Who invented the traditional Chinese skirt?

Tracing back through Chinese history, it's been more than a thousand years since women went from pants to changing to skirts.

Before the Tang Dynasty, women's attire was still outer pants and long shirts, in addition to close-fitting underwear. Because of the Tang Dynasty advocate plump women, so the emperor in the selection of the palace consort color women, in addition to focusing on the appearance of the beautiful, physical fitness is fat for beauty, legend has it that Wu Zetian is to look and body are good, and in the Tang Dynasty when the Emperor Taizong was selected to do the talent in the palace.

During Wu Zetian's reign, although strict laws, but can choose the good with the good, careful governance, the country is slowly growing strong, she is also more and more broad-minded body fat up. Usually, although her various activities can be out of the car into the carriage, but still inevitably need to walk or walk. Because of her legs on the fat side, and then wear silk pants, walking, it is easy to rub around, rubbing pants "giggle" straight sound, which makes the bystanders will involuntarily go looking for the place of the sound. This kind of thing can not be blamed on others, she felt embarrassed, at this time she really feel fat exhaustion.

Wu Zetian heart is very annoying, look at too fat legs, really do not want to look down, simply with a piece of satin cover, out of sight, out of mind. This time, but let her think of thinking of enlightenment, and then took a piece of satin in front of the mirror up and down, left and right, and then simply satin before and after a wrap, the legs all around, try to walk, both elegant and elegant and good-looking. She was very happy, rushed to call for processing production, and then let the court ladies put on, walk on a circle to let themselves see, and then personally improve, ordered to do their own fit to wear, feel very easy and comfortable, heart is very satisfied.

But, wearing such a new costume, what to call it? Wu Zetian left and right thought, that usually people wear all kinds of clothes, there is a "clothes" word side, they are the king of a country, simply add a "clothes" word side to the word king, called "skirt! "

This is a good way to show that the "skirt" was invented by a female emperor like yourself.

But it doesn't end there. When Wu Zetian put on their own invention of the skirt, gleefully to Xingqing Palace to take a break, how to walk, that new silk annoying rubbing sound more or less again, which makes her inner feel very spoiled. So she again seriously pondered the way to improve. A moment later, she was walking to a pavilion in front of the four corners of the pavilion eaves hung on the bells by the wind, are "jingling bells" ringing, while the skirt annoying scuffling sound is covered. She was so relieved that she couldn't help but think of a wonderful solution.

After returning to the palace, she had a few small brass bells attached to her skirt, and then put on her skirt so that she would not hear the scuffling sound when she walked.

From then on, the skirt began to spread from the palace to the people, and the women in the society also rose to wear the skirt this convenient clothing.