In which era was stocking introduced to China? What did people think of it at that time?

Modern stockings were invented in the United States and introduced to China during the Republican era. At that time fashionable women were crazy about them, romantic men were obsessed with them, conservative people scolded them for not being serious, and now stockings have conquered everything.

Silk stockings were first invented in the United States, of course, about the predecessor of stockings, no one can say.

After all, stockings have been slowly changing since ancient times. Who knows if the evolution of stockings drew on our traditional aesthetic?

When stockings were first studied by Americans, they became a crazy trend. Many women paid a lot of money to wear them, and when women wore them, men became obsessed with them and fell for them.

When stockings came to our side, we all know that the Republic of China was more conservative in its thinking, and many people began to criticize stockings.

A lot of people at that time even said that wearing stockings was not serious. Many literary masters and influential people in the social field began to criticize this matter.

It just didn't occur to me that there seemed to be more and more critics, but stockings were becoming more and more popular. In the criticism of many people, more and more people like to wear stockings and more and more people like to see other people wearing stockings.

The emergence of stockings stems from one particular material discovery, the epoch-making material nylon, which was discovered in 1937. If you don't know what nylon is, we might as well simply call it a synthetic fiber.

Silk stockings officially appeared in October 1939 and sold out as soon as they appeared, making a big impact at the time.

The introduction of stockings to China

October 1939, stockings were officially on sale, and as soon as they were on sale, they attracted attention, and the whole of the United States went crazy about them.

It was only after World War II that nylon was stockpiled in large quantities as a direct military resource, and production of stockings dropped dramatically at this time.

Interesting question is interesting here. What goes around comes around. There was a time when the upper classes of all classes started wearing stockings.

The more you don't let me wear them, the more I wear them. With this mentality, stockings spread throughout the country in a short period of time In what era were stockings introduced to China? What did people think of it at that time?

Silk stockings were originally for men! According to records, stockings originated from fishermen in Western European countries. Because the fishermen in Western Europe thought that the sea breeze was too strong, and their usual clothes would swell due to the wind, which would affect their fishing activities.

So they invented one-piece stockings, made of cotton and linen. Although the stockings were neither beautiful nor particularly warm compared to clothes, it was much easier to wear clothes while engaging in fishing activities.

Then stockings were discovered, and clothing was brought from the sea to the land. After countless improvements, the users of stockings changed from fishermen to nobles. Until Louis XIV of France, as a crazy lover of one-piece stockings, the upper class men wearing one-piece stockings is also very beautiful. So it can still be seen on many Western European portraits that aristocratic men wore stockings at that time.

Until the 1930s, the raw material for stockings was improved due to the invention of nylon fiber. Compared with the previous stockings, stockings made of nylon fiber were more durable, breathable and beautiful, and were welcomed by the Native Americans. Gradually, the western countries also like the stockings made of nylon fiber.

At this time, China was in a period of cultural collision between the East and the West. A large number of western cultures, ideas and commodities flowed into China, which had a certain impact on our culture, stockings being one of them. At that time, Chinese students studying advanced knowledge abroad were also influenced by some western culture. One of the representative figures was Mr. Hu Shi. After returning to China, Hu Shih not only gave back to his country with his knowledge, but also influenced all aspects in his own way. In Hu Shi's photos, it is not difficult to see him wearing stockings.

It's not that Hu Shi was a foreign admirer and thought stockings were inferior to our traditional socks. On the one hand, wearing stockings in the hot summer is indeed more breathable and airy than traditional socks, which do not cover the feet; on the other hand, in the Republican period, wearing stockings was also a status symbol.

Summary: Stockings are the standard for women who love beauty, in women's opinion , stockings are a symbol of female independence and freedom, it can enhance a woman's attractiveness, a woman's image and sexiness.