Long robes, also called robes and coats, were once the standard dress of high society. Even those with poor financial conditions buy a tunic to improve their status.
Cloth and copper buttons
For example, Lu Xun's Kong Yiji, who can't eat, must also be different from the common people dressed in short clothes, and the long robe is mended piece after piece, or he doesn't throw it away, which is Zhang Xian's identity in high society.
Republic of China long coat, generally 1.3 meters to 1.4 meters high, standing collar, tight neckline, looks quite solid. The waist is looser, the hem is fatter, and leather shoes are standard, which is conducive to rapid walking.
There are two kinds of long robes, placket and diagonal placket, and in the Qing Dynasty, there were plackets worn, that is, two plackets were the same, symmetrical, and the robes of Republican ladies also had placket. During the Republican period, men's shirts were often slanted, in which one placket pressed against another placket and tied with a button.
Slanted robe
The long robe is different from the clothing of the wide robe and large sleeves before the Qing Dynasty, and the sleeves are narrow. There are also many kinds of buttons on the tunic, the common one is a button platter made of cloth bands, commonly known in the countryside as garlic pimples, and the shape can be seen like garlic. There are also copper and gold materials, as well as other materials.
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Due to the difficulty of wearing long robes and changing people's ideas, people's lives faded after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Occasionally, you can only see the treasured robes in the homes of older people, and there are many robes and coats on the stage.