First, the historical value of plain yarn clothing:
Plain yarn clothing is known as the peak of textile technology in the Western Han Dynasty. As the earliest, most complete, most exquisite and lightest clothing treasure, it represents the highest level of sericulture, reeling and weaving technology in the early Western Han Dynasty. Its discovery and research are of great historical significance for understanding the textile technology and clothing culture in Han Dynasty.
Second, the characteristics of plain yarn clothing:
Flat gauze clothing is a kind of clothing in the Western Han Dynasty, which adopts the design of cross lapel, straight lapel and straight lapel, which is similar to the popular deep clothing with upper and lower jumpsuits at that time. Made of plain yarn and silk, unlined and colorless, the silk thread is very thin and beautifully woven. The whole dress is only 49 grams, which is very light and thin.
Third, the source of plain yarn clothing:
Plain gauze clothing originated from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China, and was a kind of clothing in the Western Han Dynasty. This kind of clothes is famous for its colorless, unlined characteristics and cicada-like light texture. It is made of gauze, and only one piece has been unearthed, weighing only 48 grams. Through plain yarn weaving, we can see the exquisite skills of sericulture, reeling and weaving in the early Western Han Dynasty.
The Cultural Relics History of Plain Yarn Clothing and Its Influence on Later Generations
1, cultural relics history:
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, when Xin Zhui, the wife of Changsha Prime Minister Li Cang, died, she was buried with a lot of precious things: musical instruments, lacquerware, pottery, food, medicinal materials, clothes, silk paintings and dozens of wooden servants and guards.
197 1 One day at the end of February, migrant workers who dug an air-raid shelter in Changsha 366 Hospital found that the original red grid soil suddenly became another kind of very loose soil, and when the steel bar was pulled out, a gas was brought out, and cigarette butts were ignited. As a result, the three Han tombs of Mawangdui were exposed to the world.
On June197265438+1October 16, archaeologists excavated the No.1 tomb of Mawangdui Han Tomb for the first time. After nearly three months of excavation, a huge coffin finally appeared in the grave. As the lid of the outer wooden coffin was lifted, the wooden coffin in the center of the wooden coffin appeared, and a large number of side boxes were placed around the wooden coffin, including straight gauze clothes. With the excavation of the tomb, it was confirmed that the owner was Mrs. Xin Zhui of Licang.
2, the influence of later generations:
Hunan Museum once commissioned a research institute to imitate plain yarn clothing, but after the finished product came out, it weighed more than 80 grams. Experts found that the reason for being overweight lies in the weight of silk. Today's silkworms are much fatter than in ancient times, and the silk they spit out is thicker and heavier, which naturally increases the weight of the woven clothes.
Later, experts developed a special diet to control the weight of silkworms, then imitated plain yarn clothing with "slimming" silk, and finally woven a simulated plain yarn clothing weighing 49.5 grams. This process took 13 years.