Hanfu, the full name is "Han nationality traditional clothing". With thousands of years of history, dynasties change, and clothing continues to evolve in the gears of history. Nowadays, most modern people have a vague understanding of my country's traditional clothing, and they don't know much about Han ethnic clothing. Let’s take advantage of this event to learn some basic knowledge about Hanfu! In this Hanfu activity, we will make a chest-length skirt that women wore daily during the Tang Dynasty. Below, the International School of Fashion Design of Milan will explain to you the history and origin of the chest-length skirt.
The chest-length skirt is a type of traditional clothing invented by the Xianbei people and merged with ethnic groups in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is the name given to a unique women's skirt from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Southern Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The chest-length underskirt is a type of underskirt. In ancient times, the skirts of ordinary women's underskirts were not very high. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, with the rise of the Five RandomA very high underskirt with a waistband that appeared in China. In some clothing history, it was often called a high-waisted underskirt. According to people's current research on it, it is generally called a chest-high underskirt. The book "Research on Women's Clothing Styles in the Southern and Northern Dynasties" clearly states that the chest-length skirt is a garment invented by the Xianbei people to facilitate horse riding.
Chest-length underskirts are generally divided into two types, one is the chest-length undershirt with a double-breasted skirt, and the other is a cross-collar chest-high underskirt. Generally speaking, the chest-length underskirt with a double-breasted skirt is more widely used. Due to the marriage and marriage with the Xianbei people, the chest-length skirt was very popular among the ladies of the Tang Dynasty, and many ancient paintings and unearthed cultural relics that are preserved today have traces of it.
There are many beautiful poems describing the beauty of chest-length underskirts. "When I sit down, my belt is lingering in the grass, and when I am walking, my skirt sweeps away plum blossoms." "The mandarin duck embroidered belt is thrown away, and the peacock shirt is given to that person." "The immortal first wore a Cuixia skirt", "The lotus leaf skirt is cut in one color ", "The two lifted up their hidden flower skirts", "New moonlight skirts", "The eyebrows deceive the willow leaves, and the skirt is jealous of the pomegranate flowers." "The eyebrows are in the color of daylilies, and the red skirt is jealous of the pomegranate flowers." " The pomegranate flowers are blooming in the streets and are about to burn, and the branches and branches have all fallen into the clouds. Thousands of households can't buy them all, so the only thing left is to dye the daughter's red skirt." It is often said that one should prostrate oneself under the pomegranate skirt, which is a chest-length undershirt.
As the first purely European fashion design training college in Shenzhen with all foreign teachers, Milan International Fashion Design Institute leads the pace of fashion and will set sail to inherit Chinese and Han culture. Historical elements are also an integral part of modern design inspiration. We inherit the past and link the future, which is worthy of the participation of every fashion design enthusiast.
