What Is The Difference Between Chinese And Western Dress Culture?

What is the difference between Chinese and Western dress culture?

Speaking of the Orient

Culture, people will think of Yong Rong's expensive Tang costume and its meaningful cheongsam, but we don't know much about western dress culture. Besides modern suits, we can think of medieval Europe's magnificent aristocratic costumes.

In fact, the difference between Chinese and Western dress culture is not so simple. The clothing characteristics of a nation are permeated with a deep cultural background of a nation.

After thousands of years of historical precipitation, Chinese and Western costumes have their own unique features and systems.

First, color

The color preference of a nation reflects the subconscious character of the nation in a sense.

In ancient times, black was considered by Chinese ancestors to be the emperor of heaven.

In summer, Shang and Zhou, the emperor's crown is black.

Later, with the development of feudal autocracy, people worshipped the worship of God (black) to the worship of the earth (yellow), thus forming the traditional concept of "Huang is expensive".

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Color is influenced by Yin Yang and five elements, including green, red, black, white and yellow.

They are called positive colors, and other colors are intermediate colors.

In the folk, the color is also the color that people love and pursue.

In the west, the most popular colors in Rome are white and purple. White represents purity and uprightness. Purple symbolizes nobility.

In the middle ages, the colorful glass windows were decorated magnificently, leading people to pursue the colors of heaven, so the religious atmosphere of the costumes was yearned for.

Since the Renaissance in Europe, bright colors have been popular with the upgrading of costumes.

The French love lilac and rose color very much, and are also fascination with the implicit sky blue and holy white; the Spanish advocate elegant rose red and gray tone; in Britain, black is regarded as mysterious and noble color.

Two, shape

In terms of shape characteristics, the shape of Chinese traditional clothing emphasizes longitudinal feeling, commonly used drooping lines, long sleeved hands and tubular skirt.

The longitudinal decoration technique makes the dress body look slender.

In the Qing Dynasty, clothing was relatively large, and cuffs and hem all had outward expansion.

However, in the Qing Dynasty, the women's high flag bun and several inch high flowerpot bottom shoes, with their feet down to the feet, were very important.

So that banners are more slender than women of all ages.

The slender sense of clothing is a complement to the shorter stature of Oriental people. It produces illusions on the senses and achieves perfection and harmony in proportion.

The smooth appearance of the garment is commensurate with the softer contour of the Chinese face.

The shape of Western classical costume emphasizes pverse feeling. It often uses horizontal expansion of the shoulder contour, inflated sleeve type large skirt support, overlapping lace, etc. to make the garment lines exaggerate and radiate outward.

The western style clothing is characterized by its outward appearance and Westerners' warm and unrestrained temperament, with a sharp facial contour and a higher body shape than that of the East.

Three, patterns

Chinese and Western costumes also show a wide variety of patterns in their choice of patterns.

Chinese clothing likes to use patterns to express auspicious wishes.

From ancient times to the present, from nobility

To folk prints, auspicious patterns are widely used.

Such as dragon and Phoenix, dragon and phoenix dance, Kowloon opera beads, and so on, not only metaphorical totem worship, but also express the feelings of "Dragon Descendants"; like the same species of crane, magpie, plum, Phoenix and peony, it reflects the people's hope for a happy life.

The pattern of Western European clothing has changed with the change of history.

In ancient times, there were many flowers and lofting patterns. In the Renaissance of Italy, the floriculture patterns were popular. In the fifteen period of French Louis, influenced by the Rococo decoration style, the S or whirlwind shaped rattan grass and light and soft courtyard flowers and plants were popular.

In modern times, there are patterns of popular designs, such as the flying pattern of Duffy, and the design of OPPLE patterns based on geometric principles.

With the development of economic globalization, the trend of integration of Chinese and Western dress culture has been unprecedentedly strengthened.

Chinese clothing industry is trying to integrate with the world, take a fashion plus national characteristics, integrate the western fashion elements in the traditional costume design, and the Chinese elements are affecting the international world.

The development of the boundary.

While exploring the differences between Chinese and Western clothing culture, we should also consider the importance of maintaining national characteristics under the impact of globalization.

The key is to find this point and find the fusion point of national culture and Datong culture.