Before you know it, winter has arrived.
The heavy snow in early November also gave everyone a preventive injection in advance, and prepared cotton clothes early for the winter.
For us today, down jackets, cardigans, fur coats, etc. are all commonly recognized warm necessities, and everyone has even many pieces.
When it comes to cotton shoulders, many people may not have, and even many people have not heard of it. But in the Qing Dynasty, they were the standard for wintering.
Regarding the kan shoulder, it is mentioned in the clothing section of the "Qing Barnyard Banknote": "Half arm, The Han Dynasty name embroidery excavation, that is, the present Kan shoulder also, also known as the vest." Of course, there are also titles such as "vest" and "tight body". In the late Qing Dynasty, the shoulder was greatly popular in the court and folk, and its basic standard was round neck or standing collar, sleeveless, left and right or front and back slits, length and crotch, and worn in addition to sleeved clothing.
In the "Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Costumes and Culture" at the National Museum, 4 pieces of cotton shoulders were exhibited, namely "Royal Blue Zhangsatin Tuanhua One-Word Placket Shoulder", "Mosaic Tassel Grape Color Eight Auspicious Satin Shoulders", "Flat Gold Seed Embroidered Phoenix Peony Pipa Shoulder" and "Jujube Red Floral Pattern Facsimile Satin Large Placket Shoulder".
From the name, we can see that in addition to the material and color, their biggest differentiation is concentrated on the placket, which are "one-word placket", "large placket", "pipa placket" and "placket". Let's take a look at their characteristics separately.
The "one-word placket" vest, the predecessor is divided into two pieces, cut horizontally from the collar, and several pairs of buttons are nailed at the cut-off, so that the upper and lower two pieces are connected, and the buttons form a word in a row, so it is called "one-word placket".
The "placket" is the right placket, and the front side of the placket is opened from the collar to the left armpit. The distribution of the plackets on the placket is generally three groups, the first group is at the neckline, the second group is on the diagonal placket, and the third group is on the side placket.
"Pipa placket" is a very popular shoulder style in the Qing Dynasty, and it is a new style that only appeared in the Qing Dynasty. The right placket is short, and the entire placket line is like half a lute held on the chest. Its buttons are usually distributed in the basic form of 4 pairs, 5 pairs and 6 pairs, fixed to the four corners of the square placket.
The placket is the same as the modern garment placket, opening in the center of the shoulder and closing with a button closure.
I don't know which one you like, but when you look at the palace drama, you can have an extra observation angle and analyze what kind of shoulders are worn by various concubines and geges.