<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > meaning</h1>
Originally, in ancient times, the use of color was exquisite and hierarchical. In short, in ancient times, when men were officials, the pants of the dress were big red, representing status and identity; while women had to be green and beautiful to be valuable.
In ancient times, the description of high-ranking officials can be expressed by "purple robe gold belt", which is the standard of ancient high-ranking officials' court clothes. In the feudal era, people attached great importance to etiquette rules, and as officials, there were obvious differences in clothing. The ruling class of each dynasty made full use of the colors and styles of clothing as a tool to strengthen the feudal hierarchy. The royal family has its royal color, officials use colors according to grade, and ordinary people are subject to many restrictions on the use of colors in clothing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Qin and Han dynasties</h1>
Before the Qin and Han dynasties, people's admiration for color was mainly due to the preferences of the ruling nobility and the limited level of dyeing. For example, the Qin people are still black, which is related to their dyeing level and aristocratic preferences.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties
The war was raging, but clothing was still changing and developing, especially with the improvement of dyeing technology, and the color of clothing was also used by feudal rulers. The Wei Emperor Cao Pi's Nine Pins Zhongzheng System not only made a great contribution to the official ranks, but also proposed "the difference between the nine pins in purple, crimson and green", and formally established the system of distinguishing the official uniform ranks by color.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > to the Tang Dynasty</h1>
The official formation of the color clothing not only stipulates the color of the official's clothing, but also makes meticulous provisions for the official's belt: "The three or more articles of civil and martial arts are served purple and the gold and jade belts." Four pins of clothing are deep and dark, five are light and light, and gold belts. Six pins of clothing dark green, seven pins of light green, and silver belt. Eight pins serve dark green, nine pins serve light green, and tap stone belts. Shuren and copper and iron belts. "Since then, the color of the official clothes of various dynasties has generally been based on the tang dynasty's color clothing system, and basically the four colors of purple, silk, green and blue have determined the level of official quality and inferiority.
There is an idiom called "purple robe and golden belt", which refers to ancient high-ranking officials through clothing. There is also an idiom called "big red and purple", which is also born from the ancient official uniform system, which means to describe people with prominent status and proud careers.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > to the Song Dynasty</h1>
The color of the officials' clothes was slightly changed: one to four pins of purple, five pins and six pins of silk, and seven to eight pins of green. In the YuanFeng period, it was stipulated that more than four products should be served purple, more than six products should be served with silk, and more than nine products should be served as green.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Ming and Qing dynasties</h1>
The use of color to mark the grade is far more than the overall color of the clothing, but also includes the color of each part of the clothing. As for the patterns on other ornaments and costumes, there are stricter requirements It is worth mentioning that in the Ming and Qing dynasties, official uniforms also implemented a "supplementary service" policy, that is, distinguishing the level of official positions through birds and animals embroidered on "complements". The idiom "clothed animals and beasts" is derived from these, and "clothed animals and beasts" has become synonymous with Ming and Qing officials.
Therefore, what we see is not necessarily what we think, only by studying culture well can we better understand the profundity of our culture.