Clothing characteristics in Ming dynasty

The Ming Dynasty was a dynasty with the strongest civic atmosphere in China. It can be seen from the literary works and historical records of the Ming Dynasty that the clothing culture of the Ming Dynasty has reached a relatively developed level.

Influenced by China's traditional culture, the beauty of ancient women in China paid great attention to implication and inner cultivation, and "attaching importance to fiber and fitting" has always been a model of beauty.

Although the aesthetic view of Ming Dynasty has been relatively broad, moderate beauty is still the most respected. In terms of body shape, "fleshy and small bones" is once again valued.

Since the Ming Dynasty, buttons have been widely used, made of metal and jade. Double-breasted gown is a common dress for women in Ming Dynasty.

Hanfu evolution diagram

The other woman is wearing a long coat and a horse face skirt. There is a wide strip in the middle of the skirt, which is similar to the evolution of "covering the knees". There are more fine pleats at the waist, and then more and more pleats.

When Hanfu developed to the Ming Dynasty, the most prominent feature was the front buttons instead of knots. But buttons are mainly used for dresses, and uniforms are rarely used, but they were popular in the late Ming Dynasty.

Buttons, not from the Ming Dynasty, appeared in the form of nailing buttons on the waistline of knitted coats during the Yuan and Mongolia Dynasties. Buttons should have originated from the ethnic minorities in China, and they didn't become popular until the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the proportion of women's dresses in the Ming Dynasty was obviously inverted. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the climate became cold, and it was cold for a long time in a year, so the coat gradually grew to the knees, and the skirt could no longer be tied outside the coat, but was covered by the coat, which was called "dress".

In the Ming dynasty, there was also a kind of stand-up collar similar to today, which was buckled with buttons.

In the Ming dynasty, women changed the eyebrow shape of the upturned feathers in the Tang dynasty and praised the slender crescent eyebrows instead. Make-up pays attention to details, emphasizing "face as congealed fat, eyes as oily paint, eyebrows as shine on you".