What does the waist length of horse-face skirt mean?

The waist length of horse face skirt refers to the total length of skirt head.

Source: Horse-face skirt, also known as "horse-face pleated skirt", is one of the main skirts of ancient Han women in China. There are four skirt doors in front and back, which overlap each other. The outer skirt door is decorated, and the inner skirt door is decorated with little or no decoration. The horse face skirt is draped on the side, and the waist of the skirt is mostly white cloth, which means to grow old together with a rope or a button.

Horse-face skirt is the most typical style of Han women's clothing in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its style has experienced a series of changes from the freshness and elegance of the Ming Dynasty to the splendor and wealth of the Qing Dynasty, and then to the simplicity and simplicity of the Republic of China, but its "horse face" structure has always been deeply rooted.

Cultural connotation:

Horseshoe skirts are brightly colored, mostly red, and blue is also common. Red is the most popular color in China traditional culture, because it represents auspiciousness and celebration. According to the custom of Han nationality, women usually wear red skirts at weddings and festivals. In the Qing dynasty, blue horse-faced skirts were also common. As popular colors at that time, they were often paired with black and yellow.

The pattern of horse-face skirt can be divided into single embroidered cloth pattern and large-area embroidered cloth pattern, of which single embroidered cloth pattern accounts for the majority. Each of these patterns conveys a different meaning. Such as animal patterns, in the traditional historical development, dragon and phoenix patterns have been accompanied by everyone in China. Dragon and phoenix patterns mostly appear on the clothes of every emperor and concubine in the harem. Dragon and phoenix also symbolize the beautiful marriage of love between men and women. There is also the meaning of fish in real life. The homonym of fish is "fish", which has a beautiful meaning for more than a year. Plants, flowers and plant patterns give beautiful meanings to patterns through their different qualities. Peony, as the national flower, represents wealth; Lotus that emerges from the mud but is not stained represents jade and ice; Chrysanthemum represents longevity; Lily symbolizes holiness, purity and friendship, which means a century of harmony and a sunny future life.