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1. Ancient Chinese
Clothing

2. During the long history of traditional
Chinese clothing, changes,
developments, and improvements
occurred all the time. However,
Chinese clothing can still be easily told
apart from others, all because of its
unique features. Some of the general
features include: cross-collar with
junction leading to right, no buttons but
tying with sash on the waist. In
addition, there are many other detailed
features that make the unparalleled
style of Chinese clothing unique.

3. • Types-Traditional Chinese clothing has two basic forms: blouse plus skirt,
and long gown
• Appearance- Emphasizing longitudinal direction to make the body look
longer. The clothes drop naturally from collar; there are no exaggerations
on shoulders; the sleeves are long enough to cover the hands and the skirt
is long and in a tubular shape.
• Tailoring- Plane, straight-line cutting.
• there are usually only two structure lines from armpits down to two sides,
and no armholes and shoulder pads. Thus, the piece of cloth can be laid
flat.
• Details- collar include cross, round, and straight, etc, The gowns or skirts
are usually designed with two full-length slits, to either side, or less
commonly, four; one each: left, right, front, and back

5. • Materials: - About 4,700 years ago, silk was invented, and it gradually
became a very popular material, especially with the upper class. one other
material of worldwide significance was introduced from India; Cotton
• Colors- cyan, red, black, white, and yellow, which represent the five
elements. These are pure colors, while the others are secondary colors.
Pure colors were mostly used by the upper class in most dynasties. They
were also matching colors, as favored by common people. Another
popular color among folk was blue, like indigo calico, and batik fabrics.
• Patterns: It is a tradition for Chinese people to express good wishes by
using patterns. The patterns used on clothes can be animals, plants,
flowers, mountains, architectures, geometrical patterns, or
other auspicious designs. They are not only beautiful, but also meaningful.
One example, dragons on an Emperor’s robe are saying that the Emperor
is the “son of the heaven”.

7. Patterns

9. HANGFU
• Hanfu, a national formal wear,
takes its name from the times of
the Han Dynasty, and now long
out of fashion. A complete set of
Hanfu, covers the clothing,
clothing accessories, jewelry etc,
and reflects the rituals of
Chinese culture from that era.

10. • Traditional Chinese clothing is broadly referred to as
hanfu with many variations such as traditional
Chinese academic dress.
• Depending on one's status in society, each social
class had a different sense of fashion.

11. Hanfu
Details
which have loose lapels
and are open
Lower
Garment
Consist of skirts called
"chang“.
Collars
Generally, diagonally
crossing each other, with
the left crossing over the
right
Sleeves Long and loose
Buttons
Sparingly used and
concealed inside the
garment
Fittings
Belts and sashes are used
to close, secure, and fit the
garments around the waist

13. Various Styles

14. Han-Chinese clothing had changed
and evolved with the fashion of the
days since its commonly assumed
beginnings in the Shang dynasty.
Many of the earlier designs are more
gender-neutral and simple in
cuttings. Later garments
incorporate multiple pieces with
men commonly wearing pants and
women commonly wearing skirts.
Clothing for women usually
accentuates the body's natural
curves through wrapping of upper
garment lapels or binding with
sashes at the waist.

15. Informal
Styles
• Zhongyi (中衣) or zhongdan (中單): inner
garments, mostly white cotton or silk
• Shanqun (衫裙): a short coat with a long skirt
• Ruqun (襦裙): a top garment with a separate
lower garment or skirt
• Kuzhe (褲褶): a short coat with trousers
• Zhiduo/zhishen (直裰/直身): a Ming Dynasty
style robe, similar to a zhiju shenyi but with
vents at the side and 'stitched sleeves' (i.e.
the sleeve cuff is closed save a small opening
for the hand to go through)
• Daopao/Fusha (道袍/彿裟): Taoist/Buddhist
priests' full dress ceremonial robes
A typical set of Hanfu can consist of two or three
layers. The first layer of clothing is mostly the
zhongyi (中衣) which is typically the inner
garment much like a Western T-shirt and pants.
The next layer is the main layer of clothing which
is mostly closed at the front. There can be an
optional third layer which is often an overcoat
called a zhaoshan which is open at the front.
More complicated sets of Hanfu can have many
more layers.

16. Shanqun

17. Two Traditional forms of “Ruqun”, a type of Han Chinese clothing worn primarily by
women. Cuffs and sleeves on the upper garment may be tighter or looser depending
on style. A short skirt or weighted braid (with weight provided by a jade or gold
pendant) is sometimes worn to improve aesthetics or comfort of the basic Ruqun.
Ruqun

18. Ruqun

19. Daopao/Fusha

21. Semi-
formal
Styles
A piece of Hanfu can be "made semi-
formal" by the addition of the following
appropriate items:
• Chang (裳): a pleated skirt
• Bixi (蔽膝): long front cloth panel
attached
• from the waist belt
• Zhaoshan (罩衫): long open fronted coat
• Guan (冠) or any formal hats
Generally, this form of wear is suitable for
meeting guests or going to meetings and
other special cultural days. This form of
dress is often worn by the nobility or the
upper-class as they are often expensive
pieces of clothing, usually made of silks
and damasks. The coat sleeves are often
deeper than the shenyi to create a more
voluminous appearance.

22. Chang

23. Bixi: A long sash-
like fabric
attached to the
waistband.

24. Zhaoshan: An open coat
over any informal or Semi
formal Hanfu attire. The
coat can be worn by both
the genders.

25. Formal Styles
• In addition to informal and semi-formal wear,
there is a form of dress that is worn only at
confucian rituals (like important sacrifices or
religious activities) or by special people who are
entitled to wear them (such as officials and
emperors). Formal wear are usually long wear
with long sleeves except Xuanduan.

26. Formal garments may
include:
• Xuanduan (玄端): a very formal dark
robe; equivalent to the Western “white
tie”
Shenyi (深衣): a long full body garment
Quju (曲裾): diagonal body wrapping
Zhiju (直裾): straight lapels

27. :
Xuanduan Official
Formal Wear

28. Shenyi: The most famous Court Wear and the most
accounted for Formal Wear in ancient Chinese's Han
Clothing. This style is knee length Quju for Men.

29. Shenyi: The most famous Court Wear and the most accounted for
Formal Wear in ancient Chinese's Han Clothing. This style is the ankle or
feet length Quju for Women.

30. Women’s Quju Shenyi

31. Zhiju
Zhiju

32. Court
Dresses
Romanization Definition
Mianfu
religious court dress of emperor, officials or
nobility
Bianfu
ceremonial military dress of emperor, officials or
nobility
Chaofu
a red ceremonial court dress of emperor,
officials or nobility
Gongfu formal court dress according to ranks
Changfu everyday court dress

33. Make up
• Chinese favoured beautiful, petite women with
pale skin, bright eyes and white teeth.
• The typical look was bushy, sprawling eye brows,
long slanted eyes, thick pouting lips, an expansive
coating of rouge on the cheeks and dainty flowers
painted on the forehead.
• Tang Dynasty there were seven steps to applying
cosmetics. First they applied the powder base then
they applied colour to their face, eyebrow
darkening came next, then they applied 'forehead
gold' or 'floral gold', then they painted the dimples,
decorated the cheeks and, lastly, applied lip colour.
• The Ancient Chinese began to stain their nails with
gum, gelatin, beeswax and egg. This was an early
form of nail polish.
• Lower class were forbidden to colour their nails
with bright colours.
• Women used rice powder to make their faces white
and Henna dyes to stain their hair.

34. • Tang Dynasty women scraped off their
eyebrows and drew them on instead
using dai, a black pigment.
• Women glued gold, silver, jewel and jade
flakes to the forehead, around the eyes and
cheeks. Materials used to stick to the
cheeks were extensive including dragon fly
wings, bird feathers and fish scales
• In Ancient China lip gloss was made of
vermillion minerals and animal grease.
Ancient Chinese liked cherry-like small lips.

35. Foot wear
• Most Chinese men wore Chinese black cotton shoes, but wealthy higher
class people would wear tough black leather shoes for formal occasions.
• Very rich and wealthy men would wear very bright, beautiful silk shoes
sometimes having leather on the inside.

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