Clothing Culture Of Sui, Tang And Five Dynasties In China

The Sui Dynasty reunified China in 589 AD, China in the Qin and Han Dynasties Traditional clothing The system was gradually restored. In the Sui Dynasty, "the sun, the moon, the stars" and other decorations were put back on the emperor's coronal dress. Since then, "carrying the sun, the moon and the stars on your shoulders" has become the basic form of the emperor's coronal dress in later generations. In 618 AD, when the Tang Dynasty was established, its national strength was strong, its territory was vast, its decrees were unified, its foreign exchanges were very frequent, and its culture and art were unprecedentedly prosperous. Therefore, China's traditional clothing culture was confident, open, elegant, and competitive.

It was also popular for women to wear "Hu Fu" in the Tang Dynasty. "Hu Fu" is from the Western Regions clothing 。 The belt form is also deeply influenced by Hu clothing. Previously, people's waist decorations were made of gold, silver, copper and iron. At this time, it was popular to wear a "walking belt" with gold decorations and short and small buckles for tying things. This kind of belt was most popular in the Tang Dynasty, and was later used until the Northern Song Dynasty.

After the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the influence of Hu clothing gradually weakened, and the style of women's clothing became increasingly spacious. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the characteristics of Chinese traditional clothing were more obvious. The sleeve width of general women's clothing was often more than four feet. The aristocratic dress in the middle and late Tang Dynasty was usually worn on important occasions. Wearing this dress, the hair was also decorated with gold, jade, flowers and mother of pearl, so it was also called "mother of pearl hairpin ceremonial dress".

After Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, purple was the dress color of the third rank officials; Light crimson color is the color of five grade official dress, dark green is the color of six grade official dress, light green is the color of seven grade official dress, dark cyan is the color of eight grade official dress, light cyan is the color of nine grade official dress, and yellow is the color of people outside the palace and common people.

Tang costumes also have a great impact on neighboring countries. For example, Japanese kimonos have absorbed the essence of Tang costumes from the color, and Korean costumes have also inherited the advantages of Tang costumes from the form. The Ru skirt of the Tang Dynasty has long and soft lines and is very beautiful and free. It is mainly made of silk, so its clothes are famous for being "soft" and "elegant". The Tang costume itself has many categories and is good at changes. It boldly absorbs the characteristics of foreign costumes from its appearance to decoration. It takes the costumes of Central Asia, India, Iran, Persia, and the northern and western regions as a reference to enrich the costume culture of the Tang Dynasty, making the costumes of the Tang Dynasty colorful, magnificent, unique and colorful, becoming a wonderful flower in Chinese historical costumes and attracting the attention of the world.

The Sui and Tang dynasties witnessed an unprecedented prosperity of cultural exchanges between China and other countries. According to historical records, there were more than 300 countries that communicated with the Sui and Tang governments, and at least 70 countries. At that time Chang'an It is a world famous metropolis and a center of cultural exchange between East and West. There are many foreign envoys and businessmen living in Chang'an City. All these have created good conditions for the exchange and mutual influence of clothing culture. The splendid clothing culture of the Sui and Tang dynasties spread to all parts of the world. Until today, some countries in the east of our country still regard the costumes of the Sui and Tang dynasties as formal dresses, which can be seen that they are widely spread. The Tang government adopted an eclectic attitude towards foreign clothes, which made the clothes of this period shine and have more characteristics of the times.