But many people don't know, in fact, the Chinese-style corset is just the name of the Qing Dynasty. In ancient times, the earlier recorded title of underwear was "obscene clothes". "Yin" means "frivolous and not solemn", which shows the ancient people's mentality towards underwear. China's underwear has a long history. Now, according to the existing data, let's know what ancient underwear looked like from the Han Dynasty.
1, Han: The base of the "heart garment" is the "robe belly", and the upper end of the "belly" is not tied with a thin belt, but with a hook shoulder and crotch, which becomes the "heart garment". The similarity between the two is that the back is bare and there is no back membrane. Plain silk is a common underwear fabric in Han Dynasty, and patterns are embroidered on it with colored silk threads (called colored embroidery), with the theme of "love". At that time, plain fabrics were rarely used to make underwear.
2. Wei and Jin Dynasties (Sixteen States): The difference between "Two Dangs" and "Holding the Abdomen" and "Being convinced" is that it has a back piece, which can be used as both a chest and a back. Most of the materials are brocade with thick feel and rich colors, and double-layer cotton lining. "Liangdang" was originally the costume of nomadic people in the north, and later it was introduced into the Central Plains, belonging to an alien culture. This kind of underwear is similar to the current suspenders.
3. Tang Dynasty: Before the Tang Dynasty, Chebula's underwear had shoulder straps. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a strapless underwear called Chebula. They tied their skirts high on their chests, and then tied a wide belt on their shoulders at the lower part of their chests. Expose the upper chest and back, cover with sheer gauze, and the underwear is looming, so the underwear fabric is exquisite and colorful, which is quite similar to the "underwear wearing outside" advocated today.
The commonly used fabric of terminalia chebula is woven, which is quite stiff, slightly elastic and feels thick. When you wear it, you only need to tie two straps under your chest. "Weaving" ensures that the upper part of "terminalia chebula" will stand upright. This kind of underwear also conforms to the characteristics that women tend to be plump and round in the Tang Dynasty, which can better show their good figure. It can be seen that underwear is constantly changing because of people's different needs.