"New Chinese" clothing has set off a new trend of traditional culture

The concept of "New Chinese Style" first appeared around 2002, initially applied to home design, and then spread to all aspects of daily life such as gardening, furniture, landscape design, food, clothing, and travel. In the past two years, the new Chinese style has been particularly prominent in the field of clothing. As a fashion and trend of thought, new Chinese style not only reflects the change of lifestyle, but also reflects the deep cultural innovation.

The new Chinese costume highlights the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture

Chinese traditional culture is based on Confucianism, Confucian culture emphasizes the social and cultural nature of clothing, different identities, different occasions, clothing materials, shapes, clothing colors, patterns, crafts, accessories, etc., all have certain rules, can not be transgressed at will. However, the so-called "Chinese clothes" and "cultural relics" are just an ideal state. With the evolution of society and the change of dynasties, the phenomenon of "collapse of etiquette and happiness" occurs from time to time, and the new dynasty must always "correct Shuo and change clothes". Clothing is always changing on the basis of inheritance, and the clothing culture is constantly enriched. Moreover, China is vast and rich, "thousands of miles of different winds, hundreds of miles of different customs", and the costumes of various places are also unique. In addition, Chinese culture is known for its openness and inclusiveness, and it has always absorbed the cultures of surrounding ethnic minorities and foreign cultures, and then integrated them into one. King Wuling of Zhao during the Warring States Period's "Hufu Cavalry Shooting"; The Han Dynasty "hollowed out" the Western Regions and opened up the Silk Road; Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty "good Hufu"; the integration of the Hu and Han ethnic groups during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties; In the Tang Dynasty, Hu Feng prevailed, "Hu Qi is thick"; Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Yuan, and Qing were all minority regimes and were constantly sinicized. All of this is to integrate the minority culture, including clothing, into the Central Plains culture, making the clothing culture rich and exciting.

Traditional Chinese culture has outstanding creativity and pays attention to the integration of heaven and man. The industrious and simple Chinese ancestors were skillful in borrowing and taking from nature, creating countless material cultures. In terms of clothing materials, the Chinese were the first to learn to raise silkworms and weave cloth, and silk fabrics are the most important clothing raw materials. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Henan's flower brocade, Shandong's ice, embroidery, Qi, and silk were popular all over the country. Wu Yue in the south produces fine linen, Yan in the north produces felt fur wool cloth, the Hu people in the Western Regions have fine wool flowers, and the Chu State has printed silk, all of which are precious clothes. The clothing of the general public is made of common plants such as cotton, linen, kudzu, and rattan. New Chinese clothing commonly uses silk, silk, cotton and linen, brocade, embroidered fabrics and silk blended fabrics. Among them, the more noble, such as "China's three famous brocades" Yun brocade, Song brocade, Shu brocade, as well as Xiangyun yarn, Hangzhou brocade and so on.

There are dozens of traditional Chinese costumes that are listed as intangible cultural heritage, such as Gu embroidery, Suzhou embroidery, Hunan embroidery, Guangxi embroidery, tide embroidery, Shu embroidery, Han embroidery, Miao embroidery, Huangmei pick flower, Manchu embroidery, Uygur embroidery and other ethnic minority embroidery, as well as batik, tie-dye, printing and dyeing, etc. They embody the handmade wisdom of the people of all ethnic groups in the mainland, and have been inherited to this day, providing a solid guarantee for the production of new Chinese clothing.

Traditional Chinese culture focuses on harmony and unity, revealing a poetic spirit. China has an extremely rich color system. Traditional pigments come from plants, minerals or animals in nature, and there are many different kinds of pigments. The green system mentioned in "Red Dream Building" alone includes iron blue, stone blue, Buddha green, indigo, green green, water green, stone green, green onion, yalu, new green, pine green, willow green, jade, etc., which are dazzling. The naming of the colors is poetic and thought-provoking. For example, the green Chunchen, Bishan, Lanzhi, Lotus, and Guanlu are the common colors of the new Chinese style. For example, the Oriental White, Pinyue, Changrong, Qi Zi, Autumn Fragrance, Luoxia, Light Cloud, Bright Jade, etc., are all rich in oriental beauty. Traditional Chinese culture also pays attention to the coordination of colors, and the maid Ying'er in "Dream of Red Mansions" is a color expert, and she mentions the views of pine flowers with peach, green onion with willow yellow, and "the red must be black to look good, or the stone blue can suppress the color". These traditional experiences have also been applied to the new Chinese color matching.

Traditional Chinese culture pursues happiness in this world and is full of ethics. Traditional Chinese patterns and patterns are varied, either taken from the natural world in which people live, or derived from interaction with foreign lands. What we are accustomed to, such as dragon pattern, phoenix pattern, unicorn pattern, turtle pattern, frog pattern, bat pattern, fish pattern and other animal patterns, hundred flower patterns, group flowers, lotus flowers, honeysuckle patterns, tangled branches, curly grass and other flower and grass patterns, flying sky, human face dance, baby play, ladies, eight immortals and other character patterns, cloud thunder patterns, back patterns, brocade patterns, cloud patterns, swastika patterns, swirl patterns and other geometric patterns, they are all "meaningful forms", containing profound cultural connotations, and embodying the Chinese's praise of noble sentiments and expectations for a better life.

Traditional Chinese culture reveres the beauty of subtlety. The common designs of traditional clothing include stand-up collar, oblique placket, placket, square placket, cross-collar, cloud shoulder, disc buckle, coil button, etc. In the new Chinese clothing, you can often see styles such as placket buckles, placket straight collars, oblique placket ties, square placket buckles, simple square plackets and other styles, giving people a restrained and subtle beauty. Traditional Chinese culture emphasizes the observation of things, and there are various forms of disc buckles alone, such as magnolia flower buckles, phoenix buckles, eight-bead buckles, butterfly buckles, flower basket buckles, one-word buckles, pipa buckles, bee buckles, gourd buckles, peony flower buckles, Maple Leaf Chinese Restaurant buckles, Danfeng Chaoyang buckles, lotus buckles, tulip buckles, etc., the list goes on.

The materials, processes, colors, patterns, and styles of the above-mentioned garments are extremely colorful, and they can show endless new looks through proper matching and creation. Traditional Chinese culture is an inexhaustible treasure trove of new Chinese clothing.

New Chinese clothing inherits the spirit of Chinese aesthetics

The new Chinese clothing is magnificent and colorful, carrying a profound Chinese cultural connotation and reflecting the Chinese aesthetic spirit.

Ritual music is the core of Chinese civilization. Ritual music is presented externally in various ceremonies, and internally it pays attention to the cultivation of individual virtues, which is the essence of Confucian culture. Its aesthetic spirit can be summed up by the word "elegant". "Classic" has the meaning of law, and "Ya" has the righteousness of righteousness, which means impartiality and conforms to rules and laws. Confucius's "evil Zheng Sheng's rebellion and elegant music" is because Zheng Wei's voice is too straightforward and unrestrained, "lewd in lust and harmful to morality". In addition to music, various genres such as poems, fu, ode, and edicts that appear in ceremonial occasions, as well as other art forms such as calligraphy, painting, clothing, and architecture, all need to be solemn and elegant, reflecting the atmosphere of Zhengda. Although the costumes of the past dynasties have changed frequently, they have been subject to the rules of etiquette and civilization, and there are relatively strict rules on dress in ceremonial occasions and daily life, and the costumes worn must fit the scene, identity and status. In contemporary society, although there is no traditional hierarchy, there are still a variety of ceremonial activities, and there are still requirements for dress. In recent years, new Chinese clothing, which is full of traditional cultural connotations and has a fashionable atmosphere, has often appeared as "formal wear". These costumes are either graceful and magnificent, solemn and solemn, or fresh and elegant, which is refreshing.

Elegance also has the meaning of detachment, which is closely related to Taoist aesthetics, which is a new cultural look that emerged after the rise of the literati class in the Wei and Jin dynasties. The Tang Dynasty Sikong Tu's "Twenty-Four Poems" describes "elegant", and its text says: "The jade pot buys spring, and the rain is appreciated." Sit in the middle of the Jasic, and cultivate the bamboo left and right. The white clouds are clear, and the birds are chasing each other. The sleeping piano is green and shaded, and there is a waterfall. The falling flowers are speechless, and the people are as light as chrysanthemums. The age of the book is readable. This aesthetic realm has been admired by literati since the Han and Wei dynasties, and the literary and artistic works of literati such as landscape poems, ink paintings, cursive calligraphy, and Song porcelain all show this pursuit. Embodied in the clothing, it is the Wei and Jin celebrities' praise clothes and belts, lupine scarves. "Elegance" in the Taoist sense is engraved in the cultural memory of the Chinese, and contemporary people are still fascinated by it. This aesthetic emotion has been perfectly reflected in the new Chinese clothing, which often absorbs pattern elements such as plum orchid, bamboo chrysanthemum, ink and so on, with blue and white as the keynote, giving people a transcendent beauty.

Natural and subtle. In traditional Chinese aesthetics, nature is the highest realm, and nature is natural, not pretending to be ornamented. In aesthetic appreciation, the beauty of "hibiscus out of the water" is the most favored. "Twenty-Four Poems" depicts "subtle" as "without a word, as much as possible". Yan Yu of the Song Dynasty commented on the poems of the Tang Dynasty: "Therefore, its wonders are thorough and exquisite, and they cannot be docked, such as the sound in the air, the color in the picture, the moon in the water, the image in the mirror, the words are endless and the meaning is endless." "Implicit expression must be simple and concise, unassuming, and far-reaching, giving people infinite aftertaste." People in the deep forest don't know, the bright moon comes to shine with each other", natural and subtle beauty, ethereal, full of Zen. In the new Chinese clothing, "Zen new Chinese style" is quite popular. Zen new Chinese style is a kind of casual and comfortable, natural and subtle aesthetic pursuit, more use of hemp and other materials, simple design, elegant color, "half a stream of bright moon, a pillow breeze", giving people a clear, simple, clean, quiet beauty.

The new Chinese clothing is beautiful, and the cultural value and aesthetic spirit contained in it are profound and rich. It is foreseeable that new Chinese clothing will attract more and more people's attention and love, and will appear more and more in people's daily life, which reflects our recognition and fascination with the excellent traditional Chinese culture.