Chinese traditional clothing

From Xia to Tang Dynasty

1. Chinese Panorama
By:
Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
Student ID: BL-17169012
PhD Scholar
Institute of Metal Research
Chinese Academy of Science,
Presentation on
Chinese Traditional Clothing
University of Science & Technology of China
Course Teacher:
Ms. Song Xiaorong

2. Contents of the Presentation
1.Introduction to Chinese Dynasties
2.Historyof Chinese Traditional Clothing
3.Chinese Clothing in Xia Dynasty
4.Chinese Clothing in Shang & ZhouDynasty
5.Chinese Clothing in Qin Dynasty
6.Chinese Clothing inHan Dynasty
7.Video related to Han Dynasty
8.Chinese Clothing in Tang Dynasty
9.Featuresof Chinese Traditional Clothing
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3. 1. Chronological Order
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S.NODynasty Period S.NoDynasty Period
1Xia Dynasty 2070BC-1600BC34 Song Dynasty 960-1279
2Shang Dynasty1600BC-1046BC37 Liao Dynasty 907-1125
3Zhou Dynasty 1046BC-256BC38 JinDynasty 1115-1234
8Qin Dynasty 221BC-206BC 39 Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368
9Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD 40 Ming Dynasty 1368-1644
12ThreeKingdoms220-280 41 Qing Dynasty 1644-1911
16JinDynasty 265-420 42 Republic of China 1912-1949
19Southern &
NorthernDynasty
420-589 43 Peoples Republic of China1949-
31Sui Dynasty 581-618 Note:Few periods of different dynasties have
mentioned here…..not showing all of them.
Moreover, Excluding Ancient History .
32Tang Dynasty 618-907
33Five Dynasties &
Ten States
907-960
Few Historical Dynasties:
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4. 2. History of Chinese Traditional Clothing
•Basedonhistoricaldiscoveries,Chineseclothesdatebacktothe
latereraof21stcenturyBC.
•Materialsused=animalskins,teeth,stones,treeleavesandgrasses.
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Not, so ancient

5. 3. Chinese Clothing
Fashionin Xia Dynasty
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King Yu

6. Ancient China orXia Dynasty: (2070-1600 BC)
Xiadynastyisthoughttobefoundedby“Yu”theGreat,theYellowEmperor.
People=calledLungshanPeopleandhadgreatengineeringskills.
Built=UndergroundFarmhouseswithplasterfloorsandroofswithwoodenposts.
usedbackedbrickstobuilttheirhomes,
workedtogetheronfloodcontrol,irrigationprojectsandcastbronze.
TheyHarvestedSilkandusedittoweavefinefabrics.“SILK”wasdiscoveredbyan
ancientqueencalledLeizuinthesameera
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•Traditionalsilkdressshowinginthe
paintingfromtheJingmenTombof
theStateofChu(704–223BC).
•King Yu as
imagined by
bySong
Dynasty
painter Ma Lin .
•Painting is on
silk.
Hanging scroll,

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4. Chinese Clothing Fashionin
Shang & ZhouDynasty

9. •Basic features of traditional Chinese
dress were created, as well as the
general pattern of blouse +skirt.
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ShangDynastyFashion(17thcenturyBC-1046BC),
Narrow, cuffed, knee length shirt
(blouse) jacket.
Tide with belt (ribbon).
Narrow ankle-length skirt.
Piece of cloth hung down to knees.

10. Later,thelonggownappearedduring
theZhouDynastyanditwasco-
existedwiththeblouse-skirt
combinationsforthousandsofyears.
GREENColourwasgenerallyusedas
wellasdifferentcoloursofjobshad
beenseeninthisera.
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11. •Withthedevelopmentofsocialhierarchy
duringthisdynasty,thepeoplestartedto
thinkaboutcolor,style,length,and
decoratingtheclothesetc.
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12. Yellow Skirt Could wear Yellow color in the ZHOU dynasty?
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13. Yellow Skirt
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Could wear Yellow color in the ZHOU dynasty?

14. •Because, only Emperor
was allowed to wear
Yellowcolor dress.
•Although, the favorite
color of this dynasty was
RED symbolic of FIRE.
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15. The Dress Jacket
In the same dynasty the 1
st
Dress Jacket were introduced.
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1.Uppershort waist jacket
2.Lowerlength skirt
3.Long silk Belt witha ring or Jade
4.Cotton shawl around arms
Unfortunately
this couldn't
enter in the
next dynasty.
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16. 5. Chinese Clothing Fashion in
Qin Dynasty
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17. •The king Qin Shi Huang who defeated the 6otherstate of
CHINAand stablished the QIN Dynasty
•He tried to unified the Chinese people and dress but unfortunately
he only unified the color of the cloth.
•The color of the choice was …
BLACK
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18. •Because the ancient Chinese and Qin was a fan of concept of
YinYinYong or cyan in the 5 element theory.
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19. •Because the ancient Chinese and Qin was a fan of concept of
YinYinYong or cyan in the 5 element theory.
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was used as a superior
colour to symbolize the
power of water.

20. •Because the ancient Chinese and Qin was a fan of concept of
YinYinYong or cyan in the 5 element theory.
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21. •theEmperorworeahatdecoratedwithjadewhileministerscould
onlyusebronze.
•itconsistoflooseone-piececloth,longandlargesleeves
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22. 6. Next up; HAN Dynasty
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23. This made a huge influence onChinese history and culture.
Chinese majority ethnics group were called “HAN CHINESE”.
“Traditional dress” were called “HanfuClothing”.
Even the “writing”was “HanziCharacters”.
And off course the “language”was “HanYu–Han language”.
Han dynasty dressing was generally dignified and elegant.
During the first 200 years, the dark styleof Qin dynasty was continue.
Core dresswas “BLACK” with the combination of whiteand red.
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Cicada–likehats
Onelayercoats
Twindiamond-shapedcollars
Slopingnecklines
Squaresleeves
Jadehangingdecorations
Redshows
Typical clothing style includes

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26. •There were two rope style :
i) diagonal opening
ii) straight opening
•Blackreplace with RED(symbol/Power of Fire)
•Government official people also dress different
color.
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27. There were specific stipulations on colors of
court garments in this dynasty.
•Officers must wear garments according to
the five time periods, i.e.
•cyangarments in the spring,
•redin the first two months of the summer,
•yellowin the last month of the summer,
•whitein the autumn and
•black in the winter.
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28. People of Han
dynasty
introduced
13 different
styles of
head
few of them is shown here
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29. 7. Video related toHan Dynasty
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30. 8. Last one : TANG Dynasty
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31. •ThiswasthepeakperiodofChinesecivilization,including
political,cultural,educationalandoffcourse“fashion
clothing”.“ThedressesoftheTangDynastyweremainlymadeofsilk”
•Clothingwasluxuriance,blossom,morerelaxedand
revealingbefore.
•Womenhadseveraloutfittingincluding
classicshortskirtjacket
Tumblingwithlongskirt(tideuphigheroverthechest)
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32. Loose sleeved shirt
Long skirt
Long shawls
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33. Low cut gowns
High waist bands
Full flowing skirt
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35. Hair Style
during the
Tang dynasty
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36. 9. Features of Chinese Traditional Clothing
Materials:used in clothes making.
Kudzu cloth Ramie cloth Hemp cloth
for clothing , shoes
and hats
for clothing, ropes and
funeral coverings
for clothing and hat
Silk cloth
for clothing, hand fan etc
cotton cloth Leather cloth
for clothing etc for clothing, hand gloves etc

37. Patterns:
TraditionallyChinese
peopleexpressesgood
wishesby using
patterns.
Patternscanbeanimals,
flowers,architectures,
geometricaltype,or
otherauspiciousdesign.
Theyarenotonly
beautiful,butalso
meaningful

38. Reference
1.GuoPeng & Cheng Long, China Panorama, English Version, Higher
Education Press, Beijing
2.www.topchinatravel.com/china-guide/traditional-chinese-clothing/
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