What clothes did people wear in ancient China (Tang, Song, Ming and Qing)?
Women's wear in Tang Dynasty is mainly composed of skirts, skirts (or shirts) and skirts. In the early Tang Dynasty, women's dresses were still made in the Sui Dynasty, wearing short sleeve skirts and tight skirts, but the collar types gradually increased, such as round neck, square collar, oblique collar, straight collar and chicken collar. In the early Tang Dynasty, women in the Central Plains liked to wear Hu Fu, lapels, small sleeve shirts, striped pants, line shoes and Hu Mao with rolled eaves. After the prosperous Tang dynasty, the collar became wider and bare collar appeared, but only women with status could bare collar. Women's dresses in the Tang Dynasty had a silk weaving system, also called silk weaving, and the material was mostly tulle. During the Tianbao period, women also liked men's wear, and it became fashionable to wear men's wear, boots and hats. Another fashion style is to take off your coat and comb a popular bun. In Song Dynasty, men mainly wore round neck robes and skirts. In the Song Dynasty, many literati wore knee-length jackets, Huang Shang, square-toed shoes and a big belt as concierge. Women's Wear in Song Dynasty Women in Song Dynasty wear coats in winter and shirts in summer. The characteristics of clothes are that the top is light and the bottom is bright. The coat color is generally light green, pink purple, silver gray, scallion and so on. , with comeliness as elegance; The dress color of the lower skirt is generally blue, blue, green, blue, white, apricot yellow and so on. When a woman goes out or gets married, she will wear a headscarf. In the Ming Dynasty, people wore Hanfu, which was characterized by collar and right button. Instead of buttons, they are tied up with ropes, giving people a free and easy feeling. There are mainly "upper garment and lower garment" system (ancient upper garment refers to lower skirt), "deep garment" system (connecting upper garment and lower garment) and "skirt" system (short garment). Among them, the coronation under the coat is the most solemn and formal dress for emperors and officials; Robe clothes (deep clothes) are common clothes for officials and scholars, while skirts are popular among women. Right-handed: Emphasize right-handed, all left-handed people will be regarded as savages. Generally speaking, clothes are on the left and on the right. In the Ming dynasty, all men wore loose clothes, stockings and shallow shoes. In the Qing dynasty, he wore a thin horseshoe-cuff-arrow suit and tight socks and deep boots. Men's wear in the Qing Dynasty was dominated by robes and jackets, and the sleeves were horseshoe-shaped, which was unprecedented in previous dynasties. The robe is simple in shape and has a straight collar and a large lapel. There are seams in the front and back of the robe, and there are two slits at the hem (called "lack of pants" in ancient times) and four slits, but no slits. In men's wear, mandarin jacket is the most popular, and mandarin jacket is one of the four uniforms of Manchu men. Women's dresses in Qing Dynasty are different from those in Han Dynasty. During Kang Yong period, Han women kept Ming style, while clothes and long skirts were popular in small sleeve. After finishing, the clothes are getting fatter and shorter, the cuffs are getting wider and wider, and with the cloud shoulders, the pattern renovation is endless; By the end of the Qing Dynasty, urban women had put on skirts and trousers, which were inlaid with lace and rolled teeth, and most expensive clothes were spent on them. Manchu women wear "flag skirt" and "flowerpot bottom" flag shoes. As for the cheongsam, it was mainly used by the court and the royal family for a long time. In the late Qing dynasty, cheongsam was also imitated by the ladies of the Han nationality.