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Why antique bibs can't be worn

Nowadays, underwear is very comfortable to wear, the bibs have been eliminated.

The bib is a kind of underwear of the ancient people, now our underwear wear are very comfortable and beautiful, so the bib has been eliminated.

The bibs, also known as the "bust", is a traditional Chinese dress chest and abdomen of the intimate underwear, the shape of the square or rectangular, diagonal design, the upper corner of the cut, into a concave shallow semicircular, the lower corner of the pointy, and some were rounded. Bibs often have patterns on the surface, there are printed and embroidered, printed popularity is mostly blue calico, the pattern is mostly "Lian Sheng Gui Zi", "Qilin sends a son", "phoenix through the peony", "Lian Lian Yu" and other auspicious motifs. Embroidered bibs are more common, embroidered theme patterns are mostly Chinese folklore or some folklore. Such as Liu Hai play golden toad, magpies, mandarin ducks playing in the water, lotus and other flowers, grass and insects, most of which is to avoid bad luck, good luck and happiness of the theme.