During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the north and south of China were unified, the society was stable, various industries flourished, and the textile industry also developed rapidly. The history of Sui Dynasty was short, and the costumes did not form obvious characteristics. However, the costume system was uniformly promulgated on the basis of textual research on ancient and modern costumes and etiquette, which made the costume system orderly.
The clothing system in the Tang Dynasty was re-established on the basis of the old Sui system: the clothing system served by the emperor and his officials was divided into sacrificial clothing, court clothing, public clothing and regular clothing. The emperor's uniform is made of red and yellow. At this time, yellow becomes the supreme color for the emperor's use. Generally speaking, colors such as purple, green and cyan are used to distinguish between generations.
2. Men's wear in Tang Dynasty, mainly in robes and shirts.
In the Tang Dynasty, robes were the main clothing for men. On the basis of robes in Qin and Han dynasties and Wei and Jin dynasties, Hu's style was mixed in structure. Its style is characterized by round neck, narrow sleeves, collar, sleeves and ruffles. The robe is knee-length or foot-length, and the belt is around the waist. In the Tang Dynasty, Guang wore robes, and imperial and official clothes were robes. Ordinary people can wear it, but the color is limited, so they wear white robes.
Huzhuang was popular in the Central Plains and reached its peak from the Warring States to the Tang Dynasty. The prevalence of Hu costumes is related to the openness and inclusiveness of social culture in the Tang Dynasty. Figures dressed in Hu costumes can be seen everywhere from the unearthed terracotta warriors, tri-colored paintings and murals of the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to robes and Hu clothes, men in the Tang Dynasty generally wore half arms. Half-arm is a kind of half-sleeve coat, which was originally the official uniform of Sui Dynasty, and later it was popular among the people in Tang Dynasty. Its form is standing collar, double-breasted, half-sleeved and knee-length, which is often worn in spring and autumn.
The first dress of men in the Tang Dynasty was a towel hat with a hoe, which was the most widely used and was a typical first dress in this period. Wotou is a cut four-legged towel, with two large belts at the front two corners and two small belts at the back two feet. When wearing it, the front two feet are wrapped around the forehead and tied to the back of the head, hung under the big belt, and the other two corners are tied to the top of the head from back to front and from bottom to top.
3. Women's pursuit of exotic costumes in the Tang Dynasty
In the Tang dynasty, the frontier fortress was rich and the world was open. Women's clothing presents various styles, which are soft, strange and beautiful. Dress styles in this period are represented by dresses. Topless shirts were first worn by ladies-in-waiting and court kabuki, and later became fashionable clothes for high-class ladies and ladies. Half arm and silk are also important parts of the skirt.
The main features of dresses in Tang Dynasty are high waist to chest, and long skirts mop the floor. In addition to clothing, women also take pomegranate skirt, Hu clothing and men's clothing as fashion.