Chen Sui, a 2023 graduate of Qilu Medical College of Shandong University, still remembers that at the graduation ceremony in June of that year, she attended the graduation ceremony wearing silk flowers on her head and a horse-faced skirt. Her bun was draped over her shoulders and she matched her bachelor's uniform, which attracted a large number of onlookers and compliments. . During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, she once again wore the "top trend" horse-faced dress. Nowadays, horse-faced skirts are everywhere whether on commuting buses, subways, or in the fashion capital of Paris, France.
Shandong’s collection of Ming Dynasty costumes is one of the best in the country. Not only is it large in quantity and good in quality, it also enjoys a high reputation in the industry. The “Culture of Clothes – Ming Dynasty Costume Culture Exhibition” is a top-notch costume feast. The popularity of Ming Dynasty costumes further activated the traditional aesthetic genes in the hearts of the public and awakened the public's attention to traditional Chinese culture. Behind this are the outstanding achievements of cultural "two creations".
The popularity brought by a top clothing exhibition
It has been three years since the "Dress of Clothes - Ming Dynasty Costume Culture Exhibition" hosted by the Shandong Museum and the Confucius Museum. Yu Qin, the curator of the exhibition and director of the Calligraphy and Painting Department of the Shandong Museum, still remembers this exhibition, which can be regarded as a benchmark in the industry.
Costume shows of various eras at the opening ceremony of "The Complete Clothes - Ming Dynasty Costume Culture Exhibition"
There was a young male spectator who came from Beijing and wore a replica flying fish suit and looked at the authentic flying fish suit repeatedly and lingered over it;
Several young women wore white dark floral gauze embroidered bird pattern skirts they called "my white moonlight" and compared them in front of the original cultural relics to see who wore the closest to the original;
There are also visitors wearing the same style of Jifu in the exhibition hall, standing in front of the celebrity portrait exhibits, staring at the ancients 600 years ago, and the feeling of interaction between ancient and modern comes to their faces.
Hanfu enthusiasts wearing horse-faced skirts and other Ming Dynasty costumes Picture source watermark
This is the charm of Ming Dynasty costumes and the charm of traditional culture. During this exhibition, the Weibo topic "Ming Dynasty Costume Culture Exhibition" had a total number of views of more than 20 million. To this day, there are still many Hanfu enthusiasts who never forget this top clothing exhibition.
Why can Shandong organize such a grand clothing exhibition? This must be due to Shandong's rich "family wealth". Affected by humidity and temperature, clothing is a cultural relic that is not easy to preserve. According to the results of the first nationwide census of movable cultural relics, there are more than 1,700 silk embroidery cultural relics from the Ming Dynasty nationwide, including 500 pieces of ready-made clothing (including remnant clothing). Among them, there are more than a hundred pieces of ready-made clothes collected in Shandong, and they are in very good condition and enjoy a high reputation in the industry.
"The Complete Clothes - Ming Dynasty Costume Culture Exhibition"
There are two main types of Ming Dynasty costumes collected in Shandong.
