The dragon claw on the dragon robe is five toes, and the python claw on the python robe is four toes;

Step 2: Different colors

The dragon on the robe is golden yellow, and the python on the robe is blue or turquoise.

Dragon robe:

Embroidered robes:

Embroidered robe embroidery

There are three main types. It can be divided into colored velvet embroidery, plain gold and silver embroidery and circle gold silk velvet embroidery. The velvet embroidery is elegant and beautiful, the gold velvet embroidery is rich and brilliant, and the flat gold and silver embroidery is dazzling, generous and imposing. The use of embroidery also depends on the type of characters.

To sum up, python's stylization, decoration and dance are very concentrated and distinctive, which can be said to be a typical embodiment of the artistic characteristics of Beijing opera costumes. Various types of python-wearing figures use specific colors and patterns in their clothes, and form a set of conventional artistic vocabulary familiar to the audience in embroidery to express the comprehensive characteristics of identity, quality and personality.

Manufacturing technology of dragon robe

The open space of the dragon robe is generally Chu yellow. There are nine dragons embroidered on the dragon robe with five-color clouds in the middle. There are 1 straight dragons in the front and back of the collar, 1 straight dragons in the front and back of the knees, and 1 straight dragons in the sleeves.

The dragon robe is not for the emperor. It can be worn above the county level, but it can't be yellow, and other officials can't wear it. Only when the emperor gives them a kiss can they wear it, but they must "pick their claws" to show the difference. In the Ming Dynasty, the reformed robes, called embroidered robes, became the official clothes of the Ming Dynasty.

The color choice of robes is very researched and very strict. The color used by ancient people is not only the need of human nature, but also the symbol of a race or tribe. In ancient Paleolithic caves, people dyed them with hematite. In Xia Dynasty, they advocated black. In Zhou Dynasty, Qin Dynasty and Han Dynasty, they advocated dark black.

The robes worn by Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty were yellow for the first time, and for a long time after that, yellow was the noblest, symbolizing the central government. So this trend continued until the end of the feudal dynasty.

The colors of the figures on the robe are composed of light moon white, pinyue and plain blue, and the "bat" has several colors such as vermilion, bordeaux, crimson, incense and bronze. "Ruyitou" consists of bright blue, moonlight, navy blue, pink, pink, bordeaux and snow ash.

The work of robes can be divided into embroidery and silk reeling, among which the silk reeling process is relatively complicated, which is technically called "joining warp and breaking weft". This reeling technology has been circulating in China for a long time. It was mainly used for other decorations in the Song Dynasty and for clothing in the Qing Dynasty. Later, because the silk reeling technology took too long working hours, it was mostly used for dragon robes.