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The ancient costume culture elements in the "Qinling Four Treasures" anti-epidemic sticker

On March 12, a new round of large-scale nucleic acid screening was launched in many areas of Xi'an, and citizens who have completed nucleic acid testing can get the "panda sticker" uniformly distributed at the nucleic acid screening point. Each nucleic acid sampling point is arranged with special personnel, not heavy and not leaky, sticker residents can be pasted on mobile phones, ID cards, work permits, etc., is a valid certificate for entering and leaving the community, unit and public places.

Some netizens posted the "Qinling Four Treasures" sticker pictures that will be used in the later stage. Some citizens said that "the original form of stamping on paper has been adjusted to the form of distributing stickers to improve work efficiency, and it has also spread culture, served details, and worked hard."

A small sticker, inspired everyone to actively do nucleic acid testing enthusiasm, after doing nucleic acid, take photos and punch cards to send circles of friends, send microblogs, immediately let the "West Safety City distribution panda nucleic acid stickers" rushed to the first place in the hot search in Xi'an.

The ancient costume culture elements in the "Qinling Four Treasures" anti-epidemic sticker

The Four Treasures of Qinling Mountain

Many fans do not know that the anime image in this set of stickers comes from our "Qinling Four Treasures" in Shaanxi.

Qinling is located in the middle of China's territory, is the central water tower of the mainland, the ancestral line of the Chinese nation, Qinling Mountain has 125 species of national first- and second-class protected animals, of which "giant panda, crested ibis, golden snub-nosed monkey, antelope" is the representative of qinling biodiversity, so it was selected as the "Four Treasures of Qinling". In 2021, the 14th Games were held in Shaanxi, and the "Four Treasures of Qinling" were announced as "mascots" by the Organizing Committee of the 14th Games and the Special Olympics, and many sets of comic images were created for them.

The ancient costume culture in the "dressing up" of the Four Treasures of Qinling Mountains

Careful netizens found that this set of "Qinling Four Treasures" sticker animation images have elements of ancient Chinese costume culture.

After thousands of years of development and accumulation, each element of ancient Chinese costumes has a special meaning. From the style and accessories of clothing to the color, clothing system, and then to the production process, it contains profound cultural connotations. The national spirit, philosophical thought, ethics and morality, the "ritual" legal system, and the concept of the universe contained in traditional Chinese culture have all been fully expressed in the costume.

Liu Bingbing, associate professor of the School of Fashion and Art Design of Xi'an Polytechnic University, said that China, known as the "country of clothing and crowns", has created countless exquisite costumes, from primitive openings to feudal rule, from clothing belt feathers to silk splendid embroidery, from clothing wrapped to carrying forward the spirit, all of which reflect the profound and profound Chinese traditional costume culture, traditional clothing After thousands of years of changes, clothing has developed to now form a specific cultural symbol, a carrier of cultural value, which continuously affects us.

The ancient costume culture elements in the "Qinling Four Treasures" anti-epidemic sticker

Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang costume characteristics

Sun Li, a researcher at the Xi'an Museum, said that clothing is not only a historical memory, but also a language, but also a culture. According to the literature and the analysis of excavated cultural relics, the Chinese crown service system was initially established in the Xia and Shang dynasties, and by the Zhou Dynasty it had been completely perfected, and the turn of the Spring and Autumn Warring States was incorporated into the ceremonial rule.

During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the hierarchical system was gradually established, and the Zhou Dynasty set up the official positions of "Sifu" and "Inner Sifu" to control the royal costumes. The types of costumes of the Zhou Dynasty were already distinguished by ritual dresses, court dresses, military dresses, mourning clothes, and wedding dresses. Laid the basic shape of Chinese clothing. The aesthetic characteristics are mainly neat, elegant, harmonious, pay attention to grooming, etiquette.

In the "Four Treasures of Qinling" sticker, the antelope costume reflects the use of knee covering on the dress in the design.

The practicality of the pre-Qin period is embodied in the protection and decoration of the human body, the Qin Dynasty advocated force, formed a powerful army, and left behind the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, which became the most important image material for recording the costume culture of the Qin Dynasty.

The armor of the Qin Dynasty generals was made of whole pieces of leather or woven cotton, and then embedded with metal or rhinoceros skin, bison leather armor pieces, and generally had wide edges around them. The embedded nail tablets are divided into two types: fixed nail tablets and active nail tablets. Fixed nail pieces are mainly used on the chest and back; movable nail pieces are mostly used for larger parts of activities such as shoulders, waist and neckline, and the armor of senior generals is painted with beautiful patterns in addition to fine production. The qin dynasty uniform system is not much different from that of the Warring States period, and the basic shape of Chinese clothing is maintained.

In the "Four Treasures of Qinling" sticker, the golden monkey costume reflects the basic image of the armor of the Qin Dynasty.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, through the policy of recuperation, the costume culture was gradually enriched with the enhancement of national strength. Under the guidance of the idea of "deposing hundreds of families and respecting Confucianism alone", the Han Dynasty established a hierarchical costume system based on Confucianism, and the simple and vivid Costumes of the Han Dynasty laid a solid foundation for the development of costume culture in later generations. China's main ethnic group, the Han nationality, is named after the Han Dynasty, in addition to the Chinese, Chinese characters, Hanshu and other names have also been formed, Chinese clothing Han style, has more fans.

The color of the Chinese style of Chinese clothing is divided into spring green, summer red, autumn white and winter soap, which echoes the characteristics of the four seasons and the festival, and the costume style is simple and solemn; the curved deep clothes are prevalent, and the daily clothing of women's tops and skirts has become a model of the dress style of Han women in later generations.

In the "Four Treasures of Qinling" sticker, the image of the crested ibises with curved jackets is super cute.

After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength was strong, the territory was vast, the government and decrees were unified, foreign exchanges were very frequent, the culture and art were unprecedentedly prosperous, the status of women was improved, and the costume culture flourished.

Tang Dynasty women's daily clothing fully expresses the boldness and openness of Tang Dynasty women, the pursuit of their own beauty to show the spirit of the times of the ideology, have great enthusiasm for novel things, the pursuit of change and innovation in clothing, while in the bun and face makeup on the pattern of renovation and competition for Yan Douqi, the Tang Dynasty society dressed up gorgeous, at this time the Tang Dynasty clothing open, enthusiastic, women's men's clothing, beard, face makeup popular, showing a confident and open, graceful and luxurious, hundred beauty competition situation.

In the "Four Treasures of Qinling" sticker, the large-sleeved shirt worn by the panda is the performance of the daily dress of noble women.

Today, with the integration of the world economy and social development, we need to examine our own traditional culture, rediscover and carry forward the excellent elements in traditional culture, and let our excellent traditional culture shine.

(China Daily Shaanxi Reporter Station)

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