What Are The Taboos Of Traditional Chinese And Japanese Costumes?

Clothing originates from human being for shelter from cold, insect and shame.

Such as the needs of life, which beautify the self-consciousness, contains complex and profound content.

Dress beauty, image, concrete and rich feeling.

Dress is not only beautiful, but also auspicious. Both of the two are contained in the dress purpose that human beings are praying for, so it is taboo to hurt their purpose, so Chinese and Japanese costumes are very outstanding.

Of course, after the development of human society, clothing shows class and power.

The author believes that brand clothing has five elements: quality, shape, decoration, color and painting.

Quality is the nature of clothing material; shape is the style of dress; color is the color of clothing; decoration is the adornment; painting is the pattern of clothing, including the picture on the human body, that is, tattoo tattoo.

Let's take a look at the taboos of Chinese and Japanese costumes.

1. Taboo of clothing material

Since Zhou Dai, China has emphasized the principle of "rule by rite". The essence of ritual is "no". It is to distinguish between men, women, men, and sons, men and women.

Clothing is the most intuitive representation of people's daily interactions, thus becoming an important sign of this difference. "Jinyi and Buyi" are completely different grades. Silk and Ge Ma are signs of wealth.

For example, before Manchu entered the customs, the Manchu rich people wore more linen clothes, while the poor could only wear clothes made of deer skin.

After the entry of the people, only the rich can afford it.

Civilians wear cloth.

"One cloth cloth" has long been a special name for the general people's clothing.

In ancient China, it was not possible to make clothes with curtain cloth.

Because in funeral, the memorial tablet and coffin should be covered with curtains.

Under special circumstances, clothing is more exquisite, for example, the shroud worn by the Han people to the deceased, whose material is mostly silk, rather than satin. This is for the sake of "silk" and "thick son" sound, which can protect the children's prosperity.

In ancient Japan, mourning clothes were basically made of vine fibers.

In modern Chinese and Japanese armies, the distinction between officers and men can be seen from clothing.

The military uniform of officers of different ranks is also different.

For example, the PLA officers' colors from the lieutenant general to the general's winter uniform are basically the same, and they are all wool, and the higher the rank, the higher the weight of their uniforms.

If it is not mentioned above, the army uniform of the lower generals should wear the clothing materials with high wool content.

Two, taboo of dress style

In some areas of the Han nationality, the clothes of new brides are not sewn up with pockets, so as to avoid taking away the property and blessings of the family, and the dress should be cut with the whole cloth, avoiding the splicing of the two pieces of cloth, so as to "follow the same end".

In China, there are more taboos and taboos in many ethnic groups. For example, different dressing can be used to indicate whether a woman is married or not.

The Uygur unmarried girls put their hair into numerous small plaits, like spring willows, until they got married and "opened their faces" before they broke up their plaits and tied them into two big braids.

This is the important boundary between married and unmarried.

According to the old customs of Miao people, men who are unmarried should put golden chicken feathers on their heads. Women who are not married should string conch into beads and hang them on their necks for signs.

Taboo is a crime.

People wear clothes to the right, but when people die and bury, they should leave their clothes to the left.

Because in the opposite of the real world, the costumes of the dead should be opposite to the human world.

Therefore, the Japanese will not buy clothes that are left to cover their clothes, even if they are international brands.

If a bride in Japan wears a traditional kimono, she will not be allowed to wear the outer garment. Since the Edo period prohibits women from weaving, then only the geisha of Chuen Chuan will be allowed to wear it, so the bride will never wear a feather at the wedding.

Taboo causes unlucky or degrading identity.