It'S So Hot! Did Ancient Emperors Wear Short Sleeves?

Such a hot day, except for special requests.

Netizens have said that they have never seen the "short sleeved emperor". It is a TV drama that can save money from buying a summer outfit for the emperor, or is the emperor in history always "long sleeved elder brother"?

1 the emperor wore no short sleeves.

The discussion focused on whether the emperor wore or not.

Some netizens believe that emperors wear on formal occasions.

2 emperor wearing long sleeves is not hot.

Considering that the emperor does not wear short sleeves in summer, the next focus is whether the emperor wears long sleeves or whether it is hot or not.

This demonstration focuses on the style and fabric of ancient long sleeved garments.

Some netizens said that Chinese ancient clothes were waist free, wide and large, and ventilated from top to bottom.

"The emperor's clothes are large, hollow, and can be ventilated inside, and the eunuch has been fanning the wind, so the wind is directly poured into the clothes."

More technical netizens put forward "convection theory", not to mention that the emperor wore long sleeves in summer, and the whole body was wrapped up in layers. However, the study found that because of a layer of clothing, convection was formed in the clothes, but it was cooler than not worn or worn.

Some netizens pointed out that the textile technology of the ancients was very developed, and the yarn that had been excavated by archaeologists confirmed that the twelve layers of yarn were all pparent at that time.

According to a historical record, a foreign businessman visited a local official and said with envy, "your clothes are very good. I can see the mole on your chest from two clothes." the official laughed and said, actually, I wore five clothes. "Look at the thin gauze unearthed in Mawangdui. Do you think they are wearing such long sleeves?"

3 the place where emperors stay is not hot.

The place where emperors stay is not hot. Netizens give reasons for climate, environment and architecture.

The first is the ancient summer temperature, industrial society, greenhouse effect, global warming, neither ancient, so ancient summer is cooler than modern.

Followed by ancient buildings, ancient buildings are tall, cool and well ventilated, ordinary people also use clay bricks, solid wood houses, this house is cool in summer.

Then the emperor's summer vacation measures, the Imperial Palace has ice storage ice, large chunks of ice in the house to reduce indoor temperature.

There are water handlebars to the roof of the house, so that the water flows down the eaves, and the summer is beautiful.

Experts say

The emperor can not wear short sleeves.

Yang Haitao, deputy director of the Nanjing museum's Department of preservation, told reporters that the emperor did not have short sleeved costumes for the current archaeological excavation and literature.

There are several reasons for this: first, ancient times were not so hot; two, emperors had many measures to cool down, ice blocks in the ice cellars, shady court buildings and artificial air conditioners, the fan of the maid eunuch; three, the most important reason was that the summer clothing of the emperor was made of yarn, especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the winter clothes were similar to those in winter, but the material was similar to that of the mosquito nets.

He said that the courtesy of the ancient court decided that the emperor could not wear short sleeves because it was inappropriate.

"As long as you see a person, you must wear long sleeves, even if you see the imperial concubine, the palace girl eunuch can not show his arms, and defend the dignity of the emperor. Of course, when he stays alone, he will be happy with him."