Women's Wear in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties What did women wear in Southern and Northern Dynasties?

Some women in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties still used the traditional deep clothing system, but the form was obviously different from that in the early Han Dynasty. The characteristics of deep clothes in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties mainly focused on the hem of clothes. The hem is cut into a triangle with a wide top and a sharp bottom, which is called "". In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, this streamer removed the long mopping floor and greatly lengthened the "dovetail" of the sharp corner, so that the two were integrated.

On both sides of the tunnel in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and below the Buddhist stories, there are often rows of neat men and women, ranging from a few inches to a few feet high. Among them, there are both powerful and prominent officials and ordinary civilians. These figures all gave money to build caves, and they painted their own statues on the walls, indicating that all the bodhisattvas and Buddha statues in the caves were provided by them, so they were called cave owners, also known as providers. Many providers are equipped with inscriptions, indicating the year number, title, ranking, surname and so on. The clothes painted in this painting were universal at that time, and the pottery women unearthed in Luoyang, Henan Province also wore this kind of clothes. It is characterized by double-breasted waist, wide sleeves, cuffs decorated with sleeves of different colors and striped skirts. At that time, women wore skirts, besides sunglasses, there were other skirts. Jin people's Old Story of the East Palace recorded the costumes of the Prince and Princess, including gauze double skirts, gauze double skirts and cinnabar cup skirts. It can be seen that the production of women's skirts has been very delicate, and the colors of materials are also different.

The picture below shows the women's dress with mixed patterns, which was restored and drawn according to the handed down silk paintings and murals. Women's wear and men's wear in this period were similar and complicated, and generally inherited the customs of Qin and Han dynasties. There are shirts, jackets, flannel and skirts. The styles are mainly wide, with lapels and sleeves at the edges. The cuffs are decorated with sleeves of different colors, with striped skirts and a silk belt around the waist. There is also a skirt with a waist between the clothes. In addition, there are crimson yarn double skirts, single yarn double skirts, purple blue yarn double skirts and single cup Tam skirts.

Women in the Northern Dynasties liked tight-fitting shirts with narrow sleeves, and purse was also a feature of women's clothing in this period, which was still widely used in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Women also wear crotch, usually inside first, and then outside the collar coat. Women also wear pleats. It is worth noting that women who wear pleats often wear caged crowns on their heads and sometimes have hips, just like men's clothing at the same time. During the Six Dynasties, people wore double-breasted robes. Women's trousers in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, narrow and thin, are the clothing styles of northwest ethnic minorities. They used to be very popular among ordinary women or servants. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, aristocratic women also wore these pants, because they were very fashionable in Hu clothes. The other is wide pants. When northern women wear these pants, they always put their legs under their knees and tie them with ribbons. This method is favored by professional women or servants. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, mulberry-picking women wore robes and dresses, while ordinary women wore frugal clothes. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, ordinary women wore long skirts with wide sleeves and short clothes, and maids wore double-breasted clothes with rings and buns.

Hair tied in a bun or a circle.

The popular covered bun in Wei and Jin Dynasties is a fake bun, and the gold and jade jewelry embedded in the bun has strict regulations and is not allowed to be used by non-living women. Walking jewelry is inserted in a high bun, and there is one hanging behind it. This hairstyle appeared as early as the Han Dynasty, and became popular again after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, becoming the main hairstyle for women. Walking and walking crowns are generally decorated for women. Ordinary women not only have diverse hairstyles, but also borrow a bun, which is more casual and the decoration on the bun is not complicated. It was called "slow fire bun", and later this hairstyle gradually decreased. A few women imitate national customs and die, with single or double rings of hair, towering above the top, and combing a bun or a bun. Following the custom of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, folk women tied their hair into three sections and pulled it straight up, which is called "flying". The woman's hair is tied in the middle and made into a vertical circle. This style of bun was first popular in the court, then in the folk, and it was produced as early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties. According to records, the snake bun in Wei Dynasty was the favorite bun of women at that time, as well as white bun, white bun, hibiscus bun and cigarette bun. In the Jin Dynasty, there were three kinds of buns, namely, Kangni bun, Degenerate Pony bun, Fringed bun, Cuimei Jinghe bun and Furong bun. In the Song Dynasty, there were flying clouds, and in the Liang Dynasty, there were Huanyang bun, Huanyang bun and gloomy bun. Chen Shi has Lingyun steamed buns, Suiyun steamed buns and barbecued pork buns; There was eccentricity in the Northern Song Dynasty. The ornaments on the bun are in the form of walking posture, flowers, hairpins, hairpins, tweezers or flower arrangement. Southern women put jasmine flowers in their hair bun and sometimes wear flowers on their skirts. Anti-bun and sub-bun are the hair accessories of aristocratic women in Wei Wudi court.