Chinese+Fashion+Through+the+Ages

 ** Chinese Fashion Through the Ages by Sarah **

As you know, China has had many dynasties. As each dynasty changed, Chinese fashion changed as well. This is an account of what people wore during each dynasty. Click here for more information on dynasties.  During these interesting dynasties, fashion choices and changes in style were very extreme. The current emperor believed that "the Qin dynasty would subdue the Zhou dynasty like water extinguishes fire." So during these times most everyone wore black, since the color black resembled water. This trend continued on for many years, until it slowly faded away. Near the end of the Han dynasty, most people wore red clothing and black accessories. Also during these dynasties, nobles and normal people wore the same type and style of clothing. The only way you would know if a person was high class or not was the quality of the clothing.
 * Qin/Han Dynasty**



  **The Tang Dynasty**   The Tang dynasty had the most interesting and beautiful clothes in all of China's fashion history. People wore many different styles of clothing in different colors and patterns. Most of the clothing was made of nice, quality, fabrics and was very tasteful. During this dynasty the way to tell the difference between the ranks of the government officials was the type of belt they were wearing. "Officials lower than the first rank wore a sword or knife, officials and generals higher than the third rank wore jade belts, officials of the fourth and fifth rank wore gold belts, and the six- and seventh-ranking officials wore silver belts. In comparison, ordinary people could only wear a small bronze or iron knife". This is a quote/information I got from [|this] website.

 <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #adcccc; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="DISPLAY: block; COLOR: #bc2455; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 80%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   **The Sung Dynasty** The clothing of the Sung dynasty was worn depending on your rank in society. Nobles and the Empress wore fancier clothes than the ordinary folks, who wore more casual ensembles. All of the clothes resembled nature in some way, though. The clothing had very simple designs and most were made of more natural colors (browns, tans, reds). This is also the dynasty in which the process of foot binding started. Click here for more information on foot binding. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 190%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Yuan Dynasty  ** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f79122">    "Zhi sun Dresses" were the thing to wear in the Yuan Dynasty. Although government officials wore them the most, pretty much everyone could wear these beautiful dresses. Colors and materials and patterns of clothes and accessories were very consistent and went well together as well in this dynasty. This is also the dynasty in which the Mongols introduced cotton to China. At first the Chinese silk companies hated the idea, because they would lose money if people stopped buying their silk. They were forced to use cotton though, when Mongol invaders cut down many of their precious mullberry trees, used to produce silk. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">

<span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 170%; COLOR: #fdf777; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <span style="DISPLAY: block; FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #f0ed66; TEXT-ALIGN: left">  During the Ming dynasty, the most popular choice for women's clothing was a dress with three collars and tight sleeves. People also loved wearing pleated skirts. Most of the skirts in this dynasty were adorned with satin, garland, and embroidery. Eye-popping red shoes were also very "in" during this dynasty. There was also a very popular cape that a lot of women admired for its flowing shape, called a "Pink Cloud Cape."
 * The Ming Dynasty **

** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">The Qing Dynasty ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">During this wonderful dynasty, there was a very specific dress a lot of people wore. It looked almost like a box! There was no waist and it hung very stiff on the body. The collar actually covered most of the neck and sometimes the face, which was definitely a different touch!

<span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #89e718; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"> Click here    <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #89e718; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">    for my created link on dynasties, click here     <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: #89e718; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">   for my created link on foot binding, click here     for my bibliography, and click here for my quiz answers. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 140%; COLOR: #ff8b00; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif">  __For More Information__ ** For more information on chinese fashion, click [|here]. For even **more** information on chinese fashion, click [|here]. For more information on footbinding, click [|here]. For more information on dynasties, click [|here].