Chinese Dress and Accessories in Various Periods
China has gained a reputation as "a country of fashion" with distinctive styles of dresses associated with different periods of history.
The Beginnings
Ancient Chinese began to sew clothes 5,000 to 6,000 years ago when a primitive textile industry followed the appearance of primitive agriculture, and people began to lead a stable life. People spun thread from bast fibers on spinning wheels of stone or pottery, then wove the fabric to make clothes. From relics excavated from tombs, we know that decorative headwear and necklaces were made of various matericals such as the skin and teeth of animals, fish bones, and shells. Clothes were designed not only for modesty and protection but also for a display of bravery skill and acheevements.
By the Shang Dynasty (C. early 17th century - 11th century B.C.), Chinese had already acquired high technical skill in silk weaving. A new device for the loom was invented in this period to enable more complex patterns of weaving.
By the Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century - 256 B.C.), the dress of Chinese ancestors had tended to be bright and colorful. According to inscriptions on bronzeware as well as records in The Book of Songs and Rites of Zhou, the royal court set up a dress code with a special official in charge of implementing the code and attending to the king's wardrobe...
The Beginnings
Ancient Chinese began to sew clothes 5,000 to 6,000 years ago when a primitive textile industry followed the appearance of primitive agriculture, and people began to lead a stable life. People spun thread from bast fibers on spinning wheels of stone or pottery, then wove the fabric to make clothes. From relics excavated from tombs, we know that decorative headwear and necklaces were made of various matericals such as the skin and teeth of animals, fish bones, and shells. Clothes were designed not only for modesty and protection but also for a display of bravery skill and acheevements.
By the Shang Dynasty (C. early 17th century - 11th century B.C.), Chinese had already acquired high technical skill in silk weaving. A new device for the loom was invented in this period to enable more complex patterns of weaving.
By the Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century - 256 B.C.), the dress of Chinese ancestors had tended to be bright and colorful. According to inscriptions on bronzeware as well as records in The Book of Songs and Rites of Zhou, the royal court set up a dress code with a special official in charge of implementing the code and attending to the king's wardrobe...
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