Commonly Used Patterns of Han Dynasty Clothing

The Han Dynasty continued the clothing style of the Warring States period, and tended to be more atmospheric, bright, concise and varied in the pursuit of patterns. From the change of shoes, it is close to the style of our modern shoes and boots, which shows that the dress at that time was more developed. At this time, in the decoration of clothing fabric patterns, a change in the Shang, Zhou Dynasty, the center of symmetry, repeated successive patterns of the organizational form, but to overlap and entangle, up and down the interspersed, the four sides of the extension of the composition appeared, and fantasy and romanticism, unconventional deformation, the formation of a lively cloud pattern, bird pattern and dragon pattern pattern. It is characterized by flowing arcs extending up and down, left and right arbitrarily, and the lines at the turns are thickened or small blocks are added, emphasizing the dynamic lines and enriching the image. The uniqueness shown in this type of free-form cloud pattern is the skillful combination with animals. Adding a bird's head to the curved head of the cloud pattern and drawing a curve at the end, it becomes the image of a flying bird with its head held high, but it also implies the imprint of the cloud pattern. This original conception and expression belongs to the bold artistic exaggeration, interesting. This cloud pattern has been further developed in the use of clothing. Changsha Mawangdui excavated silk painting painted image, wearing clothes pattern is "s" shaped cloud pattern. This "s" shaped pattern has the vivid characteristics of echoing each other left and right, up and down, and circling back and forth. Its lines of thick and thin with the size of the interspersed, in contrast to the unity of the pattern in the law of formal beauty, a new creation. The weaving and embroidery techniques of the Han Dynasty show that this period was the first flourishing period in the history of dyeing and weaving in China, and the fabric varieties and pattern layouts reached a high level. Changsha Mawangdui unearthed cloud pattern, its line stretch smooth, dynamic, with the "s" shape. It can be seen that the Han Dynasty cloud pattern at this time there is a new development, that is, in the up and down, left and right arbitrary extension of the line produced the rhythm of the virtual and real, but also to freely extend the "s" shaped skeleton to show a kind of atmospheric, coordinated aesthetics, for the later artistic styling design to lay the foundation. Lacquerware, known for its lightness, delicacy and chicness, also reached its peak in the Han Dynasty. The craftsmanship was precise, and the decorative patterns were mainly stretching and flowing deformed cloud patterns, animal patterns, plant patterns, geometric patterns, but the lacquer crafts were more cloud patterns. In the Han Dynasty, the use of color in dress patterns was mainly based on contrast, emphasizing bright, eye-catching and brilliant, showing the characteristics of beauty in the plain. This feature is also used by people in modern dress design. During the Han Dynasty, in addition to the continued use of twelve chapter patterns, clothing as a symbol of the power and status of the ruling class, the significance of the more intense. For this reason, a variety of craftsmen in order to meet the needs of the rulers, in the design of the dress pattern more pursuit of the aesthetic value of art, the pattern is not only to meet the deformation of a variety of natural objects, but to adapt to the needs of the ruling class. In the choice of pattern modeling, highlighting the symbolism of the dragon and phoenix. It can also be seen from the pattern modeling that the dragon and phoenix at that time already had a high degree of artistic expression. In the performance of dress pattern, the dragon and phoenix pattern not only has a strong craftsmanship, decorative features, more aesthetic value, but also in the design of the pursuit of artistic modeling perfection. In summary, the above shows that the use of dress pattern has gone through the most primitive pursuit of an obscurantist beauty, the worship of totem, power, status symbols of such a development process, has reached the human subjective artistic processing, creation of the situation. That is to say, the pattern as a dress decoration is not only a symbol of beauty, but more prominently demonstrated its artistic appreciation value, although it is covered with a layer of power and hierarchy (i.e., the color of the class). For this reason, we say that the use of dress patterns to the Han Dynasty, has a higher artistic expression.