In the past few days, after completing nucleic acid testing and receiving the "Four Treasures of Qinling Mountains" sticker, the circle of friends of Xi'an people has exploded. Careful people will find that this group of "Qinling Four Treasures" animation images, each has elements of ancient Chinese costume culture.
The animation images of pandas, antelopes, golden snub-nosed monkeys and crested ibises launched this time reflect the characteristics of clothing in different eras on the mainland. The Tang Dynasty was strong in national strength, culture and art were unprecedentedly prosperous, the status of women was improved, and the large-sleeved shirts worn by "pandas" in the stickers were the bold and open expression of aristocratic women. The Qin Dynasty advocated force, formed a powerful army, and left behind the world-famous terracotta warriors, and the "Golden Monkey" sticker costume reflected the image of the Qin Dynasty's armor. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the hierarchical system was gradually established, and the types of clothing included sacrificial dresses, court dresses, military uniforms, etc., and the aesthetic characteristics were mainly neat, elegant, and harmonious, paying attention to grooming and etiquette, and the "antelope" costumes reflected the use of knee coverings on the dress. During the Han Dynasty, the costume culture was gradually enriched with the enhancement of national strength, and the daily clothing of women's tops and skirts became the model of dress for Han women in later generations, and the "crested ibis" sticker that was about to be launched reflected in this costume feature.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, a Tang Dynasty society dressed up gorgeous, at this time the Tang Dynasty clothing open, enthusiastic, women's men's clothing, beard, face makeup and other popular, showing a confident and open, graceful and luxurious, beautiful situation.
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.
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.
Reporter Wei Jianjun
Responsible Editor: Anxin Review: Yang Yong