Most of the design themes in China's traditional costumes come directly or indirectly from the simulation or abstract generalization of what forms.

The design theme of China traditional folk costumes directly or indirectly comes from the simulation or abstract generalization of natural forms, such as the description of flowers and birds, fish, insects, animals, figures, natural landscapes and festive scenes.

I. Origin

National costume is formed in a specific social life and natural environment, which conforms to the national living habits and aesthetic consciousness.

Hanfu is one of the national costumes with the longest history in the world. Before there was no archaeological data to support it, Hanfu first appeared in the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

About 5,000 years ago, in the Yangshao culture period of Neolithic Age, primitive agriculture and textile industry appeared in China. They began to make clothes out of woven linen, and later invented sericulture and spinning, and people's clothes and costumes became more and more complete.

After the Shang Dynasty, the system of crown service was initially established, and in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the service system was gradually formed. In the late Zhou Dynasty, great changes took place in politics, economy, ideology and culture.

The crown service system has been brought into the category of "rule by courtesy" and has become a manifestation of etiquette. Since then, China's clothing system has become more detailed. Objectively speaking, the national costumes of the Han nationality in some historical stages, such as China's national flag dress, cheongsam, mandarin jacket, etc. , can never be called "Hanfu", because they have no normal evolution and convergence process with the real Hanfu.

Second, the characteristics

China traditional costume design is more abstract, vivid, eye-catching, exaggerated, intense and free.

National costume is formed in a specific social life and natural environment, which conforms to the national living habits and aesthetic consciousness. Its national characteristics are mainly manifested in the shape, style, color, materials and parts of clothing.

The design and refinement of national costume image should be more abstract, vivid and iconic. In the design process, the designer's thinking mode should be romantic and dynamic, with keen image perception.

Compared with other forms of drama, the aesthetic characteristics of national costumes are more exaggerated, stronger and more free. In modeling and color, abstraction and exaggeration are its most distinctive features.

Compared with other forms of drama, national costume modeling has stricter requirements for the adaptation of actors' movements, higher requirements for actors' large-scale dynamics and greater performance space in materials.