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The Ancient Art of Women's Underwear
Underwear had a discrete niche within ancient Chinese costumery. The ingeniously demure styles, bold colors and ornamentation of delicately crafted undergarments reflected the refined approach of ancient Chinese women towards life, beauty and love, as well as their creativity.
Tang Suit
The term“tang suit”is originated from abroad. A Chinatown is a section of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese within a city outside the majority. The local people always named the Chinatown as“town of people from Tang Dynasty”(唐人街)and called these Chinese“people from Tang Dynasty”(in Chinese唐人) since Tang dynasty was the most thriving, prosperous, splendid, and glorious period of ancient Chinese. Thus, the clothing worn by the Chinese is called “tang suit”.
Going to Their Heads — Magnificent Ethnic Headdresses of China
Dresses and accessories mark the lifestyles and production levels of the people of a geographic region during a historical period, and they vividly reflect the people's customs and aesthetic tastes. Headdresses play an important role in defining people and their cultures. The brilliant headdresses of China's minorities vary greatly, and each headdress reveals unique ethnical features, history, belief and culture. Through this article, we attempt to give you get a glimpse of the beautiful headdresses of some minorities, so that you may enjoy the unique beauty of this aspect of Chinese culture.
Red-Painted Fingernails
The art of fingernail painting is a tradition spanning from ancient time to the present: women in ancient China favored red colored fingernails and today painted fingernails are a fashionable trend for women.
Ancient Chinese women: a tinge of vermeil to please the sweetheart
If eyes are the window to the soul, lips are the mirrors of one's character and temperament. Being an important part of face decoration as shown above, lip makeup enjoys a long history and has various patterns in different periods.
Shanghai: China's fashion capital
After Milan, Paris, London and New York, Shanghai is going to claim and candidate to become the Oriental Fashion Capital.
Dressed up like an old Beijing resident
In the ancient capital of Beijing, costumes are (as they have been for a long time) more representative, reflecting the different societal custom and living habits throughout the different phases of Chinese history.
Gold and Silver Ornaments in the Song and Yuan Dynasties
The topic takes the culture relics as example, referring to the ancient scripts for story telling, poems, and history records, and discusses on the gold and silver jewelry which were ever popular in Song and Yuan Dynasties.
Gold Earrings with Ethnic Charm - Nvzhen
It is not common to see excavated or collected earrings from Nvzhen ethnic group, yet they have been found in several tombs of the noblemen from Jin Dynasty in Heilongjiang area which is renowned as the source of Jin culture. Most of the ear ornaments from Jin Dynasty are earrings, and eardrops are less commonly seen. The ear ornaments were excavated in complete sets from the tombs, which were designed for the use of both men and women without remarkable difference. However, when taking a close examination, you can still detect the minor difference.
Hundred family jacket - filled with blessings
In some parts of China, an old tradition still exists. There is a tradition of eating hundred-family meal and dressing the babies hundred-family jacket.