Understand Chinese underwear culture from the beginning to understand the name of lingerie
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In ancient China, the most famous underwear to be considered bellyband. "Apron" that is commonly known as Tube Top, Ci Hai release "mask", is the most ancient women wearing the most intimate underwear. Accompanied by a few classical romance, modern people always hear "stomachers" a few miraculous reveries, but the folk collectors Zhang Mu Yang said that in ancient times, not only was a woman wearing an apron, men and children also wear, and from the full four Beginning of the month, almost everyone can not do without an apron. Chinese personal stomachers, legend is from the beginning of the Royal Concubine. "Records of Origin" records, "Royal private Lushan, refers to the claw hurt breasts, then made Myrobalan." Myrobalan that is the stomachers, as can be confirmed records, the apnea is very popular during the Song Dynasty , To the thriving Qing Dynasty. Zhang wood from the collection of more than 300 pieces of stomachache point of view, no matter how its style changes, how many tricks, can not always be in front of the chest and stomach, the back must be empty style, much like the modern fashionable women wear summer dew Dorsal, but stomachers unusual in the material and workmanship. On the apron, will be described in detail later in the relevant chapters. To understand China's underwear culture, we must first understand the history of the development of underwear, from the Han and Tang Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the name of the Chinese women's underwear has undergone tremendous evolution: 1. The Han Dynasty: the underwear "obscene" means "Thin, not dignified," shows the ancients of underwear mentality. Han: Hold Belly, Heart Suit "Heart Suit" is based on "holding the belly." "Belly" top without thin tape and "hook shoulder" and "crotch" to become "heart clothing." The common ground between the two is that there is no film behind the back. Flat woven silk is commonly used in the Han Dynasty underwear fabrics, multi-purpose lines embroidered with colorful patterns (called color embroidery), patterns and more to "love" as the theme. 2. Wei and Jin (sixteen countries): two when the "two when" originally from northern nomads into Central Plains into underwear. "Two when" has two before and after, "can be both breast and back" is its most significant feature, usually two layers, mezzanine can be lined with cotton, personal warmth. "Two when" and "holding the belly", "heart clothing" the difference is that it has a back piece. Material and more feel thick, colorful brocade. 3. Tang Dynasty: Myrobalan Tang Dynasty underwear shoulder strap are decorated with. In the Tang Dynasty, there appeared a band underwear, called "Myrobalan." This is also determined by the characteristics of Tang Dynasty coat shape: the Tang Dynasty women like to wear half-breasted dresses, they will skirt tall bunch in the chest, and then in the chest Department of a wide band, shoulders, neck, chest And the back without strap and bare, when worn by the front and rear, chest with a row of buttons tied together, or with other belt harness, the outer transparent gauze yarn, underwear looming. So elegant fabrics underwear, mostly brocade, colorful, and today's popular "underwear Waichuan" is quite similar. To tie in with this wearing habits, underwear need to be strapless. "Myrobalan" commonly used fabric "woven into", stiff and slightly flexible, feel thick. Put on when wearing two straps under the chest can be, "woven into" to ensure that "Myrobalan" to the chest part of the effect of upright. 4. Song: Tube Top "Tube Top" After wearing "can be covered under the milk can cover the belly", the entire chest and abdomen were all covered, so called "belly." Ordinary people use more cotton products, commonly known as soil, aristocratic homes with silk products and embroider flowers on it. There is a single folder, different forms. 5. Yuan Dynasty: Acacia lapel by the backward line is the main feature of "Acacia lapel." When worn by the back and before, in the chest with a row of buttons tied together, or use string and other tied. Acacia lapel fabric with the majority of brocade, pattern for the Quartet continuous pattern. 6. Ming Dynasty: the main waist "main waist" shape and vest similar. Cardigan, two lapel each decorated with three lacing, shoulder crotch, crotch belt, waist also have a lacing, all the lacing with the formation of a clear waist. Visible, the Ming Dynasty woman affected by foreign culture, already know how to highlight the curve of the United States. 7. Qing Dynasty: stomache Qing Dynasty "stoma", also known as "stomachers", generally made of diamond. On the belt, wear sets in the neck, the waist with two other belt beam in the back, below the inverted triangle, covering the navel, reaching the lower abdomen. Only the front part of the apron, bare back, there are laces on the neck, waist and another two straps, beam in the back, lace material. There are all kinds of beautiful bellyband embroidery, material to cotton, mostly silk. Department tied with the tape is not limited to rope, rich house with more gold chain, medium house with silver chain, copper chain, small home jasper with a red silk. Red is the common color of "stomachers". 8. twenties and thirties of twentieth Century: small vest "ponchos" small shape, usually with the lapel, lapel also buckle a few grains, when the chest and waist wrapped tight. "Small vest," further development and absorption of some of the characteristics of Western underwear.