The Culture of Dress (Part Two)

The Chinese people are one of the oldest peoples in the world, and Chinese civilization is one of the world’s most ancient civilizations. China has nearly 5,000 years of recorded history. Since 841 BCE, its documented chronicles have continued without interruption for nearly 3,001 years, something rarely seen in the long course of human history. Of the world’s four great ancient civilizations, China alone has passed its history down in an unbroken line.