The Wardrobe of History: Excerpts from Ancient Chinese Clothing

Name: The Wardrobe of History: Excerpts from Ancient Chinese Clothing
Author: Gu Fanying

历史的衣橱：中国古代服饰撷英

by Gu Fanying (顾凡颖)

Status: Completed
Length: 151k Words
Genre: Historical
Updated: 2y ago
Source: Fanqie

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148Reads

8.5Score

34Chapters

13.7kReads · all time

Synopsis

This book is the beginning of the "Sorturing History" book series. It sorts out a fragment of history, opens the closet of history, and tells the story of ancient Chinese clothing from multiple perspectives: politics, economy, society, aesthetics, and art. It expresses history in a popular way through the subcategory of "clothing" in food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and tells the story of China's long "wearing" culture spanning five thousand years. The book starts from the details and is divided into two chapters: classics and fashion. It tells the essence and evolution of ancient Chinese costumes through five chapters: emperor's crown clothes, phoenix crowns and harems, supplementary clothes, Tang women's topless clothes, and cheongsam.

Reader comments

From the emperor's crown uniform to the cheongsam, the author clearly explains the evolution of ancient Chinese clothing. However, I don't really like some of the feudal rituals mentioned in the book, as they feel too restrictive. Overall, this is a book worth reading, which gave me a deeper understanding of ancient Chinese clothing culture.
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