China is a world-famous ancient civilization with a splendid culture of more than 5,000 years. It was once called "clothing kingdom". From the Xia and Shang Dynasties, China began to have a system of crown clothing, and clothing became a tool and symbol of the ruling class "strict inside and outside, different relatives and friends". China's early military uniforms were born in the Western Zhou Dynasty, when the crown service system was basically perfect. When the ancestors of the Chinese nation wore armor and went into battle in armor, many people in the world were naked and lived a primitive life of eating and drinking blood.

According to China's Clothing Data of Han Dynasty, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, the prototype of military uniforms appeared in China. In the war at that time, people began to make armor in order not to let their opponents' arrows and spears hit them.

Armor-Armor is a protective device worn by ancient soldiers to protect important parts of the body from harm. In the pre-Qin period, people called the protective gear made of leather, rattan and other things "armor", and later it was renamed "armor" when it was made of steel and iron. A helmet is a kind of equipment used to protect the head and neck. Because armor and armor were used together, the word "A" became the general name of ancient military uniforms in China. Because it was called "helmet" later, the word "A" became synonymous with armor. So the earliest military uniforms were mainly armor, and soldiers wore military uniforms, that is, armor and armor. However, the uniform system at that time was very inconsistent and the colors were chaotic, and most of them took their own needs.

According to archaeological excavations, military uniforms in Shang and Zhou Dynasties were mainly made of thick animal skins, such as leather armor made of cowhide, rhinoceros skin, shark skin and bronze armor. At that time, the armor was just a piece of skin, as hard as a plate. It is very inconvenient for soldiers to wear it on their bodies and fight with guns. Later, it was changed into small pieces of leather stitching. Leather can be cut into pieces of different sizes and shapes according to different protected parts, and each piece is pierced with holes and connected with strings.

In order to strengthen the firmness of the nail plate, it is also sewn with double or multi-layer leather and painted on the surface, which is beautiful and practical. Since the appearance of bronzes, people have cast animal face shields in bronze and put them on the chest and back of armor. The protective effect of this armor with bronze pieces is further improved than that of leather armor.

The military uniform has a history of more than 2000 years since it came into being, and most of the time it is the armor age. The armor of different dynasties and generations is different, but generally speaking, until modern times, the development of military uniforms in this period was relatively slow and the changes were not great.