The feudal imperial system lasted for more than two thousand years in the land of China, and there were hundreds of dynasties that appeared during the period, no matter how frequent the changes of dynasties were, and who ruled each dynasty, one thing that has never changed, that is, the imperial power that transcends everything. In order to show his own noble status, the emperor not only has a unique power in all aspects of the system, etiquette, etc., but even the details of daily life are also extraordinary, take the clothes worn by the emperor, which also has a special title, which is the dragon robe.
The more the feudal system developed backwards, the more the autocracy of the imperial power intensified. For example, this small dragon robe, before the Tang Dynasty did not have strict color and style requirements, I think that the dragon robe worn after the unification of the Six Kingdoms by Qin Shi Huang was still black, but the development of the dragon robe was only yellow later, probably this color is close to the posture of the "dragon", which can more reflect the uniqueness of the "True Destiny". Therefore, from the time of Tang Gaozu, only the emperor could use bright yellow, and no one else was eligible to use it, otherwise it would be a great sin to destroy the door. In addition, the style of the dragon robe is also unique, and other costumes are not allowed to be used. Since the dragon robe is the symbol of the emperor, how to clean it if it is dirty, and does the person who touches it consider defiling the dragon body? In fact, the truth was very unexpected, the emperor did not have such doubts at all.
The ancients paid attention to the body hair skin by the parents, so the hair is not cut, and the clothes that come into contact with the skin are rarely washed. Only the poor have very few clothes to replace, they will wash their clothes frequently, the families of the powerful do not have to work, the clothes will naturally not be easily dirty, even if there is a taste, it will only be smoked with spices. Although there is also a department in the palace that specializes in washing clothes, the clothes sent here are all from palace women, eunuchs and others, and the real nobles do not need to wash clothes, let alone the emperor, nor will they give the dragon robes that symbolize their status to the slaves to clean. So, what if the dragon robe is dirty? In fact, the emperor did not have such a trouble at all.
In addition to the special materials and styles of the dragon robe, the most difficult place to make is the embroidery on it, and the nine dragons are all made by embroiderers with one stitch and one thread. The imperial family has a special agency responsible for making dragon robes for the emperor, because its status is extremely noble, so the upper face can not be a single mistake, in order to make a perfect dragon robe, usually requires several embroiderers to work around the clock to make it, even so, it takes a few years to complete one. It is said that the emperor of the Qing Dynasty had two thousand people who specially embroidered dragon robes, so even if the amount of work was very large, so many people could still make enough dragon robes every year.
These dragon robes, even if the emperor changed one piece a day, could not wear them all, and some of them even had no chance to put them on at all, and they were about to be put on the shelf. After all, the emperor only wore the dragon robe on very formal and important occasions such as the upper dynasty and the sacrifice ceremony, and usually wore more comfortable clothing. Poverty will really limit our imagination, and the small dragon robe will also let us see through the luxury behind the imperial power system, and the demise is also the inevitable of the times.