Characteristics of costumes in Qing Dynasty

1644 After the Qing soldiers entered the customs, Manchu costume customs spread rapidly in China with the help of military and political forces.

In feudal society, clothing was closely related to everyone's identity and social class. The style, color and texture of clothing must conform to the identity of the wearer. Men's wear in Qing Dynasty mainly consisted of robes, jackets, coats, shirts and trousers. The difference between the royal family, the officials and the common people in robes is mainly manifested in the number of slits. The royal family uses four splits, the officials use two splits, and the people don't.

There are also strict rules on the time and occasion of wearing clothes. For example, officials with five or more items must wear mink and fur on the first day of the winter solstice (November of the lunar calendar) every year, commonly known as "turning jackets". Every year in March of the lunar calendar, hundreds of officials change their cool hats and warm hats in August. At that time, the Ministry of Rites invited the emperor to change the decree.

Robe and mandarin jacket is one of the most commonly used clothes for men in Qing Dynasty, with cloth boots and melon caps. Young Manchu women wear flag skirts and waistcoats in a straight line, while middle-aged women wear cheongsam. The clothing combinations of Han women are generally tops, jackets, skirts and cloaks.

In the House of Poetry, little girls have to wear skirts when they are 13 years old. Generally, maids and rural working women only wear pants and no skirts. In addition, prostitutes don't wear skirts, but only pants, which is the fundamental difference between good women and brothel women in clothing.

Extended data

The Qing Dynasty was a political power established by Manchu minority. Being in the nomadic era and in a state of war for a long time, its main characteristics are tight-fitting, concise and easy to ride and shoot, which is quite different from the traditional clothing culture of the Han nationality.

Judging from the history of clothing development, the Qing Dynasty changed the traditional clothing the most, and the clothing form of the Qing Dynasty was the most complicated in China, which was also a great change in the history of clothing design in China in the past hundred years.

Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of feudal society in the history of China. Multi-ethnic countries have been further consolidated and developed, while the feudal system has declined. Judging from the development history of ancient Chinese clothing, the clothing system in Qing Dynasty has undergone great changes. The traditional dress system handed down from generation to generation for thousands of years was destroyed by the entry of the Eight Banners and replaced by strange foreign clothes.

The Qing Dynasty is a special historical period in the costume history of China, which is dominated by Manchu costumes and has typical nomadic characteristics in the north. This is the result of the Qing rulers forcing people to change their costumes by means of violence and prohibition, which led to great changes in ancient Chinese costumes in the last feudal dynasty.

The tradition of the Han nationality, which lasted for thousands of years, was destroyed and changed. In sharp contrast, the short and narrow sleeves and the simple and solemn flag dress have gained a dominant position.

Flag dress is characterized by saving materials, simple production and convenient wearing. Although the dress in Qing Dynasty abandoned many traditional basic forms in appearance, its internal things did not change, and its spiritual essence came down in one continuous line with the whole national dress culture in China.

It not only embodies the custom characteristics of this nation, but also retains the hierarchical content left over from thousands of years. However, the complexity and complexity of its regulations exceeded those of previous dynasties.

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