Since the pre-Qin era, people invented lacquerware, bright and textured lacquerware has always been a symbol of aristocratic status; coupled with the fact that lacquer production is very small, so at least the high-ranking nobles who can afford to use lacquerware are at least high-level nobles, such as princes and kings, and then there is the imperial class; these people change their tricks to enjoy life, just think: so textured
Lacquer
If only I could take it with me! Therefore, during the Han Dynasty, a nobleman in Xuzhou thought of a way: apply paint to clothes! The effect is really good! In this way, people have followed suit; but today's people look at the lacquered clothes are firm and hard, and they are not breathable, so how should they wear them? What exactly did the "lacquer clothes" of the ancients look like? Let's take a look!
The Han Dynasty was a peak period in the development of lacquer art on the mainland, and its princely state of Chu was at the forefront of fashion in the country; the royal family of the Chu State had the most fashionable and avant-garde luxury products at that time, which was "lacquer fiber" products; according to archaeological findings, the "lacquer fiber" art of the Xuzhou Han Dynasty was the most unique kind of Chinese fiber art, which was rare in the country.
The so-called "lacquer fiber" products include "lacquer crown", "lacquer cloth bag", "lacquer sword silk set"; male bodyguard figurines excavated from the Shanxi Han Tomb in Xuzhou's Beidong wore "lacquer crown"; lacquer crown was a kind of Han Dynasty crown; according to the "Three Ritual Diagrams", "the crown was ... Painted for it, eight inches wide, six inches long... It has the shape of a prostration, hence the name crown. The "Long and Short Sentences in the Palace" also has clouds: "The position of the desired man is high and the aspirations are low, so it is famous." It can be seen from this that the "Xu Han Lacquer Crown" is the embodiment of the political hierarchy in the court of the King of Chu——— providing the princes with an environment for seeing, exercising power, and expressing status.
Xuzhou Beidongshan Chu Wang Han tomb unearthed a "lacquer bag" wrapped in copper mirrors, which is rare in the national archaeological discoveries; the "lacquer bag" literature and excavation materials are very small, only the "Juyan Han Jane" records a "lacquer foot one or two" text; and Changsha Mawangdui Han tomb excavation has relevant records.
According to expert analysis, there are generally three kinds of cloth lacquer art in the Han Dynasty: the first is to make crowns; such as the "Later Han Shu Zhi Youfu" said: "Long crown ... Seven inches high and three inches wide, the lacquer is made of lacquer, and the bamboo is used as the inside. "The male bodyguard figurines unearthed from the Shanxi Han Tomb in Xuzhou's North Cave are wearing long crowns; the second function is
The car
The third role is to make bags, that is, packaging; such as the copper mirror "packaging bag" excavated in Xuzhou; the "lacquer cloth bag" excavated from the Xuzhou Han tomb reflects the lacquer fiber art in Xu Han culture, which has reached a fairly high level, and also hints at the luxurious material enjoyment of the King of Chu.
In addition, a "lacquer sword silk sleeve" was unearthed from the tomb of King Chu of Cuiping Mountain in Xuzhou; what is unique is that its lacquer sword sheath is sandwiched
Creak
Fetus; what does this mean? "纻" refers to the cotton and linen material, which is painted on the outside after making the tire, which has the characteristics of being lighter than metal; the sword is also equipped with jade and jade, "jade" is a jade product installed at the end of the sword sheath, "jade" also refers to the ornaments on the sword sheath; the sword section is diamond-shaped; there is a diamond-shaped copper lattice between the sword body and the handle, and the sword handle is wrapped with silk
Yikes
Coupled with a lacquered sword sleeve, it can be imagined that the whole sword was gorgeous at that time; after the analysis of modern scientific and technological means, experts found that
lacquer
Lacquer fabric has the advantages of waterproof, acid and alkali resistance, corrosion resistance, the ancients will be the sword outside the silk paint, mainly to protect the sword sheath; "lacquer sword silk set" and "lacquer crown", "lacquer cloth bag", the same belongs to the Han Dynasty lacquer fiber art one of the types.
And that's not all, a nobleman of the Chu State also used lacquer for clothing and recorded it in the annals of history, according to the Book of Later Han and The Costume of The Later Han Dynasty: "With ... For the sake of... Paint for the watch. In July 1975, in the Han tomb found in Jintan County, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, a piece of lacquer yarn was unearthed; what is it? The printing and dyeing engraving board on the printing machine of modern textile printing and dyeing factory is made of nylon cloth paint and carved into various patterns; the design of raw lacquer printing and dyeing template is mainly based on the performance of paint fiber wear resistance, high temperature resistance, acid and alkali dye resistance, water resistance and other properties; general oil paint
Bunen
It is used for a long time at 105 ° C and has insulation properties; in fact, modern lacquer wire carving technology should be a variant development of lacquer fiber art in the Han Dynasty.
[References: "Records of Examination Workers", "Later Han Shu Zhi Youfu", "Juyan Han Jian", etc.]