The earliest clothes were mainly used to keep out the cold. Mainly practical. You can sew the skin and leaves together, but you can't sew them together, so you can't tell what shape they are.

In the Neolithic Age, people's lives became more and more stable, resulting in primitive agriculture and textile industry. They began to make clothes out of woven linen, and then began to raise silkworms and spin silk. People's clothes and costumes are more and more complete.

Legend has it that Huang Di's wife [z] began to raise silkworms and reeling silk, and Huang Di created the form of clothing. "Before the Yellow Emperor, there were no clothes and houses. The Yellow Emperor built houses, made clothes and buried the dead, and the people didn't have to live or die. " .

Together, the couple laid the foundation of China's traditional clothing. In other words, people who are well-dressed now should worship them as their ancestors.

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Archaeology also confirmed that it was during this period that "clothes under skirts" were formed, crowns appeared and the clothing system was established.

The so-called clothes, "Love of the Gods" said, "The upper part is clothes, and the lower part is petticoats."

It should be noted here that ancient petticoats were skirts, not trousers.

In addition to styling, the color of clothes is also very particular.

Records: "Huangdi, Yao and Shun hung up their clothes and ruled the world. They built a Gankun, where "Gankun" refers to heaven and earth. I don't know when it is black, so this jacket is black. This skirt looks like yellow. The shape and color of upper and lower clothes are the shapes and colors of clothes produced by heaven and earth worship.

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In order to strengthen the hierarchy, the Xia Dynasty also established a set of clothing system centered on the royal sacrificial clothing-crown.

There is a saying in Historical Records, "Confucius said, Yu, I never stopped loving each other. Bad clothes attract beauty [F]. That is to say, Yu Xia usually lives frugally, but when offering sacrifices, he will wear colorful clothes with blessings printed on them to show his respect for God.

There are no traces of cultural relics in the imperial robes of the Xia Dynasty. Online crowns and clothing patterns are from the Han Dynasty, including the portrait of Yu Xia. The earliest brick carving was also in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, smiling will not mislead everyone because the reference picture is misplaced.

The study of Shang dynasty costumes can not be separated from the kneeling jade statue unearthed from this symbol tomb.

Jade statue kneeling in front of Fu Hao's tomb

Sitting on a jade statue is the most exquisite ornament in a woman's tomb. The whole jade article vividly shows the appearance and costumes of the Shang nobles, which is the most precious information to understand the costumes at that time.

The jade is 7cm high, and the jade material is Hetian jade, with brown immersion marks all over the body.

Jade people sit on their knees, touching their knees with both hands, braiding iron dragons, and wearing a headband "ku" connected with a flat crown on their foreheads.

He wore a cross-collared robe decorated with moire and dragon patterns. The lower edge is as long as the ankle, and the sleeves are as narrow as the wrist.

The shoulders are decorated with official animal patterns, and the right leg is decorated with an S-shaped snake. Square shoes on your feet.

The belt is rhombic and wide, and a long belt "covers the knees" hangs in front of the abdomen. There is a plutonium weapon hanging on the left side of his waist.

Because the woman was buried with an axe, some people speculated that the jade man was the statue of the woman herself.

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-Tomahawk is usually used by people like Cheng and jy, but there is a sense of disobedience in front of such a princess. In addition, the carving technology at that time was not perfect, and men and women could not be seen at all by looking at their faces. So some people suspect that Jade Man is a woman's attendant or guard.

Don't blame our ancestors for their poor workmanship. Ancient Greek statues are famous for their exquisite realism, and they still are. This jade statue is one of the most outstanding jade carvings in ancient China and a masterpiece in the world art history.

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Some people may ask, "Why is this jade man kneeling?"

First, it should be corrected. This posture is exactly called "sitting on the hock joint", that is, sitting on the calf and landing on both knees.

The ancients wanted to sit on stools because they didn't invent chairs and stools, but also because of clothes.

As mentioned earlier, since the Yellow Emperor, China's costumes have taken the shape of clothes. But a petticoat is a skirt. Especially in the hot summer, in order to dissipate heat, petticoats were made very large, and ancient people rarely wore underwear. Only by sitting on your own feet can you prevent the unspeakable parts from being exposed.

Therefore, the biggest mystery in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is how to avoid exposure when immortals walk in the clouds.

Generally speaking, slave owners in Shang Dynasty could wear silk, and jade was also a very common ornament. The style can basically refer to the clothes of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Soldiers and warriors usually wear armor, helmets and linen clothes made of animal skin and bronze.

Ordinary people have no clear documents to check, but it is conceivable that they are usually miserable.

On his head, according to Shen Congwen's Under the Words of Yi Xi, there are no fewer than three or four kinds: pointed hat, flat crown, cylindrical high crown or towel crown, and round hoop crown for tying hair.

The most famous film of Shang Dynasty is The Analects of Confucius. This year's Love of the Gods, a work on China's ancient costume, Love of the Gods, which was released at the end of the year, Fire, which is currently being filmed, and more than 100 imitations, all originated from this great intellectual property right.

However, as a mythical novel of Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to completely copy the costumes of Shang Dynasty. Therefore, it is a wise choice to refer to Taoist murals in the Song and Ming Dynasties based on the costumes and patterns of the Shang Dynasty.

Ye Jintian, the producer of the trilogy, seems to have learned a lesson from the failure of The Devil's Child Arrival. This time, Ye Jintian spent a month writing the trilogy Yin Ruins and Museums in Anyang. Artists who graduated from Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts and Central Academy of Fine Arts also participated in the creation. They claim that "the unique aesthetic system of the trilogy is based on Taoist landscape paintings from 13 to 15 centuries, which combines the aesthetic elements of Shang and Zhou bronzes and Song landscapes, and reproduces the classical aesthetic form of China in the form of movies and TV.

Whether the direction is correct depends on the final result.

As for the costumes of the Zhou Dynasty, there are too many etiquette rules and contents. Maybe next time.