User:NNU-01-05100113/Women' cloths in ancient China

In China, women had different kinds of cloths in ancient times. Those cloths were changing with the revolution of dynasties. In Qin and Han Dynasty, women usually wore loose cloths with long big sleeves. Under the long skirt was a pair of high-heeled clogs with some embroidery on them. There was usually a scarf called Jinguo(巾帼) wrapped in the arm of a noble woman while common or poor women had no decoration on their arms. As time passed by, the coat tended to be shorter and the skirt became longer. Noble women even needed maids’ help to lift up the skirts to avoid the skirts being stained from the ground. In Wei and Jin Dynasty, cloths of the Han were greatly influenced by the Hu. Advantages of the cloths of the Hu were absorbed in the Han’s. Women usually wore coats with their length to the waists and skirts to the feet, belts wrapped on their waists. In Sui and Tang Dynasty, women’s cloths had the trend to be more open. Small-sleeves coats usually made from yarn, still long skirts, wide and long scarves were what they often wore. They could bare the part of body above their chests. This sort of cloths could show the beauty of women better. Another kind of cloths popular that time was something with big sleeves , short breasted shirts and long light skirts. They were used when women were walking in the garden, picking flowers , playing with their pets and etc.

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