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Is kimono, a traditional Japanese costume, imported and improved from China? That should go back to China. When?

Kimono is a traditional costume of the Japanese nation, which was formed on the basis of the costume of China in the Tang Dynasty through the evolution of 1000 years. The Japanese vividly expressed their feelings about art with kimonos.

There are many kinds of kimonos, regardless of color, texture and style, which have undergone thousands of years of changes. Not only are there obvious differences between men and women (men's kimonos are single color, black, few styles, thin belts, simple accessories and easy to wear; Women's kimonos have rich colors, wide belts, various types and styles, and many accessories), and according to different occasions and times, people will wear different kimonos to show caution (women's kimonos include wedding kimonos, adult kimonos, evening ceremony kimonos, banquet ceremony kimonos and general dresses). The weaving, dyeing and embroidery of kimono itself, as well as the complicated rules when wearing it (wearing clogs and socks, combing different hairstyles according to the types of kimono) make it look like a work of art. Designers constantly innovate in color and texture, and apply various bold designs to colors, so that modern impressions are skillfully integrated into the history of classical kimono.

There is another saying, let's listen to it:

There were many wars and warriors in ancient Japan. This is really militarism, which leads to the scarcity of men and the sharp decline of population. In order to speed up the population reproduction and increase the birth rate, the emperor issued the following imperial edict: "A man can have sex with any woman at any time and any place". In order to "do things" conveniently, women only wear a sheet and carry a pillow when they go out, which is the prototype of modern Japanese kimono; At the same time, another problem arises, that is, a born child doesn't know who his father is, so he takes the place where he acts as his surname, so there are surnames such as Yamaguchi, Watanabe, Matsushita, Inoue, Kondo, Tanaka, Takakura, Chuan Dao, Koizumi, etc. If he only had sexual relations with men before birth, he will be crowned with the word "purity" to show purity, and men will add it. For example, Junichiro Koizumi! (The above information comes from six rooms and six cabinets in the East Eighth District of the Royal Archives of Japan.)