra, only the “bundle of in between the chest and abdomen,” there are hanging, fitted sleeves, cardigan or button-down, etc. shape, and often “non-red wrapped clothing is not China”, and the gradual opening of the Ming and extravagant social trends are not unrelated.
Ming: Main waist

Ming: Main waist

Ming: Main waist

In the Qing: apron

Qing Dynasty, “Bra” also known as “apron”, because of the role of pocket, to hide things, Tibetan incense. Generally made of diamond, on the tape, when you wear the collar sleeve and waist straps beam behind another two, the following inverted triangle, cover over the navel, to the lower abdomen. Material of cotton, silk majority. Department of the tape is not limited beam with rope, rich family multi gold chain, silver chain moderate House Multi, copper chain, Xiaojiabiyu in red silk. “Apron” There is all kinds of exquisite embroidery. Red for “apron” common colors.
There are also some in the Qing hedging style, wrapped style, vest-style woman in lingerie, but still the most well-known diamond.
Into the modern, the decline of traditional culture, women who have Western-style underwear and strap summer dress, with occasional “wave” unconventional wear an apron to wear, walk “Chinese style.” It was also launched the “underwear Waichuan” concept, but there are a few people know that “strap” Our early ancestors popular too, “underwear Waichuan” has been popular, and now is just stylish and turn back.

In the Qing: apron In the Qing: apron