Ancient Chinese Fashion
Introduction
Ancient China had a different style of clothes than the United States. The clothes worn all depended on which the dynasty or year they were in. Chinese people always took in the styles, which they were supposed to wear very quickly, although the dynasties changed. In many ways the items they wore had a connection with demons and/or evil spirits. The Ancient Chinese had a very unique sense of style.
Clothes
Clothing embroided the harmonious relationship between nature and people. Peasants and regular citizens dressed differently from high-ranked officials. The high-ranked officials dressed in the finest silk for public outings and celebrations, and less expensive clothes at home. The peasants wore a long shirt like garment, made of undyed hemp fiber, which altered little until modern times. While the officials wore silk, the peasants, men specifically, wore baggy pants made of hemp with a loose cotton shirt. Peasant women wore simple wool garments in the winter and cotton in the spring. Peasant children wore children size of their parents¡¦ clothes.
Each dynasty had popular clothing that all the citizens knew about. The Tang Dynasty had the system of the full dress, which was strict. During the Han, women usually wore the ruqun, a two piece ensemble consisting of jackets and a long flowing skirt. The Yuan women aristocracy had their own style; Zhi sun dresses were very popular in the Yuan dynasty. Coats were considered an informal dress in the Qin and Han dynasty. The Tang noblewomen favored the hundred bird dress.
As the times changed, the empire had a new law for all items of clothing. During the Sui, the emperor decided that all poor people could wear blue or black clothes and only rich people could wear colored clothes. Sometime in the years all the clothes were dark, all people wore the same style, most of the clothes were silk (everyone wore silk), and cotton became in style but it never became more popular...
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