Song Dynasty Dragon Boat Costume Research

As an important carrier to present the Dragon Boat Festival culture of the Song Dynasty,on the basis of inheriting the tradition,Boat Festival costumes in the Song Dynasty,due to the influence of administrative regions,etiquette system,social culture,economic development,living customs,dress style and other factors,it presents strong characteristics of the times and diverse artistic characteristics and rich cultural connotations,conveying the cultural essence of the Dragon Boat Festival and people’s spiritual needs,and at the same time,displaying the colorful culture of the Dragon Boat Festival.The official Dragon Boat Festival ceremonial clothing in the Song Dynasty’s Dragon Boat Festival costumes reflects the strictness of the etiquette system in the Song Dynasty.Around the Dragon Boat Festival customs,the daily Dragon Boat Festival clothing of the court and the folk presents a trend of life on the basis of catering to the festival,which makes the festival implication carried by the Dragon Boat Festival decorations heavier and more frequently used in festivals.The shape of the Dragon Boat Clothing Decoration inherits the tradition while innovating and changing.The use of decorative patterns caters to the season and conveys a rich sense of festival customs.Under the influence of the aesthetic appreciation of the times,color presents the characteristics of freshness,elegance,solemnity and introversion.The use of five colors and red has special holiday meanings,distinguishing the status level at the same time,but also conveying holiday blessings.The fashion of Song people’s dragon boat clothes and accessories,led by highlighting festival customs,changes due to identity occasions,and the main and secondary are simple and orderly.These clothes contain rich cultural connotations,focusing on warding off evil spirits,praying for good luck and increasing longevity,cherishing the memory of ancestors and remembering the sages,protecting the life of the Song people in the spiritual level.The cultural connotation of respecting the middle and noble harmony and harmony but difference shows the spirit of the Song Dynasty,which contains all kinds of rivers and is all-inclusive,making the Dragon Boat Festival clothes far-reaching.The Dragon Boat Festival costume in the Song Dynasty inherits the tradition and has the characteristics of the times.This is related to many factors such as social culture and economic development in the Song Dynasty.The Song Dynasty’s emphasis on the Dragon Boat Festival promoted the diversified development of ritualization and folklore of Dragon Boat costumes,thus forming a specific Dragon Boat Festival cultural tradition.On the one hand,it affected the regime areas coexisting at that time,on the other hand,it also affected the customs of Dragon Boat Festival in later generations.