In the Han Dynasty, fire morality was highly respected, so the clothes were mainly red and black. When the Western Han Dynasty was established, it basically followed the clothing system of the Qin Dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, wearing black clothes must be accompanied by purple silk ornaments. In order to consolidate the status of imperial power, the rulers of the Han Dynasty established a set of hierarchical official system. Pei is also called seal, and the so-called "seal" is the ribbon on the official seal.

According to the Han Dynasty system, the ribbons of emperors, empresses and empresses were red and yellow, those of princes were crimson, those of dignitaries and prime ministers were green, those of princes and generals were purple, and those below purple were cyan, black and yellow respectively. In the officialdom of Han Dynasty, seals and their colors are important symbols of official rank.

Ordinary people's clothing colors can only be compound colors, such as tea brown, yellow brown, brown, gray, silver gray and pink green. The Han dynasty had specific regulations on the color of court clothes, which were worn at five o'clock all year round, that is, cyan was used in spring; Red in summer; Season and summer are yellow; White in autumn; It's black in winter. The queen's sacrificial clothes are: black on the top and soap on the bottom. The queen's silkworm suit is blue on the top and light green (light yellow) on the bottom.

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People in the Han Dynasty liked bright colors. On the whole, women's clothes are richer and more colorful than men's clothes, as are the clothes of characters in several murals of Han tombs found in Luoyang and some pottery figurines unearthed from Han tombs. Although it is a long time ago, its true colors are distinct and faintly visible.

During the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, they advocated water virtue, earth virtue and fire virtue respectively, and their clothes were also different in fashion, with black, yellow and red being the most expensive. With the development of economy and the integration of foreign national culture, people in Han Dynasty showed an open trend in clothing, and began to pay attention to bright colors to express their aesthetic and life interest.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Han Dynasty Clothing