() is a historical set of attire in consisting of a knee-length
Chinese upper garment known as () over a , a Chinese skirt, known as () or pair of -
trousers
Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants ( American, Canadian and Australian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending ...
along with other accessories.
Coupled with the Chinese headwear known as ', the complete set of attire is also referred as ().
This set of attire was considered to be a
ceremonial dress
Ceremonial dress is clothing worn for very special occasions, such as coronations, graduations, parades, religious rites, trials and other important events. In the western dress code hierarchy of dress codes, ceremonial dress is often considere ...
.
In the
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...
, the was only ranked-second after the and it was worn by the emperors when he would work on official business or when he would meet with the court officials.
Construction and design
The upper garment known as () which was red in colour
and extended all the way to the knees.
This was typically worn over a red skirt known as () that reached the length of the ankles.
The wearing of a under an
upper garment was only worn during formal occasions.
Over the , the wearer wore a red coloured .
Under the red outer garments, an inner garment known as () was worn.
A () would be held in its wearer's hands; it was further accessorized with (), (; a ribbon-like accessory), and the belt called ().
The (), also known as ' (), was a cylinder-shaped that completed the outfit.
Gujin Tushu Jicheng
The ''Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China'' (or the ''Gujin Tushu Jicheng'') is a vast encyclopedic work written in China during the reigns of the Qing dynasty emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng. It was begun in 1700 and completed in 1725 ...
'', between 1700 and 1725.
File:Imperial Encyclopaedia - Ceremonial Usages - pic351 - 大帶.png, Dadai (大帶)
See also
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Hanfu
''Hanfu'' (, lit. "Han Chinese, Han clothing"), also known as ''Hanzhuang'' (), are the traditional styles of clothing worn by the Han Chinese since the 2nd millennium BCE. There are several representative styles of ''hanfu'', such as the (an ...
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List of Hanfu
''Hanfu'' are the historical clothing of the Han Chinese, here categorized by clothing style.
Informal wear
Types include tops and bottoms, long skirt, and one-piece robes that wrap around the body once or several times (shenyi).
''Zhongyi'' ...
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Mianfu
Mianfu () is a kind of Chinese clothing in hanfu; it was worn by emperors, kings, and princes, and in some instances by the nobles in historical China from the Shang to the Ming dynasty. The mianfu is the highest level of formal dress worn by ...
References
Chinese traditional clothing
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