Peking University

"When I sit, my belt lingers in the grass, and when I walk, my skirt sweeps away plum blossoms." "My skirt drags six pictures of the water of the Xiangjiang River, and a section of Wushan clouds towers over my temples."... These beautiful poems cannot describe the softness and beauty of Chinese daughters. Among them, the skirts they wear perfectly set off their elegant and quiet temperament. So, what kind of charm does Chinese clothing, the skirt in the Hanfu system, have that can last through thousands of years and become a classic style in our Chinese history? This article counts the underskirts of each dynasty, trying to sort out the relatively stable shapes among them, and see what the traditional "tong" is in our Hanfu system, and what the "zong" is that never changes away from its origin. 1. Pre-Qin Period "Ruqun" and "clothes" are relatively similar, but there are still differences between them and need to be discussed separately. Of course, this difference does not mean that they correspond to "women's clothing" and "men's clothing" respectively, but refers to the differences in tailoring and cultural connotation. To make a simple analogy, "skirt" and "clothes" are like two branches…