The relationship between Chinese dress and Chinese culture

Chinese dress, like Chinese culture, is the result of the mutual penetration and influence of various ethnic groups. Since the Han and Tang dynasties, and especially after the modern era, a large number of absorbed and melted the excellent crystallization of foreign cultures of the world's various ethnic groups, and only then was it possible to evolve into an overall so-called Chinese dress culture with the Han as the main body.

China has a great etiquette, so it is called summer; the beauty of clothing chapter, called China. What we call "Huaxia" has such a meaning. Hanfu is also known as Chinese dress, the form of which is roughly the form of "top and bottom".

This is mainly due to the natural and social environment of our country at that time. As we all know, the Chinese people in the Central Plains are mainly farming people, and people's lives are closely related to the land. When the weather was hot, the farmers were tired of working in the fields and sweating, so it was easy for them to take off their clothes in the form of hanbok, which is a form of "clothes on top and clothes underneath".

Imagine if you were wearing a jumpsuit, it would be more trouble. Some people say why not "top and bottom"? This is because of the natural environment. A shirt underneath makes it easier to dissipate heat, whereas pants would be hotter to wear (usually worn by nomads).

This is one of the differences between farming and nomadic peoples. Of course, with the development of society, the upper and lower Hanfu also appeared, but for the farmers facing the soil, the most convenient and practical form of clothing is still the "top and bottom" form.

Clothing is always a direct response to the ideology of the people at that time, and so is the Hanbok. There is a big difference in the costumes worn by people in different times. The Zhou Dynasty practiced the feudal system and followed the Zhou rituals. In this society of "king and minister, father and son", the dress can also reflect the strict hierarchy of the time.

For example, the "twelve chapters of the pattern", which includes the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountains, the dragon, the Chinese insects, the Zong Yi, algae, fire, powder rice, embroidery, 黻. Legend has it that this is Shun Emperor in order to warn future generations of kings to have twelve virtues and people to develop.

Each chapter and stripe corresponds to a virtue.

The "sun" corresponds to "brightness", the "moon" corresponds to "tranquility", and the "stars" corresponds to "peace". "stars" corresponds to "broadness", "mountains" to "stability". "Dragon" corresponds to "convenience". "Worm" corresponds to "splendor". The word "zongyi" corresponds to "loyalty and filial piety".

"Algae" corresponds to "cleanliness", "fire" corresponds to "upward mobility". "粉米" corresponds to "务本", "黼" corresponds to "果断", "黻" corresponds to "糾断", and "黻" corresponds to "糾断". The "黻" corresponds to the "clear reasoning".

The official dress of the Zhou Dynasty strictly follow the Zhou rituals, the emperor's big fur crown can be printed with all the twelve chapters of the pattern, the stick coronet can only be printed in nine and so on. There were also strict requirements for the official uniforms worn by officials of different ranks, including nine types of prints for dukes, starting from "mountain", and seven types of prints for marquises, starting from "Chinese worm".

Expanded:

Only in a specific historical and cultural background, ancient Chinese costumes could be better developed. Influenced by the traditional hierarchy, ancient Chinese costumes were used to express the will of the ruling class. Costumes modified a group of people represented by the ruling class rather than a single, independent individual.

Costumes were influenced by the ruling class and severely bound by rituals, so they focused on expressing the personality of the wearer through various craftsmanship techniques as much as possible, expressing the spiritual meaning of the person through complicated and intricate patterns and motifs, etc., and paying no attention to how to shape the curvature of the human body and so on.

Ancient Chinese dress design techniques in general emphasized a sense of symmetry, smoothness and harmony of the square and round rules. In recent years, many fashion designers have been trying to find inspiration for their designs from traditional Chinese costumes, and have been trying to develop costumes suitable for the development style of our nation, so as to promote the development of our nation's costumes.

Through the study of ancient Chinese costumes in the context of Chinese culture, we hope to better understand and grasp the underlying meaning and significance of ancient Chinese costumes, so as to better inherit the Chinese culture and realize the new development of China's clothing industry.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Dress Culture