The pattern on the clothes of the eunuch in charge of the Qing Dynasty is not a dragon, but a python. Embroidered robe, also known as floral garment, is named after the embroidered python pattern on the robe. Tsui Hark's "money-clearing" clothing category: embroidered robe, a famous floral dress in Ming Dynasty.
It is said in Shen Defu's Wild Catch in the Ming Dynasty: The python suit is like a dragon suit, similar to the royal suit of the Supreme Court, but with a claw (toe) removed, every official must wear it whenever there is a celebration. In other words, the embroidered robe is a python garment with one claw missing.
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The lines arranged obliquely at the lower ends of dragon robes and embroidered robes are called "water feet". There are billowing waves at the foot of the water, and rock treasures stand on the waves, commonly known as "Jiangya seawater". Sea water can be divided into still water and flat water. Still water refers to the tidal wave composed of striped twill at the bottom of the robe; Flat water refers to the waves with scales under the river teeth. Sea water means tide, which is homophonic with the DPRK, so it becomes a special decoration of official clothes.
Jiangya, also known as Jiangya and Jiangya, that is, the mountains overlap like the tender shoots of ginger, which not only means auspiciousness and continuity, but also means the eternal consolidation of the country. Embroidered robes were the royal clothing of officials in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that restrictions were relaxed. People from the emperor down to those who don't go abroad can wear them, but there are differences in the color and quantity of pythons.
Python is a kind of highly decorative clothing, which inherits the tradition of China's clothing in the past dynasties to pursue the beauty of artistic conception and embody the beauty of spiritual implication, that is, to decorate the human body with clothing. Its robes and wide sleeves have a sense of solemnity; Gorgeous decorative patterns are endowed with symbolic significance.
Another major feature of python is its strong dancing ability. It gets rid of the natural life form, has no waist, and clothes can swing at will to express the mood of the characters (jade belts are hung on the clothes, which only play a decorative role); It uses exaggerated sleeves to enrich the performance and convey the feelings of the characters.
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