Characteristics of Guangdong traditional shirts

Life is closely related to geography. To explain the phenomena in life and solve the problems in life requires certain geographical knowledge and skills. Below, take people's basic necessities of life as an example to illustrate:

1, Clothing and Geography

First of all, clothing materials are closely related to geographical environment. Sericulture production is suitable for subtropical areas. The Hangjiahu area in Zhejiang and the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong are both important silk producing areas in China. Xinjiang with abundant sunshine is the most important long-staple cotton producing area in China. People's favorite sweaters and fur coats are mainly made of wool and various kinds of leather in western pastoral areas of China. Secondly, clothing style is related to regional characteristics. In the hot and dry Arab region, people like to wear loose white robes. In the snowy plateau where the temperature changes greatly, Tibetan herdsmen in China often wear an "asymmetric" robe with their arms exposed. Third, clothing changes are related to climate change. In areas with four distinct seasons, people usually prepare several sets of clothes corresponding to the seasons, such as men's short-sleeved shirts, T-shirts and ladies' dresses in summer, casual clothes and sweaters in spring and autumn, ski shirts and leather jackets in winter. On the contrary, in Kunming, Yunnan, China, where there is no cold and heat in four seasons, it becomes winter when it rains, forming a unique landscape of "clothing in four seasons".

2. Diet and geography

From the perspective of staple food structure, due to different hydrothermal conditions, wheat is mainly planted in the north and rice is mainly planted in the south of China, forming a pattern of "rice in the north and food in the south". In addition, the cooking skills of the "eight major cuisines" in China have their own characteristics, and they are known as "sweet in the south and salty in the north, spicy in the east and sour in the west", and their formation is also related to the geographical environment. Take the formation of "sweet in the south and salty in the north", which is related to the climate difference between north and south of China. The north of China is located in the warm temperate zone, with cold and dry winters, high temperature and rainy summers, and high temperature all year round. In the past, even a small amount of vegetables were difficult to spend the winter, and at the same time, they were unwilling to "squander" for a while. Northerners pickled vegetables and slowly "enjoyed" them. Therefore, most people in the north have developed the habit of eating salty food. The south is rainy, with good light and heat conditions, and is rich in sugar cane. Compared with the north, vegetables are recommended several times a year. Southerners are surrounded by sugar and naturally develop the habit of eating sweet. It is not that northerners don't like sweets. It's just that there was little sugar in the past, so they had to use "salty" instead of "sweet" to adjust the taste. Although there is no shortage of sugar in the north now, once the taste is formed, it cannot be changed overnight.

3. Housing and geography

The styles and materials of traditional houses are mostly influenced by local natural and geographical conditions. For example, the Inuit in North America use ice cubes as exterior walls; In order to meet the needs of nomadic life, herders on the grassland usually live in yurts with convenient loading and unloading; Residents of the Loess Plateau make use of the good vertical characteristics of loess to dig caves to live; In the hot minority areas in southwest China, bamboo architecture is the main building. At present, the development of commercial housing should also consider many geographical factors, such as the traffic location of the house, the spatial combination of surrounding facilities, the comprehensive situation of the surrounding environment quality, the internal environment design of the residential area, the orientation of the house, lighting, ventilation, height and spacing.

4. Travel and geography

People's travel is closely related to the geographical environment. In alpine canyons, people use the rapids in the canyons to go kayaking. In the vast sand sea, camels become "boats in the desert"; On the endless grassland, people ride horses as fast as flying; In Jiangnan water town, people use boats to shuttle back and forth on the river. When people travel, whether traveling or on business, they should decide the departure time and choose the mode of transportation according to the weather and environmental conditions.