Taboos In Chinese And Japanese Clothing

Clothing originates from the needs of human beings to avoid cold, prevent insects, cover up shame, beautify and so on, and beautify self consciousness, which contains complex and profound contents.

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 mankind into a class society,

It also shows hierarchy and power.

Zhong Jingwen believes that clothing consists of five elements: quality, shape, decoration, color and painting.

Quality is the nature of clothing material; form is the style of dress; color is the color of dress; decoration is the adornment; painting is clothing.

It includes pictures on the human body, that is, tattoos.

This article intends to talk about China's and Japan's two separated neighbors from these five aspects.

Taboo, in order to further explore the characteristics of the dress culture of the two countries.

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 symbol of this distinction. "

"Is a completely different grade, 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 into the customs, only the rich can afford to wear silk clothing, while ordinary people 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.

For example, the military uniform of the lower generals should be covered with wool.

The army is guilty.

Two, taboo of dress style

In some areas of the Han Dynasty, the clothes of new brides were not allowed to sew.

In order not to take away the property and good fortune of the mother's family, and the dress should be cut with the whole cloth, and avoid the splicing of two pieces of cloth, so as to show "one 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.

Japanese dress is right to cover their skirts, and 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 it at weddings.

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Taboo causes unlucky or degrading identity.